Cooling system and method for machine tools
AssigneeJames Gosselin
InventorsJames Gosselin, Jake Hagelstein
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Abstract
A clamping system for machine tools includes a body portion configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine, a tool holder integrally formed with and extending longitudinally from the body portion, the tool holder having a mounting mechanism on a distal end thereof for receiving a cutting tool, at least one fluid delivery vein extending through the tool holder from the body portion to the distal end of the tool holder, and at least one outlet at the distal end of the tool holder, the at least one outlet being configured to direct a fluid from the at least one fluid delivery vein toward at least one of the cutting tool and a workpiece.
Claims13
A clamping system for machine tools, comprising:
- a body portion configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine, said body portion including a hollow passageway;
- a tool holder having an outer sleeve integrally formed with and extending longitudinally from said body portion, said tool holder being elongate and having a largest outside diameter that is less than a smallest outside diameter of the body portion, and having a mounting bore in an end thereof which defines a portion of the tool holder that directly receives a cutting tool;
- a plurality of fluid delivery veins extending through said tool holder from said body portion to said end;
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- a plurality of outlets in said end, each of said plurality of outlets corresponding to a respective one of said plurality of fluid delivery veins;
- a set screw threadedly received within the hollow passageway, said set screw forming a dead stop configured to limit an insertion depth of said cutting tool;
- wherein each of said plurality of outlets is configured to direct a flow of fluid from a respective one of said plurality of fluid delivery veins in a direction towards a cutting tool-workpiece interface;
- wherein said dead stop includes a central clearance portion and at least one clearance slot in a peripheral surface of the set screw, the central clearance portion and the at least one clearance slot each extending an entire length of said set screw, said central clearance portion and said at least one clearance slot allowing for said fluid to pass through said hollow passageway, past said set screw, and into said plurality of fluid delivery veins;
- wherein said central clearance portion and said at least one clearance slot are fluidly isolated from one another throughout said entire length of said set screw.
A clamping system for machine tools, comprising:
- a body portion configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine, said body portion including a hollow passageway;
- a tool holder extending longitudinally from said body portion, said tool holder being elongate and having a mounting bore in an end thereof for receiving a cutting tool;
- a plurality of fluid delivery veins extending through said tool holder from said body portion to said end;
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- a plurality of outlets in said end, said plurality of outlets being in fluid communication with at least one of said plurality of fluid delivery veins, said plurality of outlets being configured to direct a flow of fluid from said plurality of fluid delivery veins in a direction towards a cutting tool-workpiece interface;
- a set screw threadedly received within said hollow passageway of said body portion, said set screw forming a dead stop configured to limit an insertion depth of said cutting tool;
- wherein said dead stop includes a central clearance portion and at least one clearance slot in a peripheral surface of the set screw the central clearance portion and the at least one clearance slot each extending an entire length of said set screw, said central clearance portion and said at least one clearance slot allowing for said fluid to pass through said hollow passageway, past said set screw, and into said plurality of fluid delivery veins;
- wherein said central clearance portion and said at least one clearance slot are fluidly isolated from one another throughout said entire length of said set screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.