Fluid-conduit Drill Holding Patents (Class 279/20)
  • Patent number: 11691235
    Abstract: A toolholder matched with the internal jet cooling spindle for cryogenic coolant is mainly composed of a hollow toolholder body, a high-performance thermal insulation structure and a bidirectional sealing structure. They can guide the cryogenic coolant from the spindle to the internal cooling channel of cutting tool and realize the cryogenic thermal insulation and dynamic sealing. The high-performance thermal insulation structure inside the toolholder employs the material with a low thermal conductivity and a low linear expansion coefficient to restrain the low temperature impact of cryogenic coolant on the toolholder and spindle, to ensure the dimensional accuracy and assembly accuracy of the toolholder. The bidirectional sealing structure in the toolholder uses the ultra-low temperature resistant seal rings to prevent the cryogenic coolant from leaking towards the spindle and the cutting tool, to ensure the stability of the coolant transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yongqing Wang, Lingsheng Han, Kuo Liu, Haibo Liu, Zaiyou Ban, Bo Qin
  • Patent number: 11691230
    Abstract: A tool holding section opposite the first section with a bore formed in the tool holding section adapted for receiving the shank of the tool. A plurality of stress rods positioned around the bore and comprising a thermal rate of expansion less than a thermal rate of expansion of the tool holding section. The plurality of stress rods form corresponding bulges on the surface of the bore to decrease the inner diameter of the bore to mechanically lock the shank of the tool in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Techniks, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Worthington
  • Patent number: 11577330
    Abstract: A thread tap includes a shaft and teeth. The shaft includes helical passages from the threading end to the base end of the shaft. Each passage opens through an aperture in the threading end. A second tap includes a cap and the shaft includes an axially extending passage. The cap is coupled to the threading end and at least partially defines apertures in fluid communication with the passage and the exterior of the tap. A third tap includes teeth spaced apart by a plurality of linear flutes. The shaft includes a central passage and a plurality of flute passages. Each flute passage extends radially outward from a common location in the central passage to a corresponding one of the flutes. The central passage is closed to a terminal end of the threading end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Michael Habel, Ethan Hughey, Shibu Philipose, David Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11420271
    Abstract: An adapter sleeve is described for inserting into an expansion chuck of a cutting device with a substantially cylindrical body that defines a longitudinal axis (L) of the adapter sleeve and a seat area for a cutting tool. The body comprises an axial front end and an axial rear end opposite the front end by means of which the adapter sleeve can be inserted into the expansion chuck of the cutting device. An outlet element is provided at the axial front end through which a coolant can be discharged toward the cutting tool. At least one cooling line extends along the body up to the outlet element and comprises a body line section and an outlet element section. At least one channel-like outlet nozzle is formed in the outlet element and is in fluidic connection with the at least one cooling line. The flow cross-section of the cooling line decreases or remains the same toward the axial front end. In addition, a cutting device is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Santhosha Borapura Boregowda, Gururaj Bommagatti Hanumeshachar, Josef Konrad Herud
  • Patent number: 11318571
    Abstract: A coupling element for a machine tool attachment, having a coupling section for detachable mounting on a tool interface of a machine tool and having a connection for attaching a container for media that has an outlet and holds a medium. In addition, a machine tool attachment, a machine tool, and a method for delivering a medium to a part of a machine tool is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Kempter
  • Patent number: 10953529
    Abstract: Portable milling machine having a housing, a spindle and a clamping nut, which, as part of a tool holder, can be rotatably connected to the spindle and detached therefrom in order to clamp and unclamp a milling tool, and the portable milling machine having a spanner, which can be moved relative to the spindle axially between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the spanner interlockingly surrounding the clamping nut at least in portions in the circumferential direction in the engaged position and, when the spanner is in the disengaged position, the clamping nut being rotatable relative to the spanner, the spanner being connected to the housing of the portable milling machine for conjoint rotation such that, when the spanner is in the engaged position, the clamping nut can be connected to the spindle and detached therefrom by manually rotating the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Tobias Möglich
