Patents Assigned to T.M. Smith Tool International Corporation
  • Patent number: 5032043
    Abstract: A tool holder and spindle adapter includes a quick change section for securing into a power spindle, a body having an axial bore mounting a positive drive and a collet holder shank to receive a tool holder collet and tool, with the tool extending into operative engagement with the positive drive. A rotatable tool adjuster is mounted within the body upon a transverse axis and includes an eccentric cam device engageable with the positive drive for controlling longitudinal in and out adjustments of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: T. M. Smith Tool International Corporation
    Inventor: H. D. Hollifield
  • Patent number: 4834596
    Abstract: A quick change spindle adaptor for a power driven spindle having an axial bore and a tool holder having a shank axially projected into the spindle. A sleeve is secured upon the spindle and an outer shell is rotatably mounted upon the sleeve and retained thereon and includes a nut. A conical recess within the inner bore surface at the forward end of the spindle defines an axial bearing and receives a centering cone on the tool holder for maintaining an axial self alignment of the tool holder and spindle. Spaced threaded segments upon the tool holder are threadedly engaged by the nut for axially anchoring the tool holder upon the spindle and for biasing the centering cone into engagement with the spindle bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: T.M. Smith Tool International Corporation
    Inventors: Dean H. Hollifield, Frank R. Schultz, III