| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 082158000 | Tool rest | 32 |
| 20090133547 | Tool clamping device and tool holder - A tool clamping device having a tool holder ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100257982 | TOOL HOLDER - The tool holder for machine tools with fixed tools has a cylindrical shank for connection to the carriage or turret of the machine tool and a receiving bore for a tool. It comprises a base holder having the cylindrical shank and a collet chuck holder separate from the base holder and connectable to it with an exact fit and having a receiving bore for a collet chuck. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100275748 | Adjustable tool supporting mechanism for machine tool - A machine tool a slide attached on a base and moveable along an X-axis, a carriage attached onto the slide and moveable along a Y-axis, a follower rotatably mounted on the carriage, a sliding member attached on the follower and moveable along a Z-axis, a carrier rotatably attached to the sliding member, and a tool holder mounted on the carrier and rotatable relative to the carrier to selected angular positions for supporting a shaft, and a barrel slidably received in the shaft for supporting a tool member. The barrel includes a noncircular chamber for engaging with a noncircular shank of the tool member and for preventing the shank of the tool member from rotating relative to the barrel and the shaft. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100307301 | Configurable Tooling Block - A configurable tooling block for a CNC turret lathe holds a plurality of tools at a single index position of the turret. The tooling block includes a main body, a mounting flange, and a coolant manifold removably mounted on the main body on either a first side face or a second side face of the main body. The main body has a plurality of tool-receiving openings, at least one of which is a rectangular opening for receiving an OD tool. The manifold may be provided with individually operable valves for controlling coolant flow to output ports associated with the tool-receiving opening, and may be made of a material that is lighter than the material used to form the main body to reduce overall weight. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110271804 | CENTRE DRILLING/TURNING TOOL HOLDER - The invention discloses a centre drilling/turning tool holder including a stock receiver, a pillar holder, and a tail section. The stock receiver is used to position a workpiece. The pillar holder is able to move and spin, and has a plurality of positioning means for positioning a tool. The tail section is able to move and has a top pin for urging the workpiece. The pillar holder positions at least one tool holder. One side of the tool holder positions one tool. The configuration of the tool holder allows the pillar holder to avoid from contacting the tail section so that operation time is saved and centre-point correction becomes more efficient. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20140123822 | ILLUMINATED TOOL REST FOR LATHE - A lathe tool rest including a light source for improving the illumination of the workpiece is described. The tool rest includes a vertical post having an upper end, a horizontal tool arm attached to the upper end of the post, and an LED illumination strip attached to the front side of the tool arm. The front side of the tool arm preferably includes a horizontal recess With the LED illumination strip being mounted within the recess. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140216218 | CUTTING METHOD AND CUTTING APPARATUS - A tool-main-spindle, whose cutting angle can be changed, is translated by an X-axis moving mechanism portion on an X-axis provided in a plane perpendicular to an axis of a work, and is translated on a Y-axis by a Y-axis moving mechanism portion. Cutting of the work is performed by setting the cutting angle of the tool-main-spindle to an angle of the cutting tool at which the work has large dynamic rigidity, and causing an axis of a cutting tool to cross the work axis, and cutting the work with the cutting tool toward the axis of the work by cooperatively operating the X-axis moving mechanism portion and the Y-axis moving mechanism portion. | 08-07-2014 |
| 082159000 | Turret type holder (e.g., multiple tools, etc.) | 14 |
