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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6053508 | Device for the centric and/or imbalance-free holding of workpieces or tools In order to permit a fast, precisely centric fastening of rotating tools, such as drills or milling tools in clamping sleeves, of such clamping sleeves or of workpiece holding devices, such as clamping chucks 4 in spindles 1 of turning machines, respectiv... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5992860 | Chucking device for mounting a tool on a machine tool and clamping device for the shrink-fit clamping of tools A chucking device for mounting a tool on a machine tool is provided, having a mounting section for mounting the chucking device on the machine tool and a thermally expandable shrink section which comprises a holding section intended to receive the tool in... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5979912 | Heavy-metal shrink fit cutting tool mount A mount for interfacing a cutting tool having a generally cylindrical shank portion to a tool holder having a central opening. The mount comprises an elongate, generally cylindrical shank member having first and second ends. The first end is insertable in... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5971681 | Drawbar guide ring with drive keys A guard ring having a center bore mounts on a face of a spindle of a machine tool having a taper socket drive, and a bore for receiving and driving a tool holder. A drive between the guard ring and the tool holder engages before a power drawbar of the mac... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5938380 | Method for rotationally driving gear material when hob machining is performed, and gear In order to rotationally drive a gear material (3) when the gear material (3) is gear machined using a hob (not shown), a drive hole (34) having a circular configuration in section and extending on an axis L of the gear material (3) is formed in an end fa... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5934163 | Carving blank and mandrel for mounting same in a carving machine An improved carving blank and mandrel for mounting the blank in a carving machine enables accurate carving of prosthetic and orthotic positive shapes. The blanks are simple to mount and dismount and means are provided enabling a repeatable mounting positi... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5927411 | Connector with variable resistance retention member A rotatable cutting bit-chuck assembly wherein the cutting bit has an axially forward end an axially rearward end with at least one cutting insert at the axially forward end. The cutting bit contains a cavity defined by a cavity wall. The chuck has an axi... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5881614 | Tool with reversible bit and method of assembly A tool having a handle and including a sleeve and a spring is provided which is simple and cost effective to manufacture. The sleeve is provided with a slot and the spring is positioned so that a portion of the spring extends through the slot. The sleeve ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5813812 | Apparatus for forming a seam A chuck, for use in a machine forming a double seam joining a can body to an end wall of a can, has a hollow body portion 36 made of machinable material and an annulus 37 of harder material joined to the body portion to define a lower part of the side wal... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810367 | Wrenchless holder for working tools The blade holder includes a mounting portion for attachment to the reciprocating plunger of a power saw. The blade holder also includes an integral exposed portion provided with a slot for receiving a substantial portion of the shank of the blade. The slo... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5772767 | Spring and shaft assembly for handling and dipping flexible belts This invention discloses an apparatus for holding and transporting a hollow flexible belt throughout a coating process. The apparatus includes a spring and shaft assembly which is placed into the hollow portion of a seamless flexible belt. The spring port... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5762344 | Handle for a file having polygonal cross section A file of polygonal cross section is secured frictionally in a hole of a handle. The hole has as many corners as the file, and a surface extends between adjacent pairs of the corners of the hole. Each of those surfaces includes a concave segment and a con... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5722805 | Drill bit adaptor tool A drill bit adapter tool is provided having a lock member, sliding member, and spring that are slidably positioned on the tool body. The lock member engages the driver of a drill and thereby holds the adapter tool to the drill. The lock member is disengag... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5439236 | Apparatus for supporting a paint stirring stick and for coupling to an electric drill An apparatus for supporting a paint stirring stick and for coupling to an electric drill comprising, in combination, a generally box-like container, the container having large parallel upper and lower walls, and small parallel side walls coupled therebetw... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5439472 | Surgical handpiece chuck and blade A blade with cutting part on one edge portion thereof has a remote end fixed in a chuck by pushing same end-wise into a slot in the chuck through a series of positions, namely (1) drop-out, (2) safety locked-in and (3) fully inserted locked-in.... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5295423 | Bit with frictional retention in drive socket A polygonal bit is frictionally retained in a mating socket opening of a drive socket by the provision of recesses in the flat surfaces of the bit, the formation of each recess creating a raised ridge of material displaced from the recess and projecting f... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5279192 | Portable external drive assembly An external drive assembly is provided which conveys rotational movement to a shaft, and the shaft is adapted to be positioned substantially coaxial with the axis of the wheel hub of a motor vehicle. An adjustable drive member extends from the distal end ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5213347 | Socket driveable tap apparatus A socket driveable tap apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has an exterior cylindrical wall, an interior tap wall and a top ridge. The tap wall and top ridge are located at one end of the apparatus and define a tap receiving aperture. The tap receiving ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5098193 | Spray can mixing apparatus A mixing apparatus comprising a wire coil body defining a cylinder of revolution, with a cylindrical central cavity. The wire coil body includes a wire lower end portion coaxially aligned with the cylindrical central cavity and extending underlying the wi... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5066162 | Attachment device An attachment device (10) for connecting a mop head to a pole comprising a collar (11) and a boss (12) extending upwardly from the collar. A plurality of slots (14) extend vertically through the boss wall, the slots (14) being bridged by bridging nuts (15... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5042333 | Adapter sleeve An improved adapter sleeve comprises a cylinder-shaped adapter sleeve which has a lower adapter and an upper adapter. The lower adapter has a square recess hole, and the upper adapter has a hexagonal recess hole. The bottom surface of the upper adapter in... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4787278 | Tool bit driver with spring retainer In a tool bit driver, a body suitable for mounting on a square drive of a socket wrench is provided with a bit socket adapted for receiving a tool bit at one end of the body, and diametrically opposed grooves are formed to extend longitudinally within the... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4676028 | Honing tool A honing tool for sharpening an end of an electrode to be employed in the fusion splicing of optical fibres includes a rotatably mounted honing wheel of frusto-conical shape and a rotatably mounted bush whose axis is parallel to that of the honing wheel a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4655068 | Floating cylindrical mandrel and method for producing tubing A method and apparatus for producing tubing from hollows or workpieces which are in the form of tubes having greater wall thickness than the finished tubes. The method is carried out upon a mill of the general type known as a McKay rocker. The mandrel is ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4621960 | Multiple-part holding arrangement, in particular for concentrically rotating tools A receiver body (1) carries a holder shaft as needed and has on one end face an abutment face (4), extending at right angles to the axis of rotation, and a coaxial, conical receiving bore (5). A connection part (14), which is preferably embodied as a tool... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4606414 | Percussive air tool A hollow housing has a piston hammer arranged for reciprocation therein. hammer has a rear end chamber, an air distributing valve secured in the rear end portion of the housing and adapted to be received by the rear end chamber of the piston hammer. A h... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605073 | Device in needle hammers A device in pressure medium operated needle hammers, the needles (24) being arranged in a reciprocatingly movable working member (3) by at least one flexible holder member (31, 39) and, by a friction grip of the holder member being caused to follow the mo... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4574461 | Workpiece holder A workpiece holder module for handling annular seals comprising a retainer module, a motor positioned beneath the module and having a hollow drive shaft extending upwardly and drivingly into the bottom of the module, and an air supply structure including ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4552397 | Apparatus for gripping an article A doffing/donning apparatus is used in combination with a row of winders each of which winds filamentary material upon a tube carried by a rotary spindle of the winder to form a package. The apparatus comprises a carrier mounted for movement generally par... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4476642 | Digging tooth and holder assembly A digging tooth is removably received within a tooth receiving holder. The holder is attached to a digging apparatus, such as a trencher machine, for example. The holder includes a socket within which a shank of the tooth is removably received. The socket... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4404874 | Screwdriver with replaceable blade A screwdriver with replaceable blade is inserted in the longitudinal direction of the handle from one end in non-rotatable complementary manner into an opening having a non-round cross section with which there is associated a spring for holding the blade ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4397523 | Universal cable socket apparatus particularly adapted for use with fiber optic cables There is disclosed a socket assembly for use with a fiber optic light source to enable accommodation of fiber optic cables of varying diameters. The assembly includes a bottom housing section having a central aperture with a plurality of transverse slots ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4232934 | Universal connector assembly particularly adapted for use with fiber optic cables There is disclosed a universal connector assembly for use with a fiber optic light source to enable accommodation of fiber optic cables of varying diameters. The connector assembly includes a central aperture directed from a top to a bottom surface. A plu... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4194547 | Golf club holder A golf club holder is disclosed comprising an elongate tube of a resilient material having a first end open and adapted for receiving a golf club handle and shaft and a second end including a spring clip means formed from the tube for resiliently gripping... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4145061 | Clamping device for a dental tool A clamping device for a dental tool consists of a tubular body whose bore has two coaxially cylindrical, terminal portions and a reduced, slightly eccentric, cylindrical, central portion. A clamping sleeve is conformingly rotatable in one of the terminal ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4035100 | Drilling tool with a drilling member and a tool holder input unit A drilling tool for use in the tool holder of a drilling machine includes a drilling member and a holder input unit laterally enclosing the end of the drilling member which fits into the tool holder. The holder input unit is hollow and is non-rotatably co... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4006996 | Positively driven tool holder for a high speed rotatable spindle A tool holder for easy and quick insertion in and removable from a high speed spindle of a machine tool. The tool holder is positively driven by the spindle by means of a quickly engagable and disengagable clutch. A drive adapter is insertable in the bore... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3935762 | Tool assembly for mounting bits A tool assembly for mounting bits includes a tubular shank with an enlarged end portion in which is seated a tool bit receiving socket and its other end inserted into a handle. The socket has a cavity opening at the outer end in which is seated the body p... | 02/03/1976 |