  • Patent number: 10537339
    Abstract: A surgical tool that includes a nose through which a cutting accessory extends. The nose is formed with an enclosed channel through which irrigating fluid is flowed. The enclosed channel has a helical shape such that as the channel extends longitudinally along the nose, the channel curves around the nose and the cutting accessory disposed in the nose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Manley, Richard F. Huyser
  • Patent number: 10537943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular rotary tool, which extends along an axis of rotation (6) in the longitudinal direction and which has a carrier provided with flutes as well as a cutting head exchangeably secured on said carrier, wherein the carrier has on the end surface a coupling receiving means for receiving a coupling pin of the cutting head, wherein in the carrier, a coolant channel is formed, which terminates at a first outlet opening in the coupling receiving means, and wherein a branch channel is provided, which is spaced apart from the coupling receiving means and which opens into the coolant channel at one end and terminates at a second outlet opening in the flute at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC
    Inventor: Horst Manfred Jäger
  • Patent number: 10421169
    Abstract: A cutting tool holding mechanism for detachably holding a cutting tool includes: a collet chuck configured to clamp and unclamp the cutting tool; a piston disposed deeper on the proximal side of the spindle than the collet chuck and configured to urge the collet chuck by the pressure of a fluid supplied from the proximal side of the spindle in the direction from the proximal side toward the distal end side of the spindle so that the collet chuck unclamps the cutting tool; a spool valve provided in the piston and configured to open thanks to centrifugal force at the time when the spindle is turned, so as to supply the fluid fed from the spindle side to the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Dohi, Naoki Akagawa
  • Patent number: 10413319
    Abstract: A method of making a seal-set for a rotary catheter drive unit containing a motor and a seal-set, an output shaft of the motor being power transmittingly connected to a flexible shaft that is rotatably disposed through the seal-set, the seal-set comprising a bearing and an adjacent seal defining a first and a second concentric bores, respectively, the first bore being slightly larger than a diameter of the shaft so that it rotatably and accurately supports the shaft, the second bore being slightly smaller than the diameter so that it seals around the shaft, the bearing aligning the shaft, so that it is concentric with the second bore, by deflecting the shaft to compensate for eccentricity and misalignment of the second bore relative to the output shaft of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventor: Samuel Shiber
  • Patent number: 10241494
    Abstract: A cutting method in which a workpiece is cut on the basis of a plurality of tool paths parallel to one another into a shape having a corner that protrudes outward. A machining step for machining the workpiece on the basis of one tool path and a moving step for moving to the starting point of the next machining step after the completion of the one machining step are repeated. In the machining step, a cutting step for cutting the workpiece in the one tool path and a removing step for removing a burr by moving a tool relatively to the workpiece in the same tool path as that of the cutting step in a region forming the corner are successively performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Masumiya, Kyohei Suzuki, Kazutoshi Yabe, Takashi Kageyama
  • Patent number: 10226825
    Abstract: A tool holding apparatus for interfacing a machine spindle receiver of a milling machine, which includes a holder nose connected to a holder body configured with a first divided section integrally connecting to a second divided section and a centralized axial bore for housing therewithin a tension bolt, a lock nut, and a thrust nut. The holder nose includes an axial bore incorporating a reverse-tapered configuration and three flat sectors to correspond with an equally configured shaft portion of a tool, whereupon the threaded attachment of the thrust nut to the holder nose furthers a locking arrangement of the tool within the axial bore to prevent inadvertent axial and rotational movement thereof during aggressive milling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Michael Berg
  • Patent number: 10207331
    Abstract: A tool holder is disclosed for holding a tool shaft of a tool, the tool holder having a receiving bore for receiving the tool shaft in a predetermined axial position, having a seal at an inner end of the receiving bore, and further comprising a coolant supply from a machine-side into a bore of the tool shaft, wherein the seal has an at least partially elastically deformable sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BILZ WERKZEUGFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Babel, Ulrich Zierer
