Tool holder for receiving and locking a tool taper on a tool magazine, unlocking device, and tool magazine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9789576-B2
Application number	US-201313951352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2013
Priority date	Jul 26, 2012
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a tool holder to receive and lock a tool taper on a tool magazine, an unlocking device to unlock a tool taper that is received and is locked in a tool holder of this type, and a tool magazine for a machine tool comprising one or more tool holders of this type and an unlocking device of this type.

First claim

The embodiments of the present disclosure in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A system comprising, in combination:
a tool holder for receiving and locking a tool taper on a tool magazine, comprising:
a receiver for receiving the tool taper in an axial direction of the tool holder, wherein the tool taper is received on a first side of the tool holder by the receiver;
a locking means to lock the tool taper received in the receiver; and
a first fastener for fastening the tool holder on the tool magazine,
wherein the locking means comprises a first tightening element that is movable in the axial direction of the tool holder and that is set up to be moved in the axial direction of the tool holder from a first position into a second position, the tool taper received in the receiver being locked when the first tightening element is in the first position, and the tool taper received in the receiver being unlocked when the first tightening element is in the second position, and
wherein the first tightening element has a surface that extends transverse to the axial direction of the tool holder, and has a first tightening portion that projects from the surface of the first tightening element, in the axial direction of the tool holder, and which first tightening portion projects from the surface of the first tightening element on a second side of the tool holder opposing the first side of the tool holder; and

an unlocking device for unlocking the tool taper that is received and locked in the tool holder, the unlocking device comprising:
a second fastener for fastening the unlocking device on the tool magazine at an unlocking position of the tool magazine; and
an unlocking means to unlock the tool taper that is received and locked in the tool holder when the tool holder is at the unlocking position,
wherein the unlocking means comprises a second tightening element that is movable in an axial direction of the unlocking device, which is coaxial with the axial direction of the tool holder, and has a second tightening portion that can be brought into an engagement state with the first tightening portion of the first tightening element, so that the second tightening portion is, in the axial direction of the tool holder, in positive non-detachable engagement with the first tightening portion of the first tightening element when the tool holder is at the unlocking position, during which positive non-detachable engagement the first tightening portion and the second tightening portion are axially movable relative to one another within limits of an axial play range, and
wherein the unlocking means is set up to unlock the tool taper received in the receiver when the first tightening portion and the second tightening portion are in the engagement state, in that the second tightening element is in respect to the axial direction of the tool holder axially controlled and by means of the positive non-detachable engagement, moves the first tightening element from the first position into the second position.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first tightening portion is configured in such a way that the first tightening portion can be brought into the engagement state with the second tightening portion by a relative movement with respect to the second tightening portion in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the tool holder.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first tightening portion has a tightening head at the end, which tightening head is configured to adopt the positive non-detachable engagement with the second tightening portion in the axial direction of the tool holder, when the first and the second tightening portion are in the engagement state.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first tightening portion has, extending in the axial direction of the tool holder, a T-shaped profile.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a first stopper portion is arranged on the second side of the tool holder.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the first stopper portion has a stopper element that projects from the tool holder in the axial direction of the tool holder on the second side of the tool holder.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the stopper element projects from the tool holder beyond the first tightening portion.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first fastener is set up to fasten the tool holder on the tool magazine so as to be pivotable about an axis arranged perpendicular to the axial direction of the tool holder.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the locking means furthermore comprises a holding element that holds a locking element that is movable in a radial direction with respect to the axial direction of the tool holder, wherein the first tightening element forces the locking element in the radial direction into a clamping position, in which the locking element, to lock the tool taper, presses against a clamping face of the tool taper received in the receiver when the first tightening element is in the first position.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the locking element is movable in the radial direction between the clamping position and a release position when the first tightening element is in the second position, the locking element not being in contact with the clamping face of the tool taper in the release position.

11. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the locking element is configured as a ball element.

12. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the tool taper is configured as a steep taper, wherein the receiver is set up to receive the steep taper that has an end tightening piston, wherein the end tightening piston comprises the clamping face of the tool taper, the first tightening element forcing the locking element inwardly in the radial direction into the clamping position, in which the locking element, to lock the steep taper received in the receiver, presses inwardly in the radial direction against the clamping face of the tightening piston of the steep taper when the first tightening element is in the first position.

13. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the tool taper is configured as a hollow shaft taper that has an inner clamping face in the interior of a hollow shaft of the hollow shaft taper, wherein the receiver is set up to receive the hollow shaft taper, the first tightening element forcing the locking element outwardly in the radial direction into the clamping position, in which the locking element, to lock the hollow shaft taper received in the receiver, presses outwardly in the radial direction against the inner clamping face of the hollow shaft body when the first tightening element is in the first position.

14. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the locking means furthermore comprises a spring element that is set up to exert a restoring force on the first tightening element, wherein the restoring force is acting from the second position toward the first position on the first tightening element.

15. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the second tightening portion is configured in such a way that it can be brought by a relative movement with respect to the first tightening portion in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the tool holder into the engagement state with the first tightening portion.

16. A tool magazine for a machine tool comprising:
one or more tool holders each comprising:
a receiver for receiving a tool taper in an axial direction of the respective tool holde

Assignees

• Deckel Maho Pfronten Gmbh

Inventors

• Lechleiter Karl
• Mayr Matthias
• Trenkle Michael

Classifications

• Y10T483/1891

  Chain or belt · CPC title

• Y10T483/1836

  Pivoting · CPC title

• Y10T483/1809

  Matrix including means to latch tool · CPC title

• Y10T483/1755

  Plural tool holders pivotable about common axis · CPC title

• Y10T279/34

  Accessory or component · CPC title