# US 4,773,657 A · Drill apparatus

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- Number: US 4,773,657 A
- Document ID: US4773657A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/744,795
- Filed: 1985-06-13
- Granted: 1988-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1984-06-15
- Inventors: Gunter H. Rohm
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4773657A

## CPC

- B23B 31/123: {with locking arrangements (locking arrangements for chucks with simultaneously-acting jaws moving radially actuated by one or more spiral grooves B23B31/16041)}
- Y10T 279/17051: Swinging external yoke or detent
- Y10T 279/17059: Rotary socket
- Y10T 279/17632: Conical sleeve
- B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The drill chuck body is connected to a drill spindle, and chuck jaws forming a retention for the drill tool can be adjusted by turning a control ring. A lock sleeve serves to secure the control ring whereby the lock sleeve, in the direction of shifting, is maintained against the control ring under the force of a spring. At least one contact head is provided at the chuck body. The contact head reaches into a recess in the wall of the lock sleeve. Each recess is formed by two axial grooves which extend adjacent to one another, but which have different lengths, and which are open at the end which is directed towards the control ring for the entry of the respective contact head. The lock sleeve can be turned on the chuck body to such an extent that either one or the other of the two grooves is axially aligned with the contact head. The contact head is extended in the longitudinal direction of the grooves to provide contact surfaces for the lateral walls of the grooves.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drill chuck comprising:
a drill spindle;
a chuck body connected to said spindle;
a plurality of chuck jaws movably guided in said chuck body for retention of a drill tool;
a control ring mounted on said body for rotation relative to said body but constrained aganist movement in an axial direction, said control ring having axially directed formations;
at least one contact head arranged on said chuck body;
a locking sleeve mounted on said chuck body, said locking sleeve being axially shiftable and having at least limited rotatablility with respect to said body, said locking sleeve being formed with axially directed formations engageable with the formations of said control ring for securing said control ring against rotation;
two axial grooves formed in said sleeve and extending adjacent to one another, but of different lengths, at an end of said sleeve turned towards said control ring for receiving said contact head, whereby said lock sleeve can be turned on the chuck body to such an extent that either one or another of said grooves is axially with said at least one contact head; and
means for resiliently biasing said lock sleeve in the directions of shifting against said control ring.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The drill chuck defined in claim 1 wherein said contact head is elongate in the longitudinal direction of said grooves, and wherein edges of said head form contact surfaces for respective lateral walls of said grooves.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The drill chuck defined in claim 2 wherein said grooves have groove side walls which diverge toward said ring for engagement with inclined guide surface of said contact head, and wherein said contact head is formed with correspondingly inclined longitudinal sides.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The drill chuck defined in claim 1 wherein said at least one contact head is formed by an end of a pin member which is radially received in said chuck body, and which anchors said contact head at said chuck body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The drill chuck defined in claim 1 wherein the longer one of said grooves is axially open in both directions.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The drill chuck defined in claim 1 with at least three contact heads and at least three cam formation recesses.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The drill chuck defined in claim 1 wherein said body has an axial passage receiving said tool, an impact effect generated during percussion drilling being directly transferred from said drill spindle to said tool.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The drill apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said control ring is split into two parts held together by a control sleeve.

### Claim 9

A drill chuck comprising:
a drill spindle;
a chuck body connected to said spindle;
a plurality of chuck jaws movably guided in said chuck body for retention of a drill tool;
a control ring mounted on said body for rotation relative to said body but constrained against movement in an axial direction, said control ring having axially directed formations;
at least one contact head arranged on said chuck body;
a locking sleeve mounted on said chuck body, said locking sleeve being axially shiftable and having at least limited rottablility with respect to said body, said locking sleeve being formed with axially directed formations engagable with the formations of said control ring for securing said control ring against rotation;
two axial grooves formed in said sleeve and extending adjacent to one another, but of different lengths, at an end of said sleeve turned towards said control ring for receiving said contact head, whereby said lock sleeve can be turned on the chuck body to such an extent that either one or another of said grooves is axially aligned with said at least one contact head;
means for resiliently biasing said lock sleeve in the direction of shifting against said control ring; and
wherein said chuck body has a shoulder, and said contact head has a planar surface engaging said shoulder so as to preclude said head from being turned.

### Claim 10

A drill chuck comprising:
a drill chuck comprising:
a drill spindle;
a chuck body connected to said spindle;
a plurality of chuck jaws movably guided in said chuck body for retention of a drill tool;
a control ring mounted on said body for rotation relative to said body but constrained against movement in an axial direction, said control ring having axially directed formation;
at least one contact head arranged on said chuck body;
a locking sleeve mounted on said chuck body, said locking sleeve being axailly shiftable and having at least limited rotatability with respect to said body, said locking sleeve being formed with axially directed formations engageable with the formations of said control ring for securing said control ring against rotation;
two axial grooves formed in said sleeve and extending adjacent to one another, but of different lengths, at an end of said sleeve turned towards said control ring of receiving said contact head, whereby said lock sleeve can be turned on the chuck body to such an extent that either one or another of said grooves is axially aligned with said at least one contact head;
means for resiliently biasing said lock sleeve in the direction of shifting against said control ring; and
wherein said contact head is elongate in the longitudinal direction of said grooves, and wherein edges of said head form contact surfaces for respective lateral walls of said grooves, said grooves being in communication with one another at said end of said sleeve by means of a transverse connection, said connection having a height, when measured in the longitudinal direction of the grooves, which is less than the axial height of said contact head.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The drill chuck defined in claim 10 wherein wall parts positioned on both sides of the transverse connection of both grooves form stops for a respective contact head and limit rotation of the locking sleeve.

### Claim 12

A drill chuck, comprising:
a chuck body haing an axially extending bore adapted to receive a hank of a drill bit;
a spindle operatively connected to said body for rotating same about an axis of said body;
a plurality of jaws mounted on said body for movement toward and away from said axis for engagement with said shank;
a ring rotatable on said body and operatively connected to said jaws for moving said jaws relative to said axis upon rotation of said ring relative to said jaws;
a locking sleeve surrounding said body, said locking sleeve and said ring having mating formations engageable in a locking position of said sleeve to prevent rotation of said ring, said sleeve being axially retractable from said ring to release said ring for rotation in a retracted position of said sleeve, said sleeve having a pair of axially extending grooves of different lengths opening at an end of said sleeve proximal to said ring and angularly offset from one another about said axis;
a detent head on said body selectively engageable in said grooves in respective angular positions of said sleeve for holding said sleeve in said locking position nd said retracted position; and
a spring bearing axially on said sleeve and yieldably biasing said sleeve toward said ring.