  • Patent number: 10112238
    Abstract: A holding sleeve has a sleeve body having multiple clamping slits, and an outlet portion. The clamping slits are defined longitudinally and radially in the outer surface, are arranged at even angular intervals and communicate with the rotary cutting tool hole. Each clamping slit has a first end and a lateral branch. The lateral branch extends laterally from the first end of the clamping slit and communicates with the clamping slit. The outlet portion is formed in the outer end of the sleeve body and communicates with the lateral branches of the clamping slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventor: Ching-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 10040153
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to convert a rotary machine to a non-rotary machine is provided. The apparatus may include a tool body that engages a rotary head of a CNC mill and a rotation restraint member that is fixed at a stationary position relative to a rotational axis of the rotary head. An arm of the tool body may engage the rotation restraint member to prevent rotation of the tool body. A cutting tool may be coupled to the tool body such that rotation thereof is also fixed. The arm of the tool body may include an elongated aperture that allows for slight pivoting of the tool body and the cutting tool to facilitate chip removal and cutting in opposing directions. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter R. Muller, Matthew S. Theobald, Vincent Tiaga
  • Patent number: 9784395
    Abstract: A latching or release mechanism in which the insertion force can be different from the removal force. Furthermore, the said latching or release mechanism will automatically release upon applied removal force. The latching or release mechanism additionally can be readily adapted for use as a fluid coupler or as a pass-through latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Chloe Hyesung Lee
  • Patent number: 9770799
    Abstract: A rotating chuck includes a coolant groove arrangement integrally along a shank-receiving bore of the rotating chuck. The groove arrangement defines a flow path in fluid communication with front and rear bore ends. The groove arrangement includes one or more slanted groove portions opening out to, and being inwardly inclined towards, a front chuck end of the rotating chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hanoch Guy
  • Patent number: 9586263
    Abstract: A tool holder for carrying a cutting insert wherein the cutting insert is useful for the removal of material during a material removal operation. The tool holder includes a tool holder body. The tool holder body includes a pocket adapted to carry the cutting insert, a coolant inlet in communication with a pressurized source of coolant, a coolant chamber having a central region, an upstream coolant passage having a central longitudinal upstream coolant passage axis, and a downstream coolant passage having a central longitudinal downstream coolant passage axis. The upstream coolant passage opens into the coolant chamber. The upstream coolant passage has an orientation relative to the coolant chamber so that the central longitudinal upstream coolant passage axis is offset from the central region of the coolant chamber whereby coolant flows into the coolant chamber in a tangential fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC
    Inventors: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Calvin L. Hiles
  • Patent number: 9533393
    Abstract: A tool arrangement with a tool receptacle and a tool, with at least one fluid channel for supplying a fluid to the tool provided in the tool arrangement. In order to allow an improved supply of alternative fluids to the tool, the fluid channel has at least one throttle point for maintaining the pressure in the fluid channel upstream of the throttle point, and the throttle point is suitable for keeping the pressure on the fluid sufficiently high such that no excessive premature evaporation of the fluid takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 9511462
    Abstract: There is provided an attachment structure for a main spindle and a tool holder of a machine tool. The tool holder is attached to the main spindle by a tapered shank portion of the tool holder being inserted into a tapered hole formed in the main spindle of the machine tool. At least one circumferential groove is formed in at least one of the tapered hole and an inner wall of the main spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Murota
  • Patent number: 9061389
    Abstract: To provide a working unit ejecting mist of the excellent quality. A working unit includes a body, a ram, a forward and backward moving mechanism moving the ram forward and backward, a tool, a holding section holding the tool and moving forward and backward integrally with the ram, a spindle motor rotating the holding section, and a mist supply portion supplying mist mixed with air and cutting oil to the tool and works a workpiece while supplying the mist. The tool has through-holes supplying the mist to a cutting blade portion. The holding section includes a collet holding the tool and a collet holder having an inner cylindrical portion into which the collet is inserted with a communication hole to which the mist supplied from the mist supply portion 10 is introduced being formed from the inner cylindrical portion to an outer peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideki Uchiuzo, Minoru Ihara
