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US 8,534,677 B2Granted
Work-holding chuck with quick-release jaws
AssigneeForkardt GmbH
InventorsThomas H. Dejonghe, Douglas L. Roush, Thomas M. Grobbel
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Abstract
A system, in certain embodiments, includes a wedge-lock coupling configured to connect a jaw to an actuator arm of a chuck. The wedge-lock coupling includes a wedge portion having a path of travel between a release position and a lock position, and a locking direction along the path of travel gradually wedges the wedge portion between the actuator arm and the jaw.
Claims10
A system, comprising:
- a drive;
- a chuck rotatable by the drive, wherein the chuck comprises:
- an actuator arm comprising a first plurality of teeth;
- a jaw;
- and
- a wedge-lock coupling between the actuator arm and the jaw, wherein the wedge-lock coupling comprises:
- a wedge portion having a path of travel between a release position and a lock position, wherein a locking direction along the path of travel gradually wedges the wedge portion between the actuator arm and the jaw;
- an axis along the path of travel, wherein the wedge portion comprises a locking surface tapered relative to the axis;
- and
- a second plurality of teeth disposed on the locking surface, wherein the first and second plurality of teeth engage one another in the lock position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.