Holder and attachment for lathe tools
OwnerBruno Muntelinventor
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Abstract
A holder for lathe tools having an elongated sleeve for receiving a tool shank and a plurality of shims for fixing the height of the shank in the sleeve. At least a portion of one wall of the sleeve is made of a ferromagnetic material. The holder also includes a clamping head, for clamping the sleeve onto a lathe support, that has a wall that slidably engages the sleeve wall. This clamping head wall has a magnet mounted flush within its surface for engagement with the ferromagnetic portion of the sleeve wall so as to ensure contact between the wall of the sleeve and the clamping head wall. Also disclosed is a holder spreading device for use with the holder.
Claims9
A holder for lathe tools, comprising:
- an elongated sleeve receiving a tool shank and plurality of shims fixing the height of the tool shank within said sleeve, said sleeve having at least one wall, a portion of which is made of a ferromagnetic material;
- clamping means securing the tool shank and the plurality of shims within said sleeve;
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- a clamping head to mount said sleeve onto a lathe support, said clamping head having a wall slidably engageable with said sleeve wall and having a magnet mounted therein flush with the surface thereof and disposed for engagement with said ferromagnetic portion of said sleeve wall so as to ensure contact between said walls and means clamping said sleeve to said clamping head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.