  • Patent number: 9028181
    Abstract: A tool holder has a body with a spindle side for fastening the tool holder to a spindle of a machine tool and a tool side for accommodating a tool and has a lubricating media passage from the spindle side to the tool side that contains a lubricating media bush adjustable in the axial direction in the body. The lubricating media bush opens out on the tool side of the body, wherein a guide for the lubricating media hush is provided in the body. The guide contains a fitting section in which the lubricating media bush is adjustably guided, wherein a seal is provided which seals the lubricating media bush relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Josef K. Herud
  • Patent number: 9022393
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a chuck, a compressible conical collet and a lock nut for locking the collet. The cutting tool lock nut has a nut portion with a threaded portion for threading with the chuck, and a locking portion with a collet-locking surface formed with angled coolant grooves thereon. The collet-locking surface presses on the collet head, thereby compressing it to grip a tool shank in a collet bore thereof. As the locking portion presses only against a peripheral surface of the collet head, the lock nut is suitable for locking collets with different bore diameters. When the chuck is provided with a coolant fluid, the coolant fluid flows through the chuck and through the collet towards the locking portion, passing through the coolant notches between the locking portion and the collet head, and sprayed towards a location along the tool shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hanoch Guy
  • Patent number: 9022701
    Abstract: Device for cooling a rotating tool mounted on a machine, including elements for generating a continually renewed first flow of air, external to the tool and around the tool, at a high flow rate, produced via a Coanda-effect flow amplifier device realized in a housing fixed on the machine around the tool holder connected to a source of pressurized air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS France
    Inventors: Clement Dunant-Chatellet, Bruno Thomas
  • Patent number: 8992137
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for driven tools such as drilling or milling tools, for adapting an externally fed driven tool for use in a thru coolant system comprising: a) a cylindrical inner sleeve, b) an outer sleeve adapted to rotate relative to the inner sleeve, c) a delivery pipe to deliver coolant to the outer sleeve, and d) at least one coolant flow channel through the outer sleeve and through the inner sleeve to allow flow of coolant from the delivery pipe to the collet, and e) a seal at one end of the inner sleeve having an aperture to receive the cutting tool whereby to allow the blunt end of the tool to engage the collet, in use coolant can pass through the outer sleeve, through the inner sleeve into the collet, and to the cutting tool whilst said inner sleeve rotates with said machine output spindle and the outer sleeve remains static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Nicholas Gregory, Christopher John Dewfall, Clive Jenkin Evans, Mark Stephen Pimble, Richard John Pitman, Timothy David Bond
  • Publication number: 20150048576
    Abstract: A machining tool holder includes: a sleeve defining a central channel and a lubricant channel and formed with annular inner grooves and fastener holes, the lubricant channel having a truncated spherical end region; fasteners extending through the fastener holes; first O-rings retained in the annular inner grooves; a truncated spherical nozzle mounted rotatably in the truncated spherical end region; and an abutting mechanism having an abutting shaft and an second O-ring. The abutting shaft extends into the central channel and defines a retaining groove. The second O-ring is retained in the retaining groove and extends outwardly of the retaining groove beyond an end face of the abutting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Good-tec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jen-Hong Lee
  • Patent number: 8899891
    Abstract: A damping tool holder, such as a boring head, a chuck, or a milling cutting arbor, integrates a damping device (2), in the form of an elongated body. The damping device (2) is housed in a mounting body (3), connected by one end to the tool-holder body (1) and having at its other end an end fitting (4) for mounting a tool, whereby the mounting body (3) is equipped with at least one lubricant feed pipe (32), emptying at its front end into the end fitting (4) for mounting a tool and connected at its other end to a circular groove (102) for distributing lubricant that is provided on the front surface of the tool holder (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: SECO-E.P.B.