| 20080202297 | TURRET TOOL REST AND MACHINE TOOL - A turret tool rest | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090090226 | Tool revolver - The invention relates to a tool revolver, in particular for a machine tool, comprising a tool disk ( | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090282956 | TURRET LATHE - A turret lathe includes a bed having a chip pan, parallel bed ways, a first motor on the bed, a sliding carriage on the bed ways driven by the first motor for translating the carriage in a first direction, the carriage having a gable guard above the bed ways, and a second motor; a turret assembly slidably mounted on the carriage and driven by the second motor for translating the turret assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an L-shaped headstock including a first chuck and a third motor at an open end of the horizontal portion; and a tailstock including a second chuck aligned with the first chuck, a second slide, a threaded shaft through the second slide to rotatably connect to the third motor, and two parallel racks between the second slide and the horizontal portion of the headstock. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100251862 | TOOL POST OF MACHINE TOOL - The present invention provides a tool post of a machine tool capable of enhancing the accuracy of positioning a tool. A positioning key | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110094355 | TOOL HOLDER - A combination live/dead tool holder for use on an indexing tool turret of a machine tool includes a live tool holder as well as a dead tool holder mount. The dead tool holder mount is configured to interchangeably mount to a variety of different dead tool holders. The tool holder includes a y-axis adjustment mechanism that facilitates adjustment of the position of the tool holder relative to the turret along the y axis (i.e., along a circumferential direction of the turret). | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110154963 | TURRET TOOL HOLDER - A turret tool holder, having means capable of easily avoiding unnecessary free rotation of a turret, is provided. When a linearly movable shaft is moved toward a turret head section by driving a servomotor, an annular movable coupling element arranged in the turret begins to disengage from an annular fixed coupling element fixed to a support. While the movable coupling member is still engaged with the fixed coupling member, clutch teeth of a clutch member are engaged with other clutch teeth. Therefore, even when the annular movable coupling element is disengaged from the annular fixed coupling element, the turret is prevented from freely rotating by the engaged clutch teeth. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110277603 | PRECISION ROLL TURNING LATHE AND AUTOMATIC TOOL CHANGER THEREFOR - There is provided an automatic tool changer which, in a precision roll turning lathe which feeds a tool post at a high speed, can automatically change a tool, such as a cutting tool, without stopping the machine, thereby enabling highly efficient ultra-Precision machining of a roll mold for molding of a large-sized plastic sheet. The automatic tool changer includes: a change device including a vertically movable pivot arm having a pivot axis and which pivots in a horizontal plane, a hand portion, mounted at the front end of the arm, for detachably gripping a tool holder, a pivot drive section for pivoting the pivot arm, and a lifting drive section for vertically moving the pivot arm; a tool holder stocker, having a plurality of circumferentially-arranged stages disposed at a predetermined distance from the pivot axis, each stage detachably holding a tool holder; a holder base, mounted to the tool post, for fixing and unfixing a tool holder through the rotation of a clamp shaft; and a clamp shaft operating device including an operating portion for clamping/unclamping the tool holder by rotating the clamp shaft. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120006164 | COOLANT SUPPLY STRUCTURE FOR TURRET TOOL HEAD - To provide a coolant supply structure for a turret tool rest in which the central part of the intermediate shaft can be utilized effectively as a space and there is no need to allow this shaft to be hollow when a shaft such as a driving shaft is inserted. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20130036880 | Multiple tool holding device for a lathe - A tool-holding device for a lathe is provided including a lathe-attachment portion, with a base sized and shaped for placement on a lathe and attaching means for attaching the base to the lathe. The lathe-attachment portion also has a circular-perimeter, angled mounting apparatus integral with the base and having equal-sized wedge-shaped, double sloped clamping portions and a partly threaded central locking base-bore. Attached to the lathe-attachment portion is a frusto-conical multiple-tool tool-holder having a lower surface with an equal number of equal-sized wedge-shaped, double sloped clamping surfaces to mate with the clamping portions of the base. The upper surface of the tool-holder has insert pockets for attachment of tools. A central bore extends through the tool-holder for locking the tool-holding device to a lathe or other machine. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130087028 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, TURNING TOOL HOLDER, BLADE POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND BLADE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A carriage is moved in a direction including a Y axis component in order to move a turning process tool that is attached to a tool spindle along a horizontal line that is perpendicular to a Z axis, and thus, a turning process is carried out on a workpiece which is attached to a workpiece spindle. