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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258348 | Machining fixture for centering and holding workpiece A centering and holding fixture includes a base, a piston disposed within a piston chamber at least partially located within the base, and a radially flexible ring connected to the piston by force transmission apparatus operable to contract and expand the radially f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 5997010 | Collet for a machine-tool chuck A collet is provided to grip a workpiece with a uniformly distributed gripping force. The collet includes a plurlity of circumferentally spaced-apart radial slots extending partly through the collet and at least one opening extending radially all the way ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5911421 | Sealed collet having improved radial flexibility for facilitating removal from a locknut A sealed collet having improved radial flexibility is provided for facilitating removal from a locknut of a chuck assembly. The sealed collet includes a collet body formed from a tubular configuration of elongated gripping fingers separated by elongated s... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5613692 | Collet A circular flexible collet that provides a 360 degree gripping engagement with a cylindrical workpiece and which is operable by an actuator member incorporated in a workpiece chuck. The collet may be constructed as an internal collet for gripping engageme... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5601295 | Tool holder system for industrial cutting tools A tool holder system for mounting a cutting tool to a drive unit of a cutting tool apparatus. The tool holder system has a collet having a longitudinal bore for receiving a tool and a collet holder having a longitudinal bore for receiving the collet and t... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5593258 | Tool holder A tool holder has a main sleeve to be attached to a tapered bore of a spindle of a machine tool, and a subholder which is coupled with the main sleeve and to which a tool is attached. The tapered shank of the main sleeve is inserted into the tapered bore ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5042826 | Collet A machine collet is provided for mounting and centering tools with minimum circular runout. The collet has a single pieces body formed with integral resilient flexures having lands for gripping the tool shank. The flexures are machined to the same dimensi... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4958966 | Tool holder bushing A tubular bushing receives the shank of an elongated tool, such as a boring bar, drill and the like shank tools, for mounting the tool shank within the elongated tool socket bore of a tool holder or turret of a machine tool. A narrow slot formed in the tu... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4896892 | Tool holder bushing A tubular bushing receives the shank of an elongated tool, such as a boring bar, drill and the like shank tools, for mounting the tool shank within the elongated tool socket bore of a tool holder or turret of a machine tool. A narrow slot formed in the tu... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4808049 | Cam actuated collet tool holder An improved collet tool holder is disclosed characterized by use of formed cam surfaces upon the collet and tightening sleeve of the tool holder. Selective rotation of the sleeve relative to the collet causes selective, ramping, engagement of the compleme... | 02/28/1989 |