    Inventors: Alain Freyermuth, Mathieu Ostermann, Cédric Roos
  • Patent number: 8876447
    Abstract: A tool holder for a machining tool includes a cooling means for a compressed air blowing tool and a device for cooling air compressed by a vortex tube device. The tool holder is generally cylindrical and the vortex tube device advantageously includes a plurality of vortex tubes placed annularly around the axis of the cylinder and the cold air outputs of which are directed at the tool held by the tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company, E.P.B., Sarl Albret
    Inventors: Delphine Allehaux, Patrice Rabate, Alain Freyermuth, Jean Bernard Cledat, Jean-Pierre Fantin, Ugo Masciantonio
  • Patent number: 8876442
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to stably spray cutting fluid in a good mist form, when cutting fluid and air are supplied from the surrounding area and cutting fluid is sprayed in a mist form from the tip end section of a rotary cutting tool. The rotary cutter of the present invention sequentially feeds a mixture of cutting fluid and air through a supply pipe 4, first supply path b in a cover 3, second supply paths c, d in a chuck 2, a hollow center cavity (front throttle chamber d, throttle 24a, and rear throttle chamber e) in the chuck, and a third supply path g in a rotary cutting tool 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Saito, Tatsuo Nakahata, Hideharu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8864142
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjusting device for axially supporting a shank tool in a shrink-fit chuck tool holder, comprising a leveling section on the side facing the shank tool to level out or at least reduce any changes in position and/or orientation of the shank tool which are due to shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Guehring OHG
    Inventor: Hakki Aygün
  • Patent number: 8807880
    Abstract: A coolant coupling system for coupling a toolholder to a toolholder support member, wherein the shank of the toolholder is secured within the bore of the toolholder support member with an interference fit and a coolant channel extends through the toolholder support member to the toolholder passing through the region of the interference fit to provide a high pressure seal for the coolant passageway between the toolholder and the toolholder support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: William Michael Long, Carla A. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20140197608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool holder, in particular a steep-taper shank type tool holder, the tool holder comprising at least one mounting surface, in particular a mounting cone, for being received and driven by a drive spindle, and further comprising at least one integrated fluid path for an operating fluid, wherein at least one flow blocking member is associated with the at least one fluid path and is configured to block or release the at least one fluid path in a manner depending on flow direction. The at least one flow blocking member may be configured and arranged such that it permits flow for the operating fluid in the intended direction of supply and does not permit flow for the operating fluid in opposition to the intended direction of supply. The tool holder may be arranged as a chuck or a clamping chuck, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Werner SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 8777529
    Abstract: A rotary coolant adapter that is compatible with commercially available tool holders attaches to a rotary tool holder to supply coolant to a flow path in a rotary tool. The rotary coolant adapter has a stationary outer housing and a stationary supply tube for supplying coolant to an annular coolant manifold that surrounds a portion of the rotary tool holder. An internal radial feed tube supplies coolant from the annular coolant manifold to the flow path in the tool. Bearings support the stationary outer housing on the rotary coolant holder, and seals are located between the annular coolant manifold and the bearings to prevent coolant leakage from the annular manifold reaching the bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Creare Incorporated
    Inventors: Jay Christopher Rozzi, John Kendall Sanders, Nathan W. Brown, Michael Phillip Day
  • Patent number: 8747033
    Abstract: A collet chuck for use in boring through a workpiece that provides a cooling and cleaning fluid to the element that is machining the workpiece. One end of the collet chuck is coupled to the drive end of a motor and its other end retains the machining element. The motor provides a rotational force to the collet chuck and machining element used in machining the workpiece. The machining element, which can be a drill bit or reamer, includes an axial passage that communicates with an annulus in the chuck. The cooling/cleaning fluid flows into the annulus through a rotary seal that circumscribes the collet chuck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: William L. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 8740519
    Abstract: A tool holder assembly including a cutting tool and a tool holder. The cutting tool includes at least one fluid passage. The tool holder includes a conduit and a bore adapted to receive the cutting tool. An adapter or adapter portion may be provided that provides a fluid to one or more fluid passages in the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Alexander Stoll, Ed Exner, George Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 8678724
