Tool coupling for rotating tool
AssigneeSandvik Intellectual Property AB
InventorGöran Pantzar
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Abstract
A tool assembly includes first and second tool bodies, a tool coupling interconnecting the tool bodies, and a drawing member for drawing the tool bodies together along a common longitudinal axis. The tool coupling includes a male portion disposed on one of the first and second tool bodies, and a female portion disposed in another of the first and second tool bodies and receiving the male portion. The tool coupling also includes a ridge disposed on one of the first and second tool bodies and a groove disposed in another of the first and second tool bodies and receiving the ridge for radially steering the first and second tool bodies during mating of the male and female portions.
Claims12
Tool assembly comprising first and second tool bodies, a tool coupling interconnecting the first and second tool bodies, and a drawing member for drawing the first and second tool bodies together along a common longitudinal axis of the first and second tool bodies;
- the tool coupling comprising:
- a male portion disposed on one of the first and second tool bodies, and a female portion disposed in another of the first and second tool bodies and receiving the male portion, and
- a ridge disposed on one of the first and second tool bodies and a groove disposed in another of the first and second tool bodies and receiving the ridge for radially steering the first and second tool bodies during mating of the male and female portions, the ridge and the groove situated laterally outwardly of the male and female portions and spaced radially therefrom, wherein each of the ridge and the groove is arc-shaped as viewed in a direction parallel to the axis.
Tool assembly comprising first and second tool bodies, a tool coupling interconnecting the first and second tool bodies, and a drawing member for drawing the first and second tool bodies together along a common longitudinal axis of the first and second tool bodies;
- the tool coupling comprising:
- a male portion disposed on one of the first and second tool bodies, and a female portion disposed in another of the first and second tool bodies and receiving the male portion, and
- a ridge disposed on one of the first and second tool bodies and a groove disposed in another of the first and second tool bodies and receiving the ridge for radially steering the first and second tool bodies during mating of the male and female portions, the ridge and the groove situated laterally outwardly of the male and female portions and spaced radially therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.