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US 4,723,878 AGranted
Clamping means for machine tool holders
AssigneeCarboloy Inc.
InventorsWalter Kelm, Paul Newland
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Abstract
A clamping device for releasably securing a tooling adaptor in a tool clamp block which includes a generally cylindrical member having an eccentric slot formed about the periphery of the member for engaging the tooling adaptor in the cylindrical member whereby when the cylindrical member is rotated the tooling adaptor is drawn into and secured within the tool clamp block.
Claims8
A clamping mechanism for releasably securing a tooling adaptor in a tool clamp block comprising:
- a generally cylindrical member having an eccentric slot formed about the periphery of said member and including means for engaging the tooling adaptor in said cylindrical member;
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- means for rotating said cylindrical member whereby the tooling adaptor is drawn into and secured within the tool clamp block.
A clamping device for releasably securing a tooling adaptor in a tool clamp block, comprising:
- a cylindrical member having an axis and including an eccentric slot formed about the periphery of said member in a plane perpendicular to the axis of said cylindrical member, said slot having means for engaging the tooling adaptor;
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- means for rotating said cylindrical member whereby the tooling adaptor is drawn into and secured within the tool clamp block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.