Tool Holder for Clamping an Insert Holder
First Claim
1. A tool holder comprising:
- a main block having a longitudinal side surface with a longitudinal groove with opposing first and second walls;
two wedge shaped clamping members, supported by the second wall of the longitudinal groove; and
a single adjustment member operatively connected to each of the two clamping members;
wherein the two clamping members clamp a blade shaped insert holder against the first wall of the longitudinal groove.
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Abstract
A tool holder for clamping an insert holder has a main block, two clamping members and a single adjustment member. The main block has a longitudinal side surface with a longitudinal groove with upper and lower walls. The two clamping members include mirror symmetrical left and right clamping members interfacing with two inclined non-parallel planar ramping surfaces of the lower wall of the longitudinal groove. A blade-shaped insert holder is mounted in the longitudinal groove on the two clamping members. The adjustment member interfaces with the two clamping members, and when rotated causes each clamping member to move up its respective non-parallel planar ramping surface, decreasing the distance between the two clamping members and the upper wall of the longitudinal groove until a clamping force is uniformly applied between the insert holder and the upper wall of the longitudinal groove.
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25 Claims
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1. A tool holder comprising:
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a main block having a longitudinal side surface with a longitudinal groove with opposing first and second walls; two wedge shaped clamping members, supported by the second wall of the longitudinal groove; and a single adjustment member operatively connected to each of the two clamping members; wherein the two clamping members clamp a blade shaped insert holder against the first wall of the longitudinal groove. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of clamping a blade shaped insert holder in a tool holder, the tool holder comprising:
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a main block having a longitudinal side surface with a longitudinal groove with opposing first and second walls; two wedge shaped clamping members, supported by the second wall of the longitudinal groove; and a single adjustment member interfacing with each of the two clamping members, the method comprising the steps of; mounting the insert holder in the longitudinal groove to interface with the two clamping members; and rotating the adjustment member to cause movement of each clamping member up a respective inclined non-parallel planar ramping surface of the second wall of the longitudinal groove, until a distance between the two clamping members and the first wall of the longitudinal groove is decreased to a point wherein a clamping force is applied between the insert holder and the first wall of the longitudinal groove.
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20. A tool holder comprising:
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a main block having a first wall spaced apart from a second wall, the first wall facing in a direction of the second wall, the second wall comprising first and second ramping surfaces which extend away from each other and towards the first wall; left and right clamping members supported by the first and second ramping surfaces, respectively, the left and right clamping members having respective first and second clamping surfaces which face in a direction of the first wall; and an adjustment member operatively connected to both clamping members;
wherein;the left and right clamping members are configured to travel along the first and second ramping surfaces and thereby adjust a distance between their clamping surfaces and the first wall, in response to operation of the adjustment member. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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