# US 5,700,115 A · Speed-increasing spindle device

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- Number: US 5,700,115 A
- Document ID: US5700115A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/594,849
- Filed: 1996-01-31
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1995-02-07
- Assignees: Koyo Machine Industries Co., Ltd.; Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Akira Chikamori; Shinji Yasuhara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5700115A

## CPC

- B23Q 5/048: {Speed-changing devices}
- B23Q 2220/008: Rotatable tool holders coupled in parallel to a non rotating accessory
- Y10T 279/16: Longitudinal screw clamp
- Y10T 408/66: Friction gearing
- Y10T 408/90993: Screw driven means
- Y10T 408/94: Tool-support
- B23Q: DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A speed-increasing spindle device in an assembly structure in a separable form of device main body and shank, capable of using a coupling bolt of large diameter, high in rigidity, and sufficient in strength. The head of the coupling bolt is rotatably engaged in a bolt head engaging part provided at one side of the device main body and shank, while the threaded part of the coupling bolt is engaged with a screw hole provided at the other side of the device main body and shank, and the engaging part for rotary operation tool provided on the outer end plane in the axial direction of the coupling bolt confronts outside through the insertion hole of the shank. The bolt head engaging part has a bolt head accommodating space larger than the maximum hole diameter permitted in the shank in terms of strength, and therefore the shaft diameter of the coupling bolt may be set, at least, as large as the maximum hole diameter of the shank.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A speed-increasing spindle device comprising:
a device main body incorporating a planet speed increasing mechanism;
a shank detachably mounted on a main shaft of a machine tool; and
a coupling bolt means for assembling and coupling the device main body and the shank separably in the axial direction; wherein
the coupling bolt means comprises a coupling bolt, a bolt head engaging part provided at one side of the device main body, with the head of the coupling bolt engaged in the axial direction, and a screw hole provided at the other side of the device main body, in which the coupling bolt is screwed and engaged; and, further, wherein
the bolt head engaging part possesses a bolt head accommodating space larger than the maximum hole diameter permitted in the shank in terms of strength, and
the coupling bolt has an engaging part for a rotary operation tool at its outer end in the axial direction, whereby access to said engaging part is provided through an insertion hole in the shank; and wherein
the coupling bolt has its head rotatably engaged with the bolt head engaging part provided in the base end portion of the input shaft of the device main body, and its threaded part is screwed and fitted into the screw hole provided along the axial center of the shank, and the engaging part for the rotary operation tool is provided in the screw part end surface of the coupling bolt; and wherein
the bolt head engaging part comprises a bolt insertion hole communicating with the base end side of the input shaft from the accommodating space, and a coupling support part for engaging and supporting the head of the coupling bolt in the axial direction, being provided in a boundary area of the accommodating space and insertion hole.

### Claim 2

A speed-increasing spindle device comprising:
a device main body incorporating a planet speed increasing mechanism; a shank detachably mounted on a main shaft of a machine tool; and
a coupling bolt means for assembling and coupling the device main body and the shank separably in the axial direction; wherein
the coupling bolt means comprises a coupling bolt, a bolt head engaging part provided at one side of the device main body, with the head of the coupling bolt engaged in the axial direction, and a screw hole provided at the other side of the device main body, in which the coupling bolt is screwed and engaged, and the bolt head engaging part possesses a bolt head accommodating space larger than the maximum hole diameter permitted in the shank in terms of strength, and the coupling bolt has an engaging part for a rotary operation tool at its outer end in the axial direction, whereby access to said engaging part is provided through an insertion hole in the shank; and wherein
the coupling bolt has its head rotatably engaged with the bolt head engaging part provided in the front end portion of the shank, and its threaded portion is screwed into the screw hole provided along the axial center of the device main body;
the engaging part for the rotary operation tool is provided in the head end surface of the coupling bolt;
the bolt head engaging part comprises a bolt head accommodating space opening to the front end side of the shank having a diameter larger than the insertion hole of the shank; and
a coupling support part for engaging and supporting the head of the coupling bolt in the axial direction, said coupling support part being provided in the accommodating space; wherein
the bolt head accommodating space of the shank is a cylindrical space larger in diameter than the insertion hole of the shank;
the coupling support part has an annular detent member fitted in the cylindrical space, and the shape and dimensions of the detent member are defined so as to bear the tightening force by the coupling bolt, as being engaged with the head of the coupling bolt in the axial direction, and work as a locking piece of the coupling bolt, and the detent member of the coupling support part is in the form of a stopper ring deforming elastically in the radial direction, and the stopper ring is elastically fitted in an annular fitting groove provided in the cylindrical space.

