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US 2024/0173760 A1Published application
Tool holder assembly, and seating/securing components and activation systems therefor
OwnerAnthony D. Schwartz, Kevin A. Johnston +1inventors
InventorsAnthony D. Schwartz, Kevin A. Johnston, Brian J. Lee
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Abstract
A tool holder assembly and insert body and activation system used with the assembly. The insert body of the tool holder assembly can be configured to shift as needed to engage tooling when the assembly is activated. In some cases, the insert body can be configured to shift further to better engage the tooling. The activation system can be electrical.
Claims22
A tool holder assembly comprising:
- a stationary portion having a vertical side wall that partially defines a tool channel;
- one or more movable portions situated opposite the vertical side wall of the stationary portion;
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- an electrical activation system to which the one or more movable portions are operatively linked, the electrical activation system comprising one or more modules, at least one of the modules linked to one of the movable portions via an output shaft, whereby in event of malfunction the at least one module is removable from the tool holder assembly via removal of the output shaft from the one movable portion.
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A tool holder assembly comprising:
- a stationary portion having a vertical side wall that partially defines a tool channel;
- a movable portion situated opposite the vertical side wall of the stationary portion;
- an activation system to which the movable portion is operatively linked, such that in response to activation of the system the movable portion is configured to move relative to the tool channel in a manner that results in locked engagement with tooling when loaded in the channel;
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- at least two lighting arrangements, a first of the lighting arrangements positioned to illuminate machining areas adjacent to the tool channel, a second of the lighting arrangements extending along a longitudinal extent of the stationary portion to signal statuses relative to one or more of current use of the movable portion and scheduled machining operations for the movable portion.
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A press brake machine comprising:
- an upper beam and a lower beam;
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- a holder assembly mounted on an end of one of the upper beam or the lower beam;
- wherein the end of the one upper or lower beam is formed to interface and mate with a mounting surface of the holder assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.