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US 8,899,597 B2Granted
Clamping system
AssigneeRego-Fix AG
InventorErnst Gerber
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Abstract
The clamping system for clamping a shank, for example a tool shank, into a seat has a spiral-shaped circumferential groove arranged in the wall of the seating hole and a clamping wedge which is provided with corresponding spiral-shaped ribs and is insertable into a recess on the shank.
Claims3
A tool clamping system comprising a tool holder with a cylindrical seating hole for receiving a tool shank and a tool having a substantially cylindrical tool shank to be seated in the seating hole, the system comprising:
- a spiral shaped circumferential groove located in the seating hole;
- a recess along a single side of the peripheral surface of the tool shank located at a portion of the shank to be received in the seating hole, the recess forming an axially aligned flat;
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- a clamping wedge body having dimensions which correspond to the dimensions of the recess so that the wedge is suited to engage into the recess, the wedge body having a first surface which is flat and dimensioned such that it abuts against, and directly opposite of the flat of the recess and a second surface provided with spiral-shaped ribs matching said groove of the seating hole, the ribs being located directly opposite the said flat of the recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.