Abstract: A clamping device for releasably securing a tooling adaptor in a tool clamp block comprising a generally cylindrical member having an eccentric slot for engaging and securing the tooling adaptor, the cylindrical member adapted to move in the direction of its longitudinal axis to reversibly load and engage the tooling adaptor.

Abstract: An angle grinder comprising a hollow drive shaft with a counterflange mounted at an end thereof, a spindle extending through the drive shaft and coupled thereto for joint rotation therewith and an axial displacement relative thereto and having a threaded end portion for receiving thereon a clamp nut cooperating with the counterflange for clamping a grinding wheel therebetween, and a slidable wedge extending transversely through the drive shaft and the spindle and having an inclined surface displaceable along respective inclined surfaces of the drive shaft and the spindle to provide for axial displacement of the spindle relative to the drive shaft.

Abstract: A coupler assembly having male and female coupler members, the female coupler member having at least one linear open ended slot therein adapted to receive a drive pin on the male coupler member, the female coupler member also having an annular opening angularly displaced with respect to the linear slot, the male coupler member also having a depressible locking pin adapted to be depressed by the female coupler member as the drive pin is inserted into the linear slot, the locking pin being positioned to enter the annular opening in the female coupler member when the projection reaches the inner end of the slot, thereby locking together the coupler members.

Abstract: A tool changer including male and female flanges for respectively connecting end effectors to robot arms and the like. A male flange assembly having a tapered projection is inserted into a tapered female flange member having a rod aligned along the diameter of the tapered opening. A rotatably mounted locking stud is aligned within an opening in the male tapered projection and is machined to provide a slot having locking grooves as its lower end. The stud is rotated through a 35 degree angle causing the male and female flanges to be drawn together until the cooperating tapers are seated together. A spring retains the flanges in the locked position. A cooperating pin and pin receiving socket respectively provided on the male and female flanges at locations displaced from the male and female tapers are utilized to assure the proper orientation between flanges and to prevent rotation of the flanges.

Abstract: The apparatus is intended for securing a tool (3) in a holder (1), of which one (1) having a hole (2) and the other (3) having a stem (4) fitted in the hole (2), the stem surface being provided with a groove (7) having side surfaces (8, 9). The apparatus comprises a pin (10). The hole (2) and the stem (4) have bearing surfaces (12, 13). The minimum distance (1) from the bearing surface (13) of the stem (4) to the side surface (8) of the groove (7) farthest therefrom is less than the distance (L) from the bearing surface (12) of the hole (2) to the surface of the pin (10) farthest from said bearing surface (12) of the hole (2).

Abstract: A dental instrument employs a tool having an upper portion for use in contacting teeth and a lower portion defining a shank with a lower end, a hollow elongated gripping holder having an opening at one end, a device in the holder communicating with the opening in the holder to removably receive said part of the shank, including the lower end; and a manually operated coupling mechanism having a first section connected to the holder and a second section on the shaft, the mechanism having a lock position at which the first section engages the second section in such a manner that the tool is locked in the holder in position for use, and having a release position at which the first and second sections are disengaging and the tool can be removed from the holder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for attaching a shell-type milling cutter wherein an area for fastening the shell-type milling cutter to its cutter arbor is increased to raise rigidity and attachment strength thereby making high-speed and heavy-duty cutting possible, so that the cutting efficiency thereof becomes substantially identical to that of an integral structure type milling cutter, besides exchange of the milling cutter can very simply be attained.The method for attaching a shell-type milling cutter according to the present invention is conducted by such a manner that the inside diameter portion of a shell-type milling cutter is formed into a tapered hole, and a bush is forcibly inserted in a gap defined between the tapered hole and a fitting shaft of a cutter arbor, whereby the milling cutter is fixed to the cutter arbor.

Abstract: A tool holder for drilling and chiselling tools includes a receiving sleeve forming a bore with a conically shaped section for receiving a conically shaped shank on a drilling or chiselling tool. Shoulders extending in the axial direction of the sleeve are formed on the surface of the conically shaped section for interengagement with grooves in the drilling or chiselling tool shank so that the sleeve can rotate the tool. Locking elements in the form of axially elongated pins are mounted in the receiving sleeve so that the pins extend transversely of the sleeve axis and tangentially of the conically shaped bore section. The pins are spring biased toward the bore section and are displaceable generally radially relative to the bore. The pins are arranged to seat within an annular groove in the shank of the tool.

