Quick-change system, rotary indexing table having a quick-change system of this type, and use
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsWolfgang Volk, Lutz Mueller
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Abstract
A quick-change system includes an exchange tool with a ball receiving opening, a receiving part with a receiving opening for receiving the exchange tool, and a ball catch for temporarily fixing the exchange tool on the receiving part. The ball catch includes a sleeve that is closed on one side and a spring-mounted press-ball arranged in the sleeve for manually engaging and disengaging with the ball-receiving opening. In an example embodiment, the sleeve has an axis of symmetry, the spring-mounted press-ball is movable along the axis of symmetry, and the ball-receiving opening has a central axis extending parallel to the axis of symmetry when the receiving part is engaged with the exchange tool.
Claims12
A quick-change system comprising:
- an exchange tool comprising a ball-receiving opening with a central axis;
- a receiving part comprising a receiving opening for receiving the exchange tool;
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- a ball catch for temporarily fixing the exchange tool on the receiving part, the ball catch comprising:
- a sleeve that is closed on one side, the sleeve comprising an axis of symmetry;
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- a spring-mounted press ball arranged in the sleeve and movable along the axis of symmetry for manually engaging and disengaging with the ball-receiving opening, wherein the exchange tool is moved into the receiving opening in an engagement direction which extends perpendicular to the axis of symmetry to engage the exchange tool with the receiving part.
A quick-change system comprising:
- an exchange tool comprising a planar portion forming an exchange tool stop, the planar portion comprising a ball-receiving opening disposed therein;
- a receiving part comprising a receiving opening for receiving the exchange tool;
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- a ball catch for temporarily fixing the exchange tool on the receiving part, the ball catch comprising:
- a sleeve that is closed on one side, the sleeve comprising an axis of symmetry;
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- a spring-mounted press ball arranged in the sleeve and movable along the axis of symmetry for manually engaging and disengaging with the ball-receiving opening, wherein the exchange tool is moved into the receiving opening in an engagement direction which extends perpendicular to the axis of symmetry to engage the exchange tool with the receiving part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.