Tool Holder
AssigneeTechniks, LLC
InventorJared WALKER
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Abstract
A plurality of coolant channels extending from a coolant reservoir in the first section of the tool holder in a counter-clockwise helical path around the bore to a circular channel extending three-hundred and sixty degrees around the bore with a plurality of equally spaced openings in the front face of the tool holding section extending at an angle to the circular channel.
Claims17
A tool holder connectable to a spindle of a machine having a coolant system and for holding a tool for action against a work piece, the tool holder comprising:
- a first section comprising a coolant cavity that when attached to the spindle of the machine is in fluid communication with the coolant system of the machine;
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- a tool holding section integrally formed and extending longitudinally from the first section and ending at a front face comprising a bore centered on an axis extending co-axially inward from the front face toward the first section for receiving the tool, wherein the tool holding section comprises at least two coolant channels each connected to the coolant cavity of the first section and each extending in a helical path around the axis toward an opening in the front face.
A method for manufacturing a tool holder connectable to a spindle of a machine having a coolant system and for holding a tool for action against a work piece, the method comprising:
- utilizing a 3D printing process, integrally forming a first section with a coolant cavity that when attached to the spindle of the machine is in fluid communication with the coolant system of the machine;
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- with the 3D printing process integrally forming a tool holding section that extends longitudinally from the first section and ends at a front face while forming a bore centered on an axis extending co-axially inward from the front face toward the first section for receiving the tool and while forming at least two coolant channels each connected to the coolant cavity of the first section and each extending in a helical path around the axis toward an opening in the front face.
A tool holder connectable to a spindle of a machine having a coolant system and for holding a tool for action against a work piece, the tool holder comprising:
- a first section comprising a coolant cavity that when attached to the spindle of the machine is in fluid communication with the coolant system of the machine;
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- a tool holding section integrally formed and extending longitudinally from the first section and ending at a front face comprising a bore centered on an axis extending co-axially inward from the front face toward the first section for receiving the tool, wherein the tool holding section comprises:
- two coolant channels connected to the coolant cavity of the first section and oriented in a helical path around the bore, a circular channel connected to the two coolant channels and extending three-hundred and sixty degrees around the bore;
- and a plurality of openings extending from the front face to the circular channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.