Abstract: A punch assembly is provided wherein individual punches may be quickly released and extracted from a punch ring by depressing an elongated retainer member positioned adjacent and transverse to each of the punches. The retainer member has walls defining a concave groove, and the retainer walls are selectively engageable with complemental, groove-defining walls of each punch. A spring normally biases the retainer member to a position where the retainer walls tightly engage the punch walls and thereby retain the punch within a bore of the punch ring. When the punch must be removed from the ring for repair or replacement, the retainer can be depressed against the bias of the spring and shifted to a position wherein the groove-defining retainer walls disengage the groove-defining punch walls, thereby enabling the release of the punch from the punch ring.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a spreadable keeper for use in the cooperative slots in a machine tool spindle and its associated shank or tang. In use, the slots are partly aligned crosswise of the spindle axis of rotation and the keeper is inserted in the slots and screw-expanded to force the tang or shank more tightly into the tapered bore of the spindle. The keeper comprises a base on which are mounted cooperative camming members operable by a screw to expand lengthwise of the spindle for exporting the tightening force.

Abstract: An adapter for a torquing tool includes an elongated body having a bore at at least one end to accommodate a working member such as a drill bit or fastener driver and a coupling means for detachably attaching the body to the tool. The improvement comprises a quick release means internal of the body member to detachably retain the working member within the bore and to the elongated body. The preferred quick release means is a spring loaded shuttle positioned in an opening radially through the body member and in communication with the bore.

Abstract: A boring head is retained to a connecting shaft by means of a cylindrical fastening spigot, using a retaining screw with a conical end which engages a conical transverse bore in the spigot such that the boring head is tightened by wedging effect against the connecting shaft. The fastening spigot is provided with a cylindrical transverse bore, at an approximate right angle to the conical transverse bore in the spigot, and a longitudinally displaceable drive pin is supported in the cylindrical transverse bore such that the ends penetrate, with slight play, into recesses in the connecting shaft. During the transmission of torque, the drive pin is automatically centered so that the forces developed are evenly distributed between the two ends of the drive pin, so that the device is particularly suitable for the transmission of high torques, whether of a gradually increasing or an impulse type, and is usable either with a clockwise or a counterclockwise movement.

Abstract: An adapter for a torquing tool includes an elongated body having a bore at at least one end to accommodate a working member such as a drill bit or fastener driver and a coupling means for detachably attaching the body to the tool so that at least a portion of the adapter is not housed within the tool. The improvement comprises a quick release means internal of the portion of the body member that is not housed within the tool to detachably retain the working member within the bore and to the elongated body and means associated with said bore and said working member for transmitting torque from the tool to the working member. The preferred quick release means is a spring loaded shuttle positioned in an opening radially through the body member and in communication with the bore. The preferred torque transmitting means is a pair of corresponding, opposed surfaces disposed on the bore and working member, respectively.

Abstract: An elastic ring for maintaining a pin in a hole formed in a socket and work drive shaft of a rotary tool. The ring has integral fingers which project into the ends of the hole so that the pin cannot dislodge the ring by centrifugal force when the tool is operating at high speed. Several variations of the ring include weighted areas at portions of the ring midway between the fingers, which areas counterbalance centrifugal force on the ring to supplement holding force of the fingers upon the pin.

Abstract: A punch and retainer assembly wherein the punch has a non-circular punching end, a flattened surface at the upper end of the side wall thereof and a radially inwardly extending recess directly below the flattened side wall portion. The punch retainer includes a vertically movable latch adapted to engage within the recess on the shank of the punch and retain the punch within the retainer. Means are provided for limiting vertical movement of the latch so that the punch can be inserted into the retainer only when the flattened surface thereof is aligned parallel with the pivot axis of the punch. Spring means are also provided for maintaining the non-circular punching end of the punch in a predetermined circumferential angular relationship relative to the latch.

Abstract: There is disclosed a tool retaining mechanism employing a nose piece including an axially extending, longitudinal bore which accepts the tool bit. The nose piece includes a first opening which is disposed so as to cut through a portion of the bore. Slideably disposed in the opening is a retaining pin which includes a first cutout which cooperates with the profile of the bore and the tool bit, in a first position, to allow insertion or removal of the bit. Means are described for urging the pin axially in its opening to a position where it cooperates with the contour of the bit to retain the latter in the tool once inserted.

Abstract: A mechanical system for allowing removable attachment of tools to a robot which is capable of accommodating positional and angular errors between the tool and the robot during attachment and release of the tool by using tapered attachments.

