Quick clamping device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11607773-B2
Application number	US-201816627651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	Aug 11, 2017
Publication date	Mar 21, 2023
Grant date	Mar 21, 2023

Abstract

A quick clamping device for arranging at least one application tool on a power tool, in particular on an angle grinder, includes at least one output unit for moving the application tool about an output axis of the output unit, and at least one fixing unit having at least one movably mounted fixing element that is mounted, in particular in a non-removable manner, on the output unit, at least for axially fixing the application tool to the output unit. The quick clamping device has at least one securing unit, which has at least one, in particular movably mounted, securing element that is intended to secure the fixing element, which is mounted so as to be movable relative to the output unit at least about the output axis, so as to prevent the fixing element from moving about the output axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A quick-change clamping device for arranging at least one insert tool on a power tool, comprising:
at least one output unit configured to rotate the insert tool about an output axis of the output unit, the at least one output unit having a hollow portion;
at least one fixing unit having at least one fixing element configured to axially fix the insert tool on the output unit, the at least one fixing element being mounted on the output unit partially inside the hollow portion and rotatable relative to the output unit about the output axis in at least one first operating state of the quick-change clamping device; and
at least one securing unit having at least one securing element that is movable relative to the fixing element and is configured, in at least one second operating state of the quick-change clamping device, to secure the fixing element against rotation relative to the output unit about the output axis.

2. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the securing element has at least one contact surface configured to bear against the fixing element.

3. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the securing element is movably mounted on and axially movable relative to at least one output element of the output unit, the output element having the hollow portion.

4. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the securing unit has at least one securing spring, which biases the securing element with a spring force in a direction of a securing position of the securing element at which the fixing element is secured against rotation relative to the output unit.

5. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixing unit has at least one clamping spring configured, in the at least one second operating state, to generate a clamping force that, by transmission via the fixing element, produces a rotational pressing force upon the securing element.

6. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a maximum possible axial displacement of the fixing element out of a position that can be fixed by the securing element is at most 10 mm.

7. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a cam mechanism configured to move the fixing element back and forth at least between two end positions,
wherein one of the two end positions is one of the at least one second operating positions at which the fixing element is fixed by the securing unit.

8. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one cam mechanism includes a cam mechanism element defined by a recess in the output element.

9. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one cam mechanism that has at least one cam mechanism element arranged at least partially in a movable manner within the fixing element.

10. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output unit has at least one torque transmission element having an outer contour that is at least substantially congruent with an outer contour of a locking part of the fixing element in at least one position of the fixing element, the locking part configured to produce a form closure that holds the insert tool between the output element and the locking part.

11. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixing element has at least one external thread configured as one of a trapezoidal thread and a buttress thread, the at least one external thread interacting with at least one internal thread of the output unit.

12. A power tool, comprising:
at least one quick-change clamping device configured to arrange at least one insert tool on the power tool, the at least one quick-change clamping device comprising:
at least one output unit configured to rotate the insert tool about an output axis of the output unit, the at least one output unit having a hollow portion;
at least one fixing unit having at least one fixing element configured to axially fix the insert tool on the output unit, the at least one fixing element being mounted on the output unit partially inside the hollow portion and rotatable relative to the output unit about the output axis in at least one first operating state of the quick-change clamping device; and
at least one securing unit having at least one securing element that is movable relative to the fixing element and is configured, in at least one second operating state of the quick-change clamping device, to secure the fixing element against rotation relative to the output unit about the output axis.

13. The power tool as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
the at least one insert tool, the at least one insert tool having at least one connection mechanism that corresponds, at least substantially, to a contour of the fixing element of the quick-change clamping device.

14. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power tool is a power angle grinder.

15. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one fixing element is mounted in a non-removable manner on the output unit such that the at least one fixing element is arranged in a captive manner on the output unit and/or is inseparable from the output unit when the quick-change clamping device is in an open state.

16. The power tool as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the power tool is a power angle grinder.

17. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one second operating state includes an open state in which the quick-change clamping device is configured to receive or unmount the at least one insert tool.

18. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the at least one first operating state includes a closed state in which the fixing element produces a force closure and/or form closure that retains the insert tool on the quick-change clamping device.

19. The quick-change clamping device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the at least one second operating state, the at least one securing element is engaged with both the output unit and the fixing unit so as to secure the fixing element against rotation relative to the output unit.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Barth Daniel

Classifications

• B24B23/022 Primary

  Spindle-locking devices, e.g. for mounting or removing the tool · CPC title

• B24B45/006 Primary

  Quick mount and release means for disc-like wheels, e.g. on power tools · CPC title

• B24B23/028

  Angle tools · CPC title

• B27B5/32

  Devices for securing circular saw blades to the saw spindle · CPC title

• B24B23/04

  with oscillating grinding tools; Accessories therefor · CPC title