Patents by Inventor Rudolf Gafner

Rudolf Gafner 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).

  • Patent number: 6183175
    Abstract: A tool holder for a tool drive with an outer and an inner concentric drive shaft. A first adapter is detachably held by a conventional clamping system in a receptacle of the outside drive shaft. A second adapter is concentrically mounted in the first tool receptacle of the first adapter so as to rotate with respect to the first adapter. The second adapter has a tool receptacle which can be inclined by a pivoting element. Thus, a tool can be eccentrically inserted and concentrically driven. This makes possible certain machining modes, for example the machining of a hollow shaft, since inner threads can now be turned rather than cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Rudolf Gafner