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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7628571 | Tool chucking apparatus A tool chucking apparatus includes a fastening member, a collet, a holding member and an extension member. The fastening member has a first housing space to hold the collet. The collet has pawl structures spaced in an annular manner and formed in a conical structure... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7556461 | Thermal expansion knife adapter A thermal expansion knife adapter has a body, a conical shaft connecting sleeve and a conical knife connecting sleeve. The body has a first side and a second side. The conical shaft connecting sleeve is formed on and extends from the first side of the body and has a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7527459 | Tool holder assembly with polygonal drive member A tool holder assembly having a tool holder and a cutting tool. The cutting tool has a stepped shank that is matingly received within the lower end of the tool holder. The stepped shank is separated into distinct sections, including: a wedging section having conical... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7520704 | Tool Assembly The present invention discloses a tool assembly being capable of reducing considerably an axial length of a working member (tool), in particular, a length of a male spigot to be coupled with a coupling member and transmitting a torque to a working member without gen... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7513724 | Tool and a detachable body for chip removing machining A cutting tool including a basic body having a geometrical center axis, a loose top having a rear male element, and a drawbar having a front part in which a coupling means is included, which by engagement in a coupling means of the male element of the loose top can ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7494307 | Tool adapter The invention relates to a tool adapter which can be fixed to tool machines in a detachable and interchangeable manner, the tool machines being drilling and milling or similar cutting tool machines comprising at least one rotating work spindle. The tool machines are... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491023 | Tool retraction receiving element and adapter for positioning the same A tool retraction receiving element includes a receiving section (3) for receiving a tool (15) and a clamping section (9) for clamping the tool retraction receiving element (1) in a tool receiving carrier. The receiving section (3)... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7448834 | Tool clamping device A tool clamping device has a spindle insert (10) and an adapter (12) between the spindle insert (10) and a toolholder (14). The adapter (12) can be pushed axially along the longitudinal axis (16) of the device into the holde... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7431543 | Machine reamer A machine reamer has a base and a reamer head configured as a one-piece indexable insert that axially projects beyond the front of the base. The indexable insert can be introduced in a front insert seat of the base with an axially projecting, preferably conical shou... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422398 | Inside machining cutting tool delivery apparatus An apparatus can deliver a static cutting tool to a position located inside a workpiece to be machined. The cutting tool can be used for machining at least one surface inside of the workpiece. The cutting tool is operable in combination with an electronic controlled... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407351 | Rotatable tool comprising a shank, a drawbar and a cutting head A rotatable tool includes a shank rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a drawbar mounted to an axial front end of the shank, and a cutting head mounted to an axial front end of the drawbar. The shank and the drawbar include mutually engageable screw threads which im... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402010 | Disk-shaped or strip-shaped tool A machine tool for cutting a profile in a rotating workpiece has a body centered having an elongated edge formed with an angularly extending row of seats each having a radially directed seat face and an axially directed seat face. Respective Z-shaped holders in the ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393166 | Chuck in a processing machine In a chuck adapted for connection to a processing machine and composed of a connecting portion adapted to extend into the processing machine so as to securely engage the processing machine, a head adapted for holding a blade, and a flange sandwiched between the head... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393164 | Dynamic balancing ring for cutter holder The present invention provides a dynamic balancing ring for a cutter holder for balancing the cutter holder. The dynamic balancing ring includes a circle, plural fixing elements and an adjusting element. The plural fixing elements are used for fixing the circle on t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390153 | Shrink-fit chuck with eccentric positioning A shrink-fit chuck tool holder for cylindrical, particularly circular cylindrical, shank tools, including a fastening shank for establishing connection to a machine tool and a thermally expandable shrink section. The shrink section has an inside recess for accommoda... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390152 | Milling head particularly useful for cutting sharp interior corners A milling head particularly useful for cutting sharp interior corners in a workpiece, includes a rotary shaft coupleable to the rotary drive of a milling machine so as to be rotatable about the shaft longitudinal axis; and a conical cutter member coupled to the rota... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381018 | Tool chuck The invention relates to a tool holder 1 for a rotating tool, especially a drilling head and/or milling head, comprising a drive shaft 4 that can be connected to a drive motor and a collet chuck 2 that is non-rotatably connected to the drive sha... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7374378 | Dust prevention mechanism of spindle device A dust prevention mechanism of a spindle device that ensures prevention of cutting liquid etc. from entering an inner portion of the spindle device, which saves energy and reduces noise upon stop of rotation of a spindle is provided. In a dust prevention mechanism | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371036 | Tool holding device and method for positioning a tool Disclosed is a tool holding device (22, 50, 58) for retaining a tool (24) on a tool chuck (20). Said tool holding device (22, 50, 58) comprises a tool-accommodating area (32, 52, 66) for at least partly receiving the tool (24 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371037 | Rotary cutting tool comprising two cutting portions having opposed cutting directions A rotary cutting tool extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first cutting portion including a plurality of first helical teeth having a helix direction and being designed to work in a first direction of rotation of the tool. The tool also includes a se... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367763 | Shrink fit tool holder with grooves A shrink fit tool holder includes a shank or body that includes a tool holder portion, a flange member, a tapered outer surface that generally corresponds to a tapered bore of a spindle, and a central bore or aperture for accommodating a cutting tool. The central bo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356895 | Machine tool Machine tool furnished with: a table (20) free to swivel about a horizontal swivel center axis, and having a table body (22) for carrying a workpiece, and an axially rotatable rotary shaft (23) disposed with the axis of the rotary shaft (23 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357608 | Rotary tapered tool holder A rotary tapered tool holder includes a shank including a front mounting portion and an aperture. An expansion sleeve is disposed about a portion of the shank. The expansion sleeve includes a front mounting portion adjacent the front mounting portion of the shank. A... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357607 | Tool holder A tool holder is provided that is configured to deliver coolant to a work piece and/or a cutting tool. The tool holder includes a tool mounting aperture for receiving a shank of a cutting tool, and an axially extending central passage for receiving coolant deliver t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354230 | Bit holding apparatus for use with a power tool An attachment (10) for use with a power tool (12) which can conveniently convert a rotatable chuck (14) or adapter (78) used with a first bit device (22) to usage with a second bit device (36) and vice versa. Either first or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341411 | Tool holder structure A tool holder structure includes a holder installed on a connecting portion of a machine for holding a tool, the holder has a connecting cone for connecting the connecting portion, and a latching portion with an external diameter larger than the connecting cone disp... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341017 | Hydraulically locked boat accessory mounting device An apparatus for a hydraulically locked accessory mounting device for attaching accessories to a boat, or vessel. The mounting device includes a base for attaching to the boat and a ball head that is attached to an accessory, which can be moved to a selected positio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341410 | Dynamical instrument for machining A dynamical instrument for machining comprising a sensor responsive to a non-rotating part of a machine proximate the tool of the machine for outputting a vibration signal, and a processor responsive to the sensor output configured to calculate a plurality of signat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338419 | Tool coupler for connecting tool heads, such as drills, reamers, millers, turn-cutters, dies, and rams, to a tool holder A tool coupler for connecting tool heads, such as drills, reamers, millers, turn-cutters, dies, and rams, to a tool holder. The tool coupler has a hollow shaft, a ring-shaped collar, and a gripper groove, in which gripper groove are disposed two diametrically opposi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331741 | Numerically controlled machine tool A numerically controlled machine tool performs machining by rotating a rotational tool attached to a tool holder mounted on a spindle, with keys fitted into key grooves in the tool holder. The numerically controlled machine tool includes predetermined-amount rotatin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328903 | Chuck A chuck has an attachment device for attaching the chuck to a machine spindle and a collet with clamping jaws defining an insertion opening at an end of the chuck opposite the attachment device. A sliding sleeve surrounds the clamping jaws and is axially moveable in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326011 | Contouring right angle head for complex machining A right angle, modular machining head can be removably mounted on the too head of a CNC machining center to provide contour machining of a work piece around a C-axis. The modular head includes a rotating drive that moves the tool around a contour axis, producing nut... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322779 | Interface between two parts of a tool system The invention relates to an interface between two parts of a tool system, in particular to a metal cutting tool (1). Said interface comprises a holder (3) provided with a cavity (31), an interchangeable head (5) which is arranged on the a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320566 | Cutting tool including detachable cutter head A cutting tool including a cutter head and a holder. One of the cutter head and the holder has a recess formed in its axial end portion and defined by its circumferential wall. The other of the cutter head and the holder has a protrusion formed in its axial end port... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320568 | Tool holder A tool holder is equipped with a tip run-out correction mechanism for correcting run-out of the tip of the tool. The tip run-out correction mechanism includes an annular stepped portion formed on a cylindrical support portion of a holder body; a ring member rotatabl... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309194 | Variable radius balanced boring head One or more embodiments of the invention enable a boring head to hold a boring tool at an adjustable offset from the axis of rotation in a balanced configuration while maintaining stability when rotating at high speed. The apparatus comprises a boring head body, a b... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309196 | Modular drill A drill having a replaceable cutting head, modified to eliminate forces which would distort the pocket of the drill shank and otherwise concentrate stresses which would cause failure of the drill. The cutting head has a frustoconical depending connecting member rece... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300234 | Power transmission with bead drive A power transmission is provided. The power transmission includes a housing including a continuous channel following a three-dimensional path. A plurality of beads is located within the continuous channel and movable therein. A first sprocket is rotateably connected... | 11/27/2007 |