Clamping fixture
AssigneeRINGSPANN GmbH
InventorVolker Schlautmann
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Abstract
A clamping fixture for clamping a component, in particular a workpiece or tool, having a number of clamping jaws, distributed along a periphery, which are connected by appropriate elastic flexural webs to a main body, wherein the clamping jaws are adjustable by an axially movable actuating device in a radial direction from a release position into a holding position, which clamping fixture is characterized in that the flexural webs, in their release position, are inclined in relation to an axially parallel direction radially in a direction of their respective holding positions.
Claims18
A clamping fixture (1, 1′) for clamping a component (14), the clamping fixture (1, 1′) comprising:
- a number of clamping jaws (4), distributed along a periphery, which are connected by elastic flexural webs (5) to a main body (2), the clamping jaws (4) each defining a clamping surface, the flexural webs (5) having a uniform thickness,
- an axially movable actuating device (8, 12) including an actuating element that contacts the clamping jaws and applies a radial clamping force on the clamping jaws on a side opposite a clamping side against which the component is to be clamped in order to adjust a position of the clamping jaws outwardly in a substantially radial direction, against the spring force of the flexural webs, from a release position into a holding position,
- wherein the flexural webs (5), in the release position, are each inclined radially outwardly in relation to an axially parallel direction as the flexural webs extend away from the main body, and
- an axial contact surface (2′) which is fixed in relation to the main body (2) and against which the component (14), upon being clamped, is adapted to encounter an axial contact pressure force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.