    Abstract: A tool holder includes: a shank portion gripped by a main shaft; a tool attachment portion having an insertion port into which a tool is inserted in a tip end surface thereof; a cover having a tubular wall that covers an outer periphery of the tool attachment portion and a bottom surface that covers the tip end surface of the tool attachment portion; a bearing provided between the tubular wall of the cover and the tool attachment portion; and a stopper that prevents the cover from co-rotating with the tool attachment portion. A through hole penetrated by the tool and an ejection port disposed on a periphery of the through hole in order to eject the coolant toward the tool are provided in the bottom surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Sung Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 8672332
    Abstract: A combination of a chucking device and a drill and a chucking device for a drill with cutting tips on both ends. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Rudolf Kauper
  • Patent number: 8667660
    Abstract: A clamping assembly for a toolholder includes a toolholder body having an access hole. A locking sleeve is slidably disposed within the access hole and a center collet is disposed within the locking sleeve and is fixedly connected to the toolholder body. The center collet receives a retaining tip of a tool. A spring assembly and a release device cause the locking sleeve to move within the access hole between a load position, where the locking sleeve is disengaged from the center collet such that the center collet is open and a lock position, where the locking sleeve engages the center collet such that the center collet is closed and locks the retaining tip of the tool within the access hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Anne Craig, Kenneth George Deroche
  • Patent number: 8474831
    Abstract: An axially adjustable tool holder, having a principal body (1)with attachment, in a recess (2) of which is slidably mounted a mobile part (3) for mounting a tool (4). The mobile part (3) cooperates with a ring for transverse adjustment (5), mounted in rotation on the extremity of the principal body (1)with the recess (2) and secured transversely to said extremity, by a ball bearing device (8), in the form of a sleeve with an interior thread (5?). The ball bearing device (8) presenting axial play of the ring for transverse adjustment (5), when the mobile part (3) is tightened, application of the proximal face (51) of the adjustment ring (5)against a corresponding distal external supporting flange (1?) of the principal body (1). The mobile part (3) being locked in working position, after adjustment, by a device for tightening (6) by traction cooperating with a part (7) of the mobile part (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: SECO-E.P.B.
    Inventors: Alain Freyermuth, Willy Heyd
  • Publication number: 20130108380
    Abstract: A tool holder includes: a shank portion gripped by a main shaft; a tool attachment portion having an insertion port into which a tool is inserted in a tip end surface thereof; a cover having a tubular wall that covers an outer periphery of the tool attachment portion and a bottom surface that covers the tip end surface of the tool attachment portion; a bearing provided between the tubular wall of the cover and the tool attachment portion; and a stopper that prevents the cover from co-rotating with the tool attachment portion. A through hole penetrated by the tool and an ejection port disposed on a periphery of the through hole in order to eject the coolant toward the tool are provided in the bottom surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Sung Geun Lee
  • Publication number: 20130069322
    Abstract: A tool holder, which is inserted into a center-through-coolant spindle and employs a side-lock type chuck structure, can reliably prevent leakage of cutting liquid from a bolt hole for a side-lock bolt. The tool holder includes a side-lock bolt and an annular seal member. The side-lock bolt is inserted into a through hole extending from an outer peripheral surface to an inner peripheral surface of a tool attachment portion, threadedly engaged with an internal thread formed in the through hole, and secures a shank of a tool to a tool-holding bore. The seal member seals between the through hole and side-lock bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: NIKKEN KOSAKUSHO WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Eisaku NAKAI, Suguru MAEMURA, Susumu MIKADO
  • Patent number: 8371775
    Abstract: A shank attachment structure which may supply coolant even if a drill without a center pin is attached. A shank can be attached to a shank attachment hole with a single motion. The outer diameter of the shank can be inserted into the shank attachment hole. A chamfered portion is formed around an edge of a base end, and an elongated concave portion is formed on a tip end. A coolant hole is formed on a base end of the shank attachment hole, and a valve body is disposed in the hole. A sealing member is disposed adjacent to the tip end side. A first sleeve is disposed such that a base of the shank moves the first sleeve, so that a base of the sleeve separates from the sealing member; and when the shank is not in contact with the tip, an outer peripheral surface of the first sleeve moves the engaging member radially outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Miyanaga
    Inventor: Masaaki Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 8360695
