Patents by Inventor Josef Haimer

Josef Haimer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090003947
    Abstract: A tool holder (10) for a tool which can rotate about an axis of rotation (D) comprises a clamping shank (18) which, in an end shank region, has a clamping formation (14) with an accommodating opening (16) which is central in relation to the axis of rotation (D) and is intended for accommodating a retaining shank of the tool, there being provided, on the lateral circumference of the accommodating opening (16), at least one clamping surface for securing the retaining shank of the tool with press-fit action. According to the invention, on an axial section which forms an axial bracing section (VA), the tool holder (10) has a bracing arrangement (20) which, at least during operation of the tool holder (10), subjects the tool holder (10) to a bracing force (Vk) with a bracing force component (Vk) acting in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Hermann Kopp
  • Publication number: 20080018061
    Abstract: To compensate for tolerances and diameter differences during the chucking of a tool shank (15) in a tool holder (1) of the shrink-fit chuck type, a diameter-compensating bush (17) is provided. The diameter-compensating bush (17) has an outer sleeve (19) having a tapered inner circumferential surface (25) and an inner sleeve (21) arranged coaxially therein and having a tapered outer circumferential surface (27). Once the diameter-compensating bush (17) has been put onto the tool shank (15) and the inner sleeve (21) has been drawn into the outer sleeve (19), for example by means of a ring nut (35), for the diameter compensation, the outer sleeve (19) is thermally shrunk in place in the locating section (9) of the tool holder (1). In this way, rotary tools whose tool shank (15) does not have a diameter corresponding to the diameter or the tolerance requirements of the tool holder (1) can be chucked in a tool holder (1), for example, of the shrink-fit chuck type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer
  • Patent number: 7208706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shrinking device for shrinking a rotary tool into a central receiving opening of a toolholder which holds said rotary tool in a press fit. The device an induction heating device for thermally expanding the toolholder in the area of the receiving opening. A cooling device with at least one cooling collar which can be placed on the toolholder, in physical contact with the same, and through which a liquid coolant can flow, is provided for cooling the receiving opening area of the toolholder. This liquid cooling considerably reduces the overall time span needed for the shrinking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Haimer GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kügle
  • Patent number: 7115846
    Abstract: A shrinking arrangement for a tool holder is provided which retains a rotary tool with a press fit in a central accommodation opening. The arrangement includes an induction-heating arrangement for thermally expanding the tool holder in the region of the accommodating opening. The induction-heating arrangement includes an induction-coil unit which is guided on a vertical guide column such that it can be displaced with its coil axis vertical and which is connected, in particular via a flexible cable, to an induction-current generator which is fixed in relation to the column, and in that arranged on the induction-coil unit is a contact switch which can be actuated manually and by means of which the supply of induction current to the induction-coil unit can be switched on and off in a freely selectable manner at least for a limited period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Franz Haimer GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kügle
  • Patent number: 7060951
    Abstract: To set the length of a rotary tool (1a), to be thermally shrunk in place in a tool holder (7a), by means of an inductive heating device (15a), a setting device is provided with a positioning holder (61) for the rotary tool (1a), this positioning holder (61) being freely displaceable, but lockable, along a guide (35a) and its tool push-in movement into the thermally expanded tool holder (7a) being limited by a stop (71). The rotary tool (1a) bears with its tip (31a) against a stop (43a) of the positioning holder (61). By means of a length-measuring device (39a), the stop (71) limiting the push-in movement can be limited to a position in which the tip (31a) of the rotary tool (1a) is at a predetermined distance from a reference surface (33a) of a holder receptacle (17a), holding the tool holder (7a) during the shrink-fitting operation, or from a corresponding reference surface of the tool holder (7a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Haimer GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Bernhard Regau
  • Publication number: 20060049180
    Abstract: To set the length of a rotary tool (1a), to be thermally shrunk in place in a tool holder (7a), by means of an inductive heating device (15a), a setting device is provided with a positioning holder (61) for the rotary tool (1a), this positioning holder (61) being freely displaceable, but lockable, along a guide (35a) and its tool push-in movement into the thermally expanded tool holder (7a) being limited by a stop (71). The rotary tool (1a) bears with its tip (31a) against a stop (43a) of the positioning holder (61). By means of a length-measuring device (39a), the stop (71) limiting the push-in movement can be limited to a position in which the tip (31a) of the rotary tool (1a) is at a predetermined distance from a reference surface (33a) of a holder receptacle (17a), holding the tool holder (7a) during the shrink-fitting operation, or from a corresponding reference surface of the tool holder (7a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Bernhard Regau
  • Publication number: 20050205554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shrinking device (1) for shrinking a rotary tool (5) into a central receiving opening of a toolholder (3) which holds said rotary tool (5) in a press fit. The device comprises an induction heating device (15, 18) for thermally expanding the toolholder (3) in the area of the receiving opening. A cooling device (51, 53) with at least one cooling collar (53) which can be placed on the toolholder (3), in physical contact with the same, and through which a liquid coolant can flow, is provided for cooling the receiving opening area of the toolholder. This liquid cooling considerably reduces the overall time span needed for the shrinking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: HAIMER GbmH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kugle
