Modular tool and method for ejecting an insert of a modular tool
OwnerBernhard Eckl, Michael Schuffenhauer +1inventors
InventorsBernhard Eckl, Michael Schuffenhauer, Berthold Zeug
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Abstract
The invention relates to a modular tool comprising a body and an insert for machining a workpiece, wherein the insert comprises a tenon for insertion into a receptacle of the body, wherein the body comprises an access hole, through which the tenon is accessible for an assembly tool, wherein the tenon comprises a profile portion, which, upon insertion of the assembly tool into the access hole, engages with a lateral surface of the assembly tool so that, by a rotation of the assembly tool, the insert can be ejected from the receptacle. Furthermore, a method for ejecting an insert of such a modular tool is specified.
Claims20
A modular tool comprising a body and an insert for machining a workpiece, wherein:
- the insert comprises a tenon for insertion into a receptacle of the body;
- the body comprises an access hole, through which the tenon is accessible for an assembly tool;
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- the tenon comprises a profile portion, which, upon insertion of the assembly tool into the access hole, engages with a lateral surface of the assembly tool so that, by a rotation of the assembly tool, the insert can be ejected from the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.