    Abstract: An interface between a shank tool and a lubricant transfer area. The shank tool is arranged in a tool holder, and comprises a clamping section, a conical shank end and at least one internal lubricant duct comprising an orifice located in a tapered surface of the shank end outside a shank tool axis. The lubricant transfer area is provided in the tool holder, which encompasses an inner recess, and which narrows in the direction of a centrical lubricant feed pipe, the inner recess defining an inner cone supporting the conical shank end radially outside of the orifice. The conical shank end and the lubricant transfer area include a funnel-shaped lubricant transfer chamber, which extends between the centrical lubricant feed pipe and a tapered surface contact area between the inner cone of the lubricant transfer area and the conical shank end. Also, an adjustable screw for an interface as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Guehring OHG
    Inventor: Peter Haenle
  • Patent number: 8337125
    Abstract: A system with a container (1) and a tool holder (20) having two ends (21, 22). One of the ends of the tool holder is adapted to be secured to a machine tool and the other end is adapted for attaching a cutting edge or a cutting edge carrying unit. The tool holder includes an internal cavity (23) surrounded by a cavity wall. The cavity accommodates the container. One end of the cavity is adapted for connection to a supply for a cooling medium and the other end is connected to an outlet for cooling medium. The cavity furthermore includes an opening (25) for installation of the container. At least one gap for leading the cooling medium is formed between the container and the cavity wall. The container can be installed in a machine tool, and the container can be used to accommodate one or several sensors for measuring parameters or for receiving a damping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Teeness ASA
    Inventors: Anders Digernes, Audun Skjellnes, Olav Risstad, Thomas Jensen, Einar Sundseth, Knut S. Stokland
  • Publication number: 20120292863
    Abstract: A clamping assembly for a toolholder includes a toolholder body having an access hole. A locking sleeve is slidably disposed within the access hole and a center collet is disposed within the locking sleeve and is fixedly connected to the toolholder body. The center collet receives a retaining tip of a tool. A spring assembly and a release device cause the locking sleeve to move within the access hole between a load position, where the locking sleeve is disengaged from the center collet such that the center collet is open and a lock position, where the locking sleeve engages the center collet such that the center collet is closed and locks the retaining tip of the tool within the access hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Karen Anne Craig, Kenneth George Deroche
  • Patent number: 8257003
    Abstract: A side actuated collet lock mechanism includes a collet; a drawbar at least partially disposed within the collet, and a pair of wedge members threadingly received onto each end of a double-ended drive screw. The drive screw is rotated to cause the wedge members to move downward such that a first cam surface engages the drawbar. The drawbar and collet are pulled into the tool holder and firmly secure the shank. To remove the shank, the drive screw is rotated in an opposite direction to cause the wedge members to move upward such that a second cam surface engages the drawbar. The drawbar and the collet are pushed out from the toolholder, thereby releasing the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. McCormick, Filho Ruy Frota de Souza
  • Patent number: 8251621
    Abstract: A device for supplying coolant into a shank of a rotary tool as well as a rotary tool, in particular a drill. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Dirk Kammermeier
  • Publication number: 20120211950
    Abstract: A chuck for a tool comprises a device for supplying a cooling and/or lubricating medium to a medium channel in a tool held in the chuck, an adjusting screw, and securing means. The adjusting screw serves as a stop for the tool held in the chuck, is arranged in the chuck, is adjustable in relation to the chuck in the axial direction of the chuck, and interacts with a pipe element. The pipe element is held rotatably in the chuck and the securing means limit an axial displacement of the pipe element at least in the direction of the adjusting screw. The pipe element and the adjusting screw are connected in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: GUEHRING OHG
    Inventor: Klaus MATHEIS
  • Publication number: 20120061924
    Abstract: A tool holder has a first holder part for inserting into a receptacle in the machine tool and a second holder part for holding a tool. The tool holder has a conduit for directing a coolant and/or lubricant to the tool from a coolant and/or lubricant source. The tool has a conduit section for the coolant and/or lubricant for directing the latter to a machining point, and wherein, in the fitted state of the tool in the tool holder, the conduit is in contact with the conduit section at a coupling point. Provision is made for there to be an air feed line which directs compressed air from a compressed-air source into the region of the coupling point in such a way that the compressed air acts on the outer circumferential surface of the conduit and of the conduit section. Furthermore, methods for operating such a tool holder are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik fur Prazisionswerkzeuge
    Inventor: Peter Liebald
  • Patent number: 8123444
    Abstract: The apparatus for supplying a cooling fluid to the outer surface of a tool consists of a guide element which surrounds the tool shank and gives rise to a laminar coolant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Rego-Fix AG
    Inventor: Martin Brönnimann