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20150306673 | MACHINE TOOL - In a lathe equipped with a spindle for rotatably driving a work and a tool rest having a turret (rotary member) rotatably supporting a plurality of tools in an indexable manner about a horizontal axis, the tool rest is detachably installed on a tool rest installation portion formed so as to be positioned on an operator side so that the tools of the turret face the work side gripped by the spindle in an attachable and detachable manner. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160121405 | LATHE | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160175943 | TOOL CLAMPING DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160184902 | BALANCING MECHANISM OF MACHINE TOOL TURRET - A balancing mechanism of a machine tool turret includes an accommodation housing and a balancing device. The accommodation housing includes a slide rail located at a side of the accommodation housing, a groove located at an opposing side thereof and connected with the machine tool, a driving screw located in the slide rail along a specific axis, a driving motor located top of the accommodation housing and connected with the driving screw, and a block base located in the slide rail and connected with one end of the driving screw. The balancing device is located aside to the accommodation housing with one end fixedly connected with a top side of the accommodation housing and another end extended along the specific axis perpendicular to an axis of a work piece. In a finite installation space, the balancing mechanism has the way in embedding the accommodation housing without increasing the extra volume. | 06-30-2016 |
| 082160000 | Quick release tool or holder clamp | 8 |
| 20090235790 | TOOL HOLDER ASSEMBLY WITH INTERFERENCE FIT KEY ARRANGEMENT - A tool holder assembly includes a tool holder with a shank and a key slot having a surface with an angled portion that forms a non-zero angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tool holder assembly. A clamping mechanism includes a support block, a ball canister including a key, and a lock rod. An interference fit key arrangement is provided between the tool holder and the clamping mechanism by an abutment surface located along the first side wall of the key. The abutment surface contacts the angular portion of the key slot to cause the key slot to undergo elastic deformation and allow simultaneous contact between the abutment surface and the angular portion of the key slot and the second side wall of the key and the second surface of the key slot, thereby providing for an interference fit key arrangement between the tool holder and the clamping mechanism when the tool holder assembly is placed in the locked position. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100107831 | QUICK CHANGE TOOL HOLDER - A quick change tool holder having a base member, a body, a quick change head member, and a cutting tool cartridge. The base member includes an upper surface, bottom surface, and mating surface and is adapted to removably mount to an associated cutting machine carriage. The body includes an end wall and an inner surface, where the end wall includes a dovetail portion. The body is adapted to engage the base member in an interlocking fashion. The quick change head includes a top surface, a bottom surface, an interface wall having a channel disposed therein, and an outer wall having a plurality of longitudinal grooves, wherein said channel is adapted to receive said dovetail portion. The cutting tool cartridge is adapted to engage the longitudinal grooves of the quick change head. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110067536 | Off-Axis Spring Held Clamping Unit - A clamping device used for securing a toolholder for metal working operations includes a lock rod reciprocating along a lock rod longitudinal axis to radially activate locking balls to engage perforations within the shank of a toolholder, wherein the toolholder is oriented along a toolholder axis non parallel to the locking rod longitudinal axis. Additionally, the lock rod includes a ramp which engages a bump-off pin in a direction lateral to the motion of the lock rod to provide a mechanism for ejecting the toolholder from the clamping device. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110094356 | Quick-Change Threading Tool Holder - A quick-change tool holder designed to facilitate thread cutting on manual metal cutting lathes. The tool holder mounts on a face of a prior art quick-change tool post that is mounted on the lathe compound rest with a face parallel to the axis of the compound rest and a face perpendicular to this axis and holds the axis of the cutting tool at a particular horizontal angle with respect to the face of the tool post so that, when the compound rest is rotated so as to feed the cutting tool in a preferred direction, the tool axis becomes either perpendicular or parallel to the axis of the work piece to be threaded in the cases of external or internal threading respectively. The threading tool holder also has an external vertical face parallel to the axis of the cutting tool that facilitates setting the angle of the compound rest. