Safety Feature; E.g., Ejector, Interlock Patents (Class 279/148)
  • Patent number: 8047242
    Abstract: A power tool includes a spindle assembly supported for rotation about an axis. The spindle assembly includes a plurality of engagement members, and at least two of the engagement members are disposed in spaced relationship less than one hundred eighty degrees from each other with respect to the axis of the spindle assembly. The power tool also includes a spindle lock assembly that selectively engages at least one of the plurality of engagement members to lock the spindle assembly against rotation about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Paxton Wall, Craig A. Carroll
  • Patent number: 7871227
    Abstract: The invention relates to an auxiliary device for a portable tool, comprising a receptacle (2) for a motor-operated portable tool (22) having an output shaft (26), and comprising a drive train (9) which has a tool receptacle (8), to be opened and closed by rotation, and which can be connected to the output shaft (26) of the motor-operated portable tool (22) via a coupling device. Provision is made for the auxiliary device (1) for the portable tool to have an anti-rotation locking means (13) acting on the drive train (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Adamczak, Marco Braun, Zaidi Ahmad Mohd, James B. Stevens
  • Publication number: 20090289425
    Abstract: This invention relates to a chuck engagement lock mechanism which mainly has a chuck head and a lower sleeve holder for clamping a tool such as a drill bit, and a rotatable joint engaged at the side edge of the lower sleeve holder. The lateral side at one end of the rotatable joint and the bottom end face of the chuck head are respectively formed with engaging teeth that can be meshed with each other for adjusting the tightness of clamping from the chuck head to the tool. A rectangular opening is provided at the other end of the rotatable joint for fitting with a hand tool having a lever. Thus, the rotatable joint can be turned by the hand tool so that users can adjust the clamping tightness of the chuck head to the tool conveniently. Thus, the chuck engagement lock mechanism of the present invention has high value in practical application and business competitiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Chia-Ho Lin
  • Patent number: 5971681
    Abstract: A guard ring having a center bore mounts on a face of a spindle of a machine tool having a taper socket drive, and a bore for receiving and driving a tool holder. A drive between the guard ring and the tool holder engages before a power drawbar of the machine tool spindle engages the tool holder. The guard ring is of an axial length such that the tool holder is within the center bore of the guard ring before the tool holder is driven by the power drawbar of the machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ingo E. Wolfe, Roger J. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 5816585
    Abstract: A chuck system for machine tools with a rotating jaw chuck has clamping jaws of the jaw chuck which can be radially adjusted relative to an axis of rotation. The clamping jaws are displaceably mounted in a bearer connected with a drive shaft, and in which engagement openings for the introduction of an adjustment tool for the positioning of the clamping jaws are arranged in the region of the bearer. The bearer is surrounded by a protective sheath that is guided so as to be displaceable in the direction of the axis of rotation. The protective sheath comprises through openings, which are arranged so as to be congruent to the engagement openings in a handling position of the protective sheath, and are arranged so as to be offset to the engagement openings in an operating position of the protective sheath. In the operating position, the clamping jaws are radially surrounded, at least in regions, by the protective sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Linotype-Hell AG
    Inventor: Rainer Wilhelm Heinrich Schenk
  • Patent number: 5800102
    Abstract: The present invention uses a collar that fits over a nose and a locking cylinder of a chuck of the drilling machine. The collar has a cutout section to accommodate the chuck key including the key gear when it is engaged with the beveled gear of the locking cylinder. The collar has a first bore of a first diameter with is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the nose to provide a tight fit between the collar and the nose of the chuck. A fastener is used to attach the collar to the nose of the chuck. A second bore has a second diameter to fit over at least the beveled gear of the locking cylinder. The second diameter is large enough to provide a clearance so that the locking cylinder is free to rotate within the collar. Turning the chuck key about a key axis opens or closes the jaws of the chuck to grip or release a bit placed along a drill axis of the drilling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Hall's Machining Services, Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Taber
  • Patent number: 5139277
    Abstract: A chuck having a sliding outer jaw is locked against any adjustment in radial position relative to the inner jaw on which it is moved radially by a radially movable pin which, in one radial position, prevents axial retraction of the post interconnecting inner and outer jaws for radial movement. The chuck utilizes a tool having a pair of radially movable means, one of which is capable of moving the post axially of the chuck after the other means has caused the post retention to be made inactive for preventing axial movement of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Inventors: Carl J. Howard, Donald J. Wrobel