Abstract: A tool holder has a bore adapted to receive therein a tool having locking flat surfaces on the shank thereof, and a peripheral wall defining the bore; tangential holes running across the peripheral wall and having an aperture open to the bore; and locking cotters each having an inclined surface and disposed in each tangential hole movably in the axial direction thereof. Displacement of each locking cotter towards the mid portion of the tangential hole causes the inclined surface to press against the flat surface of the shank due to the wedge effect, thereby locking the shank to the peripheral wall. Increasing torque, which acts on the shank, moves the locking cotter in the axial direction to a further extent, thus providing an increased wedge effect, whereby a greatly increased shank retaining force is obtained.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a combination of a tool holder having a socket member with a cylindrical axial bore, and a tool shaft releasably received therein. A driving element is displaceably mounted in the socket member so as to be movable between an extended position in which part of the driving member extends into the axial bore, and a retracted position in which the driving member is retracted from the bore, and the driving element is biased towards its extended position by spring means. The tool shaft received in the tool holder has a transversely extending recess receiving the driving element in its extended position, whereby the tool shaft is locked in the tool holder. Adjacent to the free end of the tool shaft the said recess defines an abutment surface cooperating with an inner surface part of the driving element in its extended position so as to prevent axial withdrawal of the tool shaft from the axial bore of the socket member.

Abstract: A retainer arrangement is disclosed for securing punches, dies or similar machine tool elements within a bore in a tool holder body, the retainer providing for secure and accurately repeatable orientation of the punch or other element within the bore. The retainer comprises a conically tapered pin retainer having a threaded shank portion adapted to be received into a threaded portion of a retainer seat extending into the holder body transversely to the holder bore and having a conically tapered portion partially intersecting the same. The leading end of the tapered pin retainer is tapered to mate with the tapering portion of the retainer seat and with a complementary conical tapered groove formed in the punch shank, to securely retain the punch or other machine element within the holder body, and also to precisely and repeatably orient the same with respect to the holder body bore in receiving the same.

Abstract: A drift advancing machine or the like having a cutting head with replaceable bits. Each bit is disposed in a sleeve-shaped bit holder fixed to the cutting head. Arranged at an oblique angle to the axis of each bit is a pivotal locking bolt having a first pivotal position wherein it engages a recessed portion of the bit and prevents removal of the bit, and a second pivotal position wherein it is out of engagement with the recessed portion of the bit and allows removal of the bit. The front end of the locking bolt is shaped particularly for engagement with the bit recessed portion.

Abstract: Retaining means for an earthworking tip member including a wire spring member bonded into a washer shaped member of resilient material. The means also include a partially cylindrical partially flat surfaced retaining bar member having grooves for receiving portions of the wire spring member within the open central portion of the washer shaped resilient member. The resilient member is received within a recessed portion of an adapter or shank upon which the earthworking tip member is retained. Upon engagement with the grooves in the bar member, the wire spring means and the resilient member tend to rotate the retaining bar to lock the bar member in place from firm retention of the tip member during use. The retention means is also selectively releasable when desired for removal thereof and release of the tip member.

Abstract: An earthworking device comprises an adapter having a tip detachably mounted on a forward end thereof. A flat pin of rectangular cross section, disposed in aligned bores formed through the adapter and the tip, is held in place by a triangularly shaped spring clip which straddles notches formed on the pin.

Abstract: Retaining means for releasably retaining an earthworking tool on a support member includes a socket and adjustably partially misaligned holes extending transverse of the socket and a radially resilient retaining pin extending through the holes.

Abstract: A hammer-drill or the like has a chuck formed with a first bore and with a second bore which intersects the first bore. A tool bit has a shank that is receivable in the first bore and is provided with a surface recess transverse to the elongation of the first bore. A locking stud is received and axially shiftable in the second bore between one position in which it extends through the recess and locks the tool bit in the first bore, and another position in which it is retracted out of the recess. An arresting arrangement is provided which normally arrests the locking stud in its tool-locking position, and which can be operated to release the stud so that the same can be moved out of this position.

Abstract: A tube has an open end and an outer circumference and is formed with a transverse incision which extends inwardly towards the axis and is inclined longitudinally of the tube towards the open end of the latter. A sleeve surrounds the tube with clearance and is formed in its inner circumference with a substantially radial slot. A cylindrical locking member extends normal to the axis of the tube through the incision, being freely slidable therein, and has end portions projecting beyond the tube into the slot. A biasing spring normally biases the sleeve to a position relative to the tube in which the locking member is prevented from sliding in the incision because of the fact that its end portions are received in the slot of the sleeve, until the sleeve is displaced axially of the tube against the force of the biasing spring to a position in which the locking member can freely slide in the incision.