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US 2012/0061926 A1Published application
Workholding apparatus for workpiece transfer
AssigneeThe Gleason Works
InventorsDonald L. Allis, Richard N. Russell
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Abstract
A workholding apparatus comprising a chuck body, first jaw members and second jaw members wherein the second jaw members are shaped to grip a workpiece of a particular geometry. The first and second jaw members are constructed to enable easy, quick and manual replacement of the second jaw members with other second jaw members having different grip shapes so as to enable gripping of workpieces with different geometries.
Claims11
A chuck device comprising:
- at least two first jaw members movable generally toward and away from one another, each first jaw member having a fixed gripping member and an opposed gripping member, said opposed gripping member being movable between an open position and a closed position,
- said fixed gripping member and said opposed gripping member being operable to grip and release a first end of a second jaw member having a second end thereof configured to grip an object,
- whereby gripping and releasing by the first jaw members is carried out in a tool-less manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.