  • Publication number: 20050188522
    Abstract: A shrinking arrangement for a tool holder is provided which retains a rotary tool with a press fit in a central accommodation opening. The arrangement includes an induction-heating arrangement for thermally expanding the tool holder in the region of the accommodating opening. The induction-heating arrangement includes an induction-coil unit which is guided on a vertical guide column such that it can be displaced with its coil axis vertical and which is connected, in particular via a flexible cable, to an induction-current generator which is fixed in relation to the column, and in that arranged on the induction-coil unit is a contact switch which can be actuated manually and by means of which the supply of induction current to the induction-coil unit can be switched on and off in a freely selectable manner at least for a limited period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: HAIMER GbmH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kugle
  • Patent number: 6900418
    Abstract: The induction coil (13) of an arrangement which heats a tool-holder (1) inductively for the purpose of changing a tool shank (11) retained with a press-fit therein has a winding (19), in the case of which the number of coil turns per unit of length in the direction of the coil axis and/or the number of coil turns per unit of surface area is smaller in an intermediate region located, in the direction of the coil axis, between two main winding regions (21, 23) than in the two main winding regions (21, 23) and/or the internal winding diameter is smaller in the two main winding regions (21, 23) than in the intermediate region and/or, at least in an axial sub-region of the induction coil (13), increases from the two main winding regions (21, 23) in the direction of the intermediate region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau Kg
    Inventors: Josef Haimer, Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 6861625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shrinking device (1) for shrinking a rotary tool (5) into a central receiving opening of a toolholder (3) which holds said rotary tool (5) in a press fit. The device comprises an induction heating device (15, 18) for thermally expanding the toolholder (3) in the area of the receiving opening. A cooling device (51, 53) with at least one cooling collar (53) which can be placed on the toolholder (3), in physical contact with the same, and through which a liquid coolant can flow, is provided for cooling the receiving opening area of the toolholder. This liquid cooling considerably reduces the overall time span needed for the shrinking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Haimer GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kügle
  • Patent number: 6796050
    Abstract: A presetting device is proposed for a tool holder (1) which holds the shank (23) of a rotary tool (3) in an interference fit in a locating opening (5) and releases said shank (23) during heating, in particular by means of an induction heating arrangement (7), and which has inside the locating opening (5) an axially adjustable positioning stop surface (21) for the tool shank (23). The presetting device comprises a holder receptacle (11), which holds the tool holder (1) in an axial position and has an opposing reference surface (25), and means (43) for measuring the axial overall length of the rotary tool (3). The presetting device also comprises a measuring device (27) which measures the axial distance between the positioning stop surface (21) of the tool holder (1) and the opposing reference surface (25) of the holder receptacle (11) and has a measured-value indicator (55), the indicated distance value of which can be increased by the measured value of the overall length of the rotary tool (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Franz Haimer GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kügle
  • Publication number: 20040080089
    Abstract: A presetting device is proposed for a tool holder (1) which holds the shank (23) of a rotary tool (3) in an interference fit in a locating opening (5) and releases said shank (23) during heating, in particular by means of an induction heating arrangement (7), and which has inside the locating opening (5) an axially adjustable positioning stop surface (21) for the tool shank (23). The presetting device comprises a holder receptacle (11), which holds the tool holder (1) in an axial position and has an opposing reference surface (25), and means (43) for measuring the axial overall length of the rotary tool (3). The presetting device also comprises a measuring device (27) which measures the axial distance between the positioning stop surface (21) of the tool holder (1) and the opposing reference surface (25) of the holder receptacle (11) and has a measured-value indicator (55), the indicated distance value of which can be increased by the measured value of the overall length of the rotary tool (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer, Wolfgang Kugle
  • Publication number: 20030209535
    Abstract: The induction coil (13) of an arrangement which heats a tool-holder (1) inductively for the purpose of changing a tool shank (11) retained with a press-fit therein has a winding (19), in the case of which the number of coil turns per unit of length in the direction of the coil axis and/or the number of coil turns per unit of surface area is smaller in an intermediate region located, in the direction of the coil axis, between two main winding regions (21, 23) than in the two main winding regions (21, 23) and/or the internal winding diameter is smaller in the two main winding regions (21, 23) than in the intermediate region and/or, at least in an axial sub-region of the induction coil (13), increases from the two main winding regions (21, 23) in the direction of the intermediate region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Josef Haimer, Franz Haimer