### Claim 3

A speed-increasing spindle device comprising:
a device main body incorporating a planet speed increasing mechanism; a shank detachably mounted on a main shaft of a machine tool; and
a coupling bolt means for assembling and coupling the device main body and the shank separably in the axial direction; wherein
the coupling bolt means comprises a coupling bolt, a bolt head engaging part provided at one side of the device main body, with the head of the coupling bolt engaged in the axial direction, and a screw hole provided at the other side of the device main body, in which the coupling bolt is screwed and engaged, and the bolt head engaging part possesses a bolt head accommodating space larger than the maximum hole diameter permitted in the shank in terms of strength, and the coupling bolt has an engaging part for a rotary operation tool at its outer end in the axial direction, whereby access to said engaging part is provided through an insertion hole in the shank; and wherein
the coupling bolt has its head rotatably engaged with the bolt head engaging part provided in the front end portion of the shank, and its threaded portion is screwed into the screw hole provided along the axial center of the device main body;
the engaging part for the rotary operation tool is provided in the head end surface of the coupling bolt;
the bolt head engaging part comprises a bolt head accommodating space opening to the front end side of the shank having a diameter larger than the insertion hole of the shank; and
a coupling support part for engaging and supporting the head of the coupling bolt in the axial direction, said coupling support part being provided in the accommodating space; wherein
the bolt head accommodating space of the shank is a cylindrical space larger in diameter than the insertion hole of the shank;
the coupling support part has an annular detent member fitted in the cylindrical space, and the shape and dimensions of the detent member are defined so as to bear the tightening force by the coupling bolt, as being engaged with the head of the coupling bolt in the axial direction, and work as a locking piece of the coupling bolt, and the detent member of the coupling support part is in the form of a ring member of split structure divided uniformly in a peripheral direction, and this ring member is fitted and fixed in an annular fitting groove provided in the cylindrical space.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 1,
wherein the bolt head accommodating space opens to the front end side in the base end portion of the input shaft, forming a cylindrical space larger in diameter than the insertion hole of the shank,
the bolt insertion hole is a cylindrical hole smaller in diameter than the cylindrical space, being coaxial with this cylindrical space, and
the coupling support part is provided in the boundary step of the cylindrical space and cylindrical hole, in a form of detent shoulder for abutting and engaging the head of the coupling bolt.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 1,
wherein the shank has the insertion hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction at the axial center position, and
the insertion hole has its front end side portion formed as the screw hole to be screwed and engaged with the threaded part of the coupling bolt, and its base end side portion is a screw hole for pull stud bolt, and these two screw holes are nearly in the same diameter as the insertion hole.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 1,
wherein a taper shaft is provided in the base end portion of the input shaft, coaxially with the insertion hole of the coupling bolt, and an engaging plane is provided in the base end plane of the taper shank,
a taper hole to be fitted with the taper shaft is provided in the front end portion of the shank, coaxially with the screw hole, and an engaging plane to be combined and engaged with the engaging plane of the input shaft is provided in the opening end plane of the taper hole, and
the taper shaft and engaging plane, and the taper hole of the shank and the engaging plane are combined and fitted simultaneously, respectively by the tightening force of the coupling bolt, and the shank and the device main body are tightened and fixed in two-plane restraint state.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 2 or 3,
wherein the shank has the insertion hole penetrating in the longitudinal direction at its axial center position,
the front end side portion of the insertion hole is the cylindrical space, and its base end side portion is a screw hole for pull stud bolt, and
the inside diameter of the cylindrical space is set larger than the inside diameter of the screw hole for pull stud bolt.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 2 or 3,
wherein the length of the cylindrical space is determined in a range so that the wall thickness of the position of the shank existing in the cylindrical space is enough for assuring a sufficient strength.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 2 or 3,
wherein a washer is interposed between the head of the coupling bolt and the detent member, and
the washer has a sufficient thickness for moving without tilting along the inner side of the cylindrical space, and also has a detent shoulder for inserting and engaging in the inner part of the stopper ring.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 2 or 3,
wherein a columnar linkage shaft to be inserted coaxially into the cylindrical space of the shank is provided in the base end portion of the input shaft of the device main body, and a screw hole for the coupling bolt is provided along its axial center, and
engaging planes which abut and engage with each other are provided in the opening end face of the cylindrical space and the base end face of the linkage shaft.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 10,
wherein the axial direction position of the coupling support part and the length of the linkage shaft of the input shaft are set so as not to interfere with each other.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:
negative pressure preventive means for communicating the inside of the housing with the atmosphere,
wherein the negative pressure preventive means comprises a first communication passage provided in the coupling bolt, and a second communication passage provided in the shank,
the second communication passage has one end communicating with the first communication passage, and the other end communicating with the outer circumference of the shank, and
the outer circumferential position of the shank opened the other end of the second communication passage is the bottom of key groove, which is recessed in the outer circumference of the shank and fitted with a drive key of the main shaft of a machine tool.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 12,
wherein a screw hole is provided in the opening at the other end of the second communication passage in the bottom of the key groove, and a blind plug is screwed therein.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

A speed-increasing spindle device of claim 12,
wherein the first communication passage and second communication passage are indirectly connected through a third communication passage provided in the input shaft.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of any of claims 1 to 3,
wherein the insertion hole of the shank has a positioning guide for positioning and guiding the insertion of the rotary operation tool at least in part thereof.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

A speed-increasing spindle device of any of claims 1 to 3,
wherein the engaging part for the rotary operation tool of the coupling bolt is in a form of a hole for hexagon wrench recessed in the outer end face in the axial direction of the coupling bolt.