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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037791 | Tool clamping device and tool holder A tool clamping device having a tool holder (2) holding a tool (7, 8) for insertion into a socket of a tool support (1), such as a turret disc is designed such that a receiving body (16) of the tool holder and the tool support (1) ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8006593 | Tool revolver A tool revolver, in particular for a machine tool, includes a tool disk (1) rotatable about a revolver axis and provided with a plurality of tool stations distributed along the disk circumference and movable to an operation position by the disk (1) rot... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997173 | 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 rot... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7591209 | Vibration suppressing cutting tool An object is to provide a vibration suppressing cutting tool which is inexpensive and can damp chattering extremely effectively, and which is simple in structure and is applicable to a wide variety of machining diameters and cutting conditions. The shank 2... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7490536 | Vibration-suppressing cutting tool A holder 1 has a shank portion 2 provided with a pocket 4 having the shape of a nearly rectangular solid. The pocket 4 is placed at a position relatively close to the tip of the tool. In the cross section of the shank, the pocket 4... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7441484 | CNC prescribe method to encourage chip breaking A method for pre-scribing a workpiece to facilitate chip breaking when machining the workpiece on the same machine with the same tooling used for cutting, utilizing an invokable CNC cycle of the CNC machine completing the workpiece machining. The machine includes a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409896 | Tool for chip removing maching A tool for chip removing machining comprising a tool head, which is provided with insert seats for the receipt of replaceable cutting inserts as well as a fastening part intended to be received in a machine tool. The tool has at least two chip pockets, in each one o... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7371034 | Drilling attachment A drilling attachment for use in wet and dry drilling operations includes a housing having first and second fluid conduits, and a drive shaft mounted within the housing and having fluid transmitting first and second end portions in fluid communication with a respect... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363692 | Tool and method for fine machining work pieces A tool for fine machining of work pieces involving metal removal is proposed having at least one cutter (13) for preliminary machining with a geometrically defined cutting edge (15) and having at least one cutter (21) for final machining with a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357054 | Highly dynamic processing machine for lenses A highly dynamic lens processing machine with a machine bed having at least a first tool holder and one workpiece holder with an axis of rotation and including a workpiece spindle arranged thereon. The first tool holder includes at least one dynamic linear drive wit... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340985 | Method and device for vibration control A device and method for vibration control in a machine for cutting, said machine comprising a cutting tool supported by a tool holder. The device comprises a control unit and converting means which are connectible to the control unit and comprise a vibration sensor ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337700 | Precision tool holder with flexure-adjustable, three degrees of freedom for a four-axis lathe A precision tool holder for precisely positioning a single point cutting tool on 4-axis lathe, such that the center of the radius of the tool nose is aligned with the B-axis of the machine tool, so as to facilitate the machining of precision meso-scale components wi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331736 | Metal cutting tool A cutting tool assembly (14) including a tool holder (20) having a removeable clamp (20a). A cutting insert support blade member (16) is removably held in the tool holder by the clamp (20a). The cutting insert support... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325471 | Toolholder and cutting insert for a toolholder assembly A toolholder and cutting insert for a toolholder assembly wherein the cutting insert has a tapered shank which provides a resilient interference fit with a tapered section of a bore extending within the toolholder. Additionally, a rearwardly facing face on the cutti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313850 | Compact, economical, multi-axis, multi-tasking, small part machine tool A compact, economical, and easy-to-use small parts machine tool that can machine small parts from bar stock as well as castings, forgings, slugs, and near net shape raw materials, is comprised a base with a spindle for moving a workpiece, a first carriage connected ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293942 | Tool apparatus A cutting tool apparatus having a shank and a tool support extension disposed longitudinally adjacent the shank and extending in a direction distal the shank, wherein the tool support extension includes an incurvate taper profile. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293943 | Tool holder In a tool holder, when oil supplied via an oil supply passage and an oil introducing passage reaches an atomizing space, the oil is atomized by an air flow of carrier gas consisting of compressed air, and then water supplied from a water supply passage and a water i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287938 | Machine tool A machine tool has a rotatable tool holder formed with an outwardly open seat having an outwardly directed floor and a cartridge engaged in the seat, carrying a cutting insert, and formed with an inwardly open groove defining a groove axis and having a surface confr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284406 | Tube end forming and coping method and apparatus Apparatus for both forming and coping the end of a tube. The tube is gripped such that it is aligned with a movable first tool assembly that is positioned, in a first operation, adjacent said tube end. The tool assembly is then controlled in a manner such that the t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281306 | Machine tool A machine tool includes a tool spindle head for supporting a first side of a hob via an arbor, a turret, and a tool supporting unit including a movable section and a fixed section. The fixed section is fixedly mounted to the turret and slidably supporting the movabl... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275468 | Rotary fast tool servo system and methods A high bandwidth rotary fast tool servo provides tool motion in a direction nominally parallel to the surface-normal of a workpiece at the point of contact between the cutting tool and workpiece. Three or more flexure blades having all ends fixed are used to form an... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272877 | Adjustment method and apparatus for a boring tool Method and apparatus for adjusting the position of a cutting tool. In one embodiment, a boring tool includes a coupling member which is driven by a CNC boring machine, and a sliding tool holder which is slidably coupled to the coupling member. A frictional force res... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270503 | Cutting tool for rotating and drilling into solid blocks The invention relates to a cutting tool for rotating and drilling into solid blocks, comprising a drill shank (1) and a cutting head (2) on one end. The cutting head (2) has a straight, front-face cutting edge (4) extending approximately ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259496 | Tunable vibratory actuator A tunable machining tool having a plurality of actuator devices, each operating at a uniform frequency but phase shifted by a controllable amount so as to create an vibratory output at a frequency that is a multiple of the input frequency. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255511 | Releasable dovetail corner joint A corner leg assembly comprises two grooved mating elements divided longitudinally which when held together form the female groove portion of two dovetail joints, one on each side facing laterally 90 degrees apart. One of the corner elements is a substantially trian... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241087 | Core bit In a core bit formed with a boring blade at a front end thereof and integrally formed with a mounting portion, at a rear end portion thereof, formed with a guide portion in a cylindrical shape mounted to a chuck portion formed at a concrete drill, a ring-like seal m... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240594 | Toolholder assembly An apparatus is disclosed for releasably holding a toolholder shank having a lockable surface and a releasable surface utilizing an actuating bolt with an associated threaded actuating nut. When the actuating bolt is rotated in a locking direction, the actuating nut... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240593 | Miniature cutting insert holder A holder (20) for a cutting insert (12), which includes a head (22) with a pocket (24) for holding the cutting insert and a bar device (26) for supporting the head, allows the use of a removable head for a miniature head and bar de... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234379 | Device and a method for preventing or reducing vibrations in a cutting tool An arrangement for reducing vibrations in a tool holder (4) with a cutting tool (3) and has a vibration sensor on the tool holder (4) that is connected to a guide unit (11). The tool holder (4) has further two piezo-electric actuat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214012 | Multi-shaft spindle head of machine tool A multi-shaft spindle head, wherein a plurality of spindles (11) having tools at the tips thereof are disposed in the same direction, the rear ends of cutting fluid feed passages (21a) formed as the inner holes of cutting fluid feed tubes (21... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207754 | Tool for machining workpieces A tool for the machining of workpieces is provided with a coolant/lubricant supply and an actuation unit for the activation of supplementary functions of the tool, with an actuation element and an actuation medium circuit. The actuation unit is separated from the co... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201545 | Tool, a cutting insert, a shim and use of the cutting insert The present invention relates to a tool, a cutting insert and a shim for cutting machining. The tool includes a holder for turning or milling, a shim and an indexable cutting insert. The shim has an upper side and the cutting insert has a lower side. The lower side ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195430 | Horizontal boring machine tool A horizontal boring machine tool is described that includes a boring bar equipped with a cutting bit and a counter-bar coupled in head-to-head rotation with the boring bar. This counter-bar is also equipped with a cutting bit, or a series of cutting bits destined to... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191689 | Hollowing system A hollowing system for a lathe having a tool rest. The hollowing system comprises a boring member, and a stabilization assembly. The boring member is adapted to support a tool such that at least one of the boring member and the tool extend past and engage the tool r... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186043 | Linerless web utilizing apparatus and methods having dual function stripper element There is disclosed a printer with an arrangement for assuring that a linerless tacky adhesive-backed web is reliably fed. The printer has stripper elements which terminate at tip portions which extend into the platen roll to initially cut grooves in the platen roll,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179021 | Cutting insert holder A cutting insert holder for releasably clamping a quadrilateral cutting insert in a predetermined clamping position, the cutting insert having a through bore and a non-obtuse insert mounting corner. The cutting insert holder includes a clamping portion formed with a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172542 | Tool changing device and tool cleaning method A tool changing device and a tool cleaning method capable of surely removing foreign matter such as swarf adhered to tapered portions and/or flange portions of tools, which serve as contact faces to be in contact with a spindle. There is arranged tool cleaning nozzl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155789 | Cutter adjustment system An improvement for a cartridge case trimmer which indexes on the shoulder of the case as established by the resizing die and permits a rotating cutter assembly to trim the neck of cases from the inside at a controllable angle. The cutter assembly includes a notched ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144207 | Fluid chuck device and method In a valve disposed between a fluid supply and a socket of a chuck and configured to regulate the flow of the fluid to the socket. There is a seal screw for modulating a preload tension. This seal screw has a first sealing surface. The valve further includes a secon... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140816 | Multi-functional tube milling head A milling head for a rotary tool, which is preferably utilized to process, prepare, or otherwise impart a desired finish to a workpiece, preferably an end portion of a tube. In a preferred embodiment, the milling head includes at least three different cutting or mil... | 11/28/2006 |