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110167969 | TOOLHOLDER ASSEMBLY - An apparatus for releasably holding a tubular toolholder shank includes a tool support member; a canister disposed within the tool support member; a lock rod movable within the tool support member in a reciprocating motion for pulling the tubular toolholder shank into a locked position and for releasing the tubular toolholder shank to an unlocked position; and at least two locking elements engaging the lock rod so that movement of the lock rod causes the locking elements to extend outward to engage the tubular toolholder shank. The lock rod includes a relief cavity extending rearward from a forward end of the lock rod. The lock rod has a maximum outer diameter and the relief cavity has a maximum diameter. A ratio of the maximum diameter of the relief cavity to the maximum outer diameter of the front portion of the lock rod is greater than approximately 1 to 4. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110174121 | TOOLHOLDER ASSEMBLY - A toolholder assembly for releasably holding a toolholder includes a toolholder having a tubular shank with at least two perforations; a tool support member; a canister disposed within the tool support member and including at least two apertures; a lock rod movable within the tool support member in a reciprocating motion for pulling the toolholder into a locked position and for releasing the toolholder to an unlocked position; and at least two locking elements disposed within the spaced apertures of the canister and engaging the lock rod so that movement of the lock rod causes the locking elements to extend radially outward from the canister. The circumferentially spaced perforations of the tubular shank each include a primary cylindrical wall and a forward facing contact surface at least partially defined by a depression having a converging wall surface non-concentric with the primary cylindrical wall of the perforations. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120031244 | HANDS-FREE QUICK-CHANGE AIR TOOL CONFIGURATION - A hands-free quick-change air tool configuration for a machining apparatus includes a tool holder configured to receive a normally hand-held air operated tool. The air manifold is operably receptive of the tool holder. A plunger-type seal configuration is operably interconnected to an air supply and is in operable communication with the air manifold. A method for deburring a part in a machining apparatus is included. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20140305268 | First coupling part and tool coupling - A first coupling part interacts with a second coupling part of a tool coupling. The first coupling part has a first body and a conical pin, which extends from the first body along a center axis (x) to an end surface. The conical pin is insertable into a conical seat. The conical pin comprises a cavity, which extends from the end surface and comprises a number of first protuberances, which are separated and arranged at a distance from each other along a circumferential direction in respect to the center axis so that there are formed a corresponding number of first recesses. The first protuberances form a respective first contact surface and interact with a corresponding number of separated, second contact surfaces of a pull member of the second coupling part. The first contact surfaces form an acute angle with the center axis. | 10-16-2014 |
| 082161000 | Tool post | 3 |
| 20110061502 | LATHE FRAME ASSEMBLY - A lathe frame assembly has a lathe frame, a front end of the lathe frame having an axial hole and two recesses, a clamper having a retaining hole at a middle section thereof; a front end of the clamper being installed with a protrusion which is received in a positioning hole of the lathe sheet; a lower end of the clamper having two noses which are received into the two recesses of the lathe frame so as to lock the lathe sheet; and a front end of the lathe frame having an engaging portion which is formed with two resting portions. The engaging portion has a shape selected from rectangular shapes, rhombus shapes and triangular shapes so as to clamp the lathe sheet tightly. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20130104708 | TOOL POST ASSEMBLY FOR QUICK DISPLACEMENT OF A TOOL OF A MACHINE TOOL | 05-02-2013 |
| 20160101472 | TOOLS HOLDER - A tools holder is provided with a base including a rear fastening member configured to secure to a mounting groove of a lathe, and a front groove member, and at least one hole extending from an outer surface to the groove member; a blade including a front cutting member and a rear tenon fitted into the groove member; and at least one fastener each driven through one of the at least one hole to urge against the tenon for fastening the base and the blade. The tools holder is capable of increasing length by assembling at least one interconnecting member between the base and the blade. Further, the assembly is secured due to complimentary engagement of any two adjacent components and the provision of threaded fasteners. | 04-14-2016 |
