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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429049 | Clamping apparatus for fixing a collet to a chuck A clamping apparatus comprises a chuck member and a collet member that includes, at its rear side, a peripheral shoulder. The top side of this shoulder is provided with a thrust surface adapted to engage radially displaceable clamping balls of the chuck member. The ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7331585 | Machining adapter having a collet and positive axial stop An adapter for holding a workpiece to be machined in an accurately located axial position can include a main sleeve having an interior wall defining a passage extending therethrough with at least one inner surface angled inwardly toward a centerline of the passage, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7249540 | Connector adapter An adapter for installing a connector to a terminal post, wherein the connector is attached to a cable, is presented. In an embodiment, the adapter is comprised of an elongated collet member having a longitudinal axis comprised of a first collet member end, a second... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7036409 | Spring collet for machine tools In a spindle assembly for machine tools, the axial length λ of the collar of a spring collet is determined as a function of the axial course length c of a clamping sleeve operating spring collet. This axial length λ is preferably retained within an interval rangin... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6939118 | Molding apparatus for toric contact lenses A molding apparatus for generating toric contact lenses, comprises a convex inserter, a front convex inserter carrier, a rear convex inserter carrier, and a first and a second fasteners. The convex inserter, used to form a convex outer surface of toric contact lens,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6916026 | Powered turntable with universal, self-adjusting chuck for holding auto wheels and the like for polishing A new and improved powered rotating turntable with a universal, self-adjusting chuck for holding auto wheels and the like for polishing, which includes a pneumatically-adjusted, self-centering metal chuck for gripping and holding specialty wheel rims of motor vehicl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908085 | Rotating tool chucking device A Chucking device comprising a collet with an external taper and a collet holder with a taper socket for the chucking of a rotating part, wherein the taper socket of the collet holder and the external taper of the collet have a taper angle which is smaller than the ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908264 | Quick change drill bit A quick-change core drill includes an adapter and a generally tubular drill barrel. The adapter comprises a first end adapted to be removably connected to a drill spindle and a second end adapted to be removably connected to the drill barrel. The drill barrel includ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6832433 | Machining apparatus and method of using same The present invention comprises a machining apparatus including a work piece holder having an adapter body with an axial bore and a translating portion located within the axial bore of the adapter body. The translating portion has a proximal end for coupling with a ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6786116 | Pole apparatus having interchangeable tool heads A pole apparatus having a telescoping tubular body, an open end and a closed end the body and defining an aperture extending into the interior of the body. A first connector is mounted on the open end of the body and includes an axial bore that is in communication w... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6508475 | Holding apparatus with improved retention ability and method of holding a tool A tool holding apparatus includes a spindle and a collet nut engaged with a spindle wherein a recess is defined between the spindle and the collet nut. A collet is disposed in the recess and includes a first tapered portion and a second tapered portion sp... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6270086 | Collet actuator for tool holder A tool holder includes a body, a collet, and a collet mover. The body is formed to include a collet chamber and a collet-mover chamber arranged to communicate wit the collet chamber. The collet includes a tool-gripping surface arranged to define a tool-re... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6155576 | Rotary power tool with expanded collet range A rotary power tool designed to accept a wider range of tool shank diameters, and particularly larger diameters, without any special adapters, including a threaded output spindle with a stepped internal bore including an enlarged counter bore at its end. ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6062574 | Tool bit holder A tool bit holder having a collet nut engageable with a rotary and/or reciprocating output shaft having a hollow free end with a collet, having jaws with respective head and shank portions, disposed in the hollow interior of the collet nut and an annular ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5951024 | Enhanced grip tool holding chuck A tool holding device for holding a tool bit to a drive spindle includes a body member having an axially extending bore defined therein for receipt of a tool shank. The body member includes a plurality of axially extending segments defining the bore. The ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5941647 | Guide bush and method of forming hard carbon film over the inner surface of the guide bush A hard carbon film is formed directly or through an intermediate layer for enhancing adhesion over an inner surface of a guide bush in such a manner that the thickness of the inner surface at the portion near an open end is greater than that at the inner ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5873580 | Tool holder with interchangeable collet/chuck system A tool holder for small hand tools such as screw driver sets, drill sets, etc., which tool holder has external threads near one end which accommodate a compression sleeve which fits over and compresses a tool holding collet/chuck. Within the tool holder i... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5758883 | Differential thread collet actuation An apparatus for adjusting the grip of a tubular collet upon work, the collet receivable in a bore formed by a holder, and comprising a rotatable connector member having first and second thread connections to the collet and to the holder, respectively; th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5653453 | Collet chuck An object of the present invention is to provide a collet chuck in which a chuck section of a collet is so formed as to provide a greater chucking force when the collet chuck is turned. To accomplish this object, a collet chuck is provided in which a coll... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5609446 | Combination tool A combination tool has a tool holding fixture for connecting the combination tool to a drive spindle of a machine tool. The tool holding fixture includes a receiving member. A grip with tensioning sleeve is provided. The grip is received in the receiving ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5398947 | Self-aligning collet A rotatable workpiece holding collet having flexible fingers defining an interior workpiece gripping surface intersecting the collet fingers' free end, the portion of the gripping surface adjacent the collet free end being obliquely disposed to the collet... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5330203 | Method of generating a toric surface on a molding tool An improved method for generating a toric surface on a molding tool for forming contact lens molds comprises: (a) providing a tool which comprises an elongated body and a molding portion at one end of the tool, wherein the molding portion comprises a surf... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5123663 | Method of determining minimum number of segments for collet for cutting tool holder A method of determining the minimum number of segments of a metal collet for a cutting tool holder having a truncated conical portion having a small-diameter end and a cylindrical portion connected to the small-diameter end. The collet is formed with slit... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5087059 | Tool for installing or removing a collet head A tool for installing or removing a collet head, which has a plurality of spring loaded collet segments, from a collet body, comprises a body having an axis, a base and a skirt extending from the base. A member is operably secured to the body and axially ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4943071 | Collet adaptable to a machine-tool fitted with a chuck The invention concerns a collet adaptable to a machine-tool that includes a chuck for clasping a workpiece to be machined, the chuck comprising a front face, at least two clasping jaws moveably affixed to jaw position adjustment means and a control device... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4943817 | Adaptor for universal X-Y plotter pen Presented is an adaptor for use with a universal plotter pen that enables use of the universal plotter pen in many different X-Y plotter mechanisms. The interior configuration and dimensions of the adaptor, including elongated longitudinal ribs, are such ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4902045 | Connectors A connector comprises a first coupling assembly comprising a first coupling member associated with an annular body from which extend a plurality of radially flexible fingers provided at their ends with engagement ribs engageable in grooves in a second cou... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4768282 | Tooling quick release/change apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus and method of utilization of the same of a quick change tool coupling for a rotational metal working or like machine. The present invention provides a tool holding coupling for use with machines with an automati... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4516787 | Lightguide preform chuck A lightguide preform chuck (15) comprises a collet (32) having a slotted conical end (36) and collet restraining means (40/42/45) in engagement with the collet ends but spaced from a collet mid-portion. The restraining means has a coefficient of thermal e... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4249748 | One-piece collet and process for making same A one-piece collet for use in machine tools, which collet comprises a rear portion which is cold worked to provide a bore of smaller diameter than the bore of the central portion of the collet, which reduced bore is threaded. The cold working of the rear ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4245846 | One-piece collet A one-piece collet for use in machine tools, which collet comprises a rear portion which is cold worked to provide a bore of smaller diameter than the bore of the central portion of the collet, which reduced bore is threaded. The cold working of the rear ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4229130 | Collets A collet for a threaded-end tool bit, seats a bit-engaging nut in its rear end portion. When the collet is clamped within a chuck, there is no radial interference between the nut and the collet body, thus permitting the gripping segments of the collet to ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4215871 | Hand held collet A hand-held collet for holding a tool or the like within displaceable jaw pieces which are mounted on sprung rods accommodated within a hollow tubular handle.... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4089115 | Spring grip chuck assembly for dental handpieces A dental handpiece having a rotor housing with a chamber, a rotor within the chamber, and an improved spring grip chuck. The chamber has upper and lower openings coaxial therewith, the rotor has a bore aligned with the openings, and the chuck is received ... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3941256 | Bar feeders A bar holder and feeder for an automatic machine tool comprising an elongated bar holder aligned with the machine tool, which bar holder can be opened to allow bar to be loaded thereinto; loading means to load bar into a loaded position in the bar holder;... | 03/02/1976 |
