Tool holders usable with tooling having different tang styles and/or configured with mechanically-actuated clamp assembly
AssigneeWilson Tool International Inc.
InventorBryan L. Rogers
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Abstract
Tool holder designs are described. In some cases, the tool holder has a clamp assembly that can be used with tools having different tang styles. The tool holder in some cases has at least two differing tolerance areas provided therein, wherein the tolerance areas provide complementary tolerance to the design. In some cases, the tool holder can have a mechanically actuatable mechanism that functions with one or more internal components that limit adjustment of the mechanism to prevent damage to one or more of tool and the tool holder when securing the tool therein.
Claims20
A tool holder configured for use with tools having different tang styles, the tool holder comprising:
- a housing including a stationary wall with an opening defined in the wall;
- a pin that is rigidly held within the housing;
- an actuator mechanism extending within the opening of the stationary wall, the mechanism having one end that is accessible at the opening and an opposing end that projects into the housing, the actuator mechanism having a channel defined in a longitudinal surface thereof within which the pin projects;
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- a clamp assembly being operably coupled to the housing opposite the stationary wall, the clamp assembly being pivotable and operatively linked to the actuator mechanism, whereby an inward adjustment of the actuator mechanism relative to the housing results in a pivoting of the clamp assembly toward the stationary wall to secure a tool between the clamp assembly and the stationary wall;
- wherein the actuator mechanism is adjustable in the opening to a plurality of inward positions relative to the housing, each of the positions corresponding to a different setting for the pin within the channel and resulting in a different pivoted configuration of the clamping assembly relative to the stationary wall, adjustment of the actuator mechanism being limited to extent by which the channel of the mechanism is correspondingly moveable relative to the pin.
A tool holder configured for use with tools having different tang styles, the tool holder comprising:
- a housing including a stationary wall with a threaded opening defined in the wall;
- a threaded insert received within the opening of the stationary wall, the mechanism having one end that is accessible at the opening and an opposing end that projects into the housing, the actuator mechanism having a pitched channel defined in the opposing end;
- a clamp assembly being operably coupled to the housing opposite the stationary wall, the clamp assembly being pivotable and linked to the actuator mechanism, whereby an inward adjustment of the actuator mechanism relative to the housing results in a pivoting of the clamp assembly toward the stationary wall to secure a tool between the clamp assembly and the stationary wall;
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- a pin contained within the housing that links the opposing end of the threaded insert to the clamp assembly, one end of the pin being received by the channel defined in the opposing end of the threaded insert and an opposing end of the pin contacting the clamp assembly;
- wherein the insert is rotatable in the opening to a plurality of inward positions relative to the housing, each of the positions corresponding to a different setting for the along the pitched channel and resulting in a different pivoted configuration of the clamp assembly relative to the stationary wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.