# US 9,751,198 B2 · Slip-proof clamping system

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- Number: US 9,751,198 B2
- Document ID: US9751198B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/810,222
- Filed: 2011-07-07
- Published: 2013-08-22
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2010-07-16
- Assignees: Rego-Fix AG
- Applicants: Ernst Gerber
- Inventors: Ernst Gerber
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751198B2

## CPC

- B25B 23/10: using mechanical gripping means
- B23B 31/2012: {Threaded cam actuator}
- B25B 13/08: of open jaw type
- B25B 13/48: for special purposes
- B23B 2231/2081: Keys, spanners or wrenches to operate the collet chuck
- B23B 2260/078: Hand tools used to operate chucks or to assemble, adjust or disassemble tools or equipment used for turning, boring or drilling
- B23B 2260/106: Nuts
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
- B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)

## Abstract

The slip-proof system consists of screw connection elements in the form of union nuts having recesses (6, 22) arranged in the lateral surface and of a spanner (11, 25, 30), which is provided with projections (14, 28, 32) engaging into the recesses and is intended for tightening and loosening said screw connection elements.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A slip-proof system comprising:
a screw connection element having recesses and a wrench with cams which fit into the recesses,
the screw connection element has an axis, a cylindrical lateral surface and a ring-shaped end face,
the recesses extend axially parallel from the end face over at least a portion of the lateral surface,
a radial extension of the recesses being restricted to a part of the wall thickness of the screw connection element,
the recesses having opposing side walls, the side walls confining the recesses in angular direction and having an outer area and an inner area, and a base extending in angular direction between the side walls and confining the recess in axial direction opposite the ring-shaped end face,
the side walls being flat and defined by planes containing the axis in the outer area extending from the end face to about half of the axial length of the recesses,
the recesses being expanded by oppositely situated semicircular protrusions of the side walls in the inner area adjoining the outer area of the side walls, and
the wrench has a head which is provided with cams which in the axial direction are insertable into the recesses.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The slip-proof system according to claim 1, wherein the cams of the wrench are provided with enlargements, situated at a distance from the head, which fit into the protrusions of the recesses.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The slip-proof system according to claim 1, wherein the wrench head is provided with radially inwardly directed truncated cone-shaped cams.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The slip-proof system according to claim 1, wherein the greatest tangential width of the cams is less than the smallest tangential width of the recesses.

### Claim 5

A slip-proof system comprising:
a screw connection element having recesses and a wrench with cams which fit into the recesses,
the screw connection element has a cylindrical lateral surface and a ring-shaped end face,
the recesses extend axially parallel from the end face over at least a portion of the lateral surface,
a radial extension of the recesses being restricted to a part of the wall thickness of the screw connection element,
each recess has opposing axially extending side walls and a radial base interconnecting the side walls, the side walls and base define each recess, each side walls has an outer area and an inner area, the outer area includes an axially extending flat plane, the flat plane of each side wall face each other, the inner area adjoined to the outer area includes an axially extending expanding semicircular protrusion, the semicircular protrusion of each side wall face each other, and the base interconnects the semicircular protrusions of each side wall, and
the wrench has a head which is provided with cams which in the axial direction are insertable into the recesses.