Cutter holding device of cutting machine

• US 9,457,441 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., Shenzhen China Star
• Inventors: Jia, Huping
• Primary Examiner(s): GATES, ERIC ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US14/384,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20150360336A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 31/28 using electric or magnetic means in the chuck
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 3/1543 using electromagnets
• CPC Class Codes: C03B 33/027 Scoring tool holders; Driving mechanisms therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 279/23 with magnetic or electrostatic means

Abstract

A cutter holding device is provided for a cutting machine and includes: a mounting base and a holding member mounted in the mounting base. The mounting base includes a mounting section, iron cores mounted in the mounting section, and a winding wound around an outer circumference of the mounting section. The mounting section includes a mounting trough formed therein. The holding member is mounted in the mounting trough, wherein the iron cores and the winding collectively form first electromagnets, which upon application of electricity thereto, attract and fix the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base. The cutter holding device uses magnetic forces applied between the mounting base and the holding member for attraction and fixing so as to easily control fixing and removal of the holding member.

Claims

1. A cutter holding device of a cutting machine, comprising:

a mounting base and a holding member mounted in the mounting base, the mounting base comprising a mounting section, iron cores mounted in the mounting section, and a winding wound around an outer circumference of the mounting section, the mounting section comprising a mounting trough formed therein, the holding member being mounted in the mounting trough, wherein the iron cores and the winding collectively form first electromagnets, which upon application of electricity thereto, attract and fix the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base;

wherein the mounting base further comprises a bottom seat mounted at one end of the mounting trough of the mounting section, the winding and the bottom seat collectively forming a second electromagnet, wherein the second electromagnet, upon application of electricity thereto, further attracts and fixes the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base; and

wherein the mounting base further comprises a sleeve and a bottom lid, the mounting section being received in the sleeve, the bottom lid being set to cover a bottom of the bottom seat, the sleeve comprising wire passages formed therein to correspond to two ends of the winding.

2. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting section comprises a recess formed therein to correspond to an end of the mounting trough and in communication with the mounting trough, the bottom seat being received in the recess.

3. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mounting section comprises first and second receiving compartments formed therein to respectively correspond to two ends of the mounting trough and the first receiving compartment is in communication with the recess, the iron cores being respectively mounted in the first and second receiving compartments.

4. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the mounting trough is in the form of a cylinder and the first and second receiving compartments are of an annular form, two iron cores being provided and each in the form of a ring, the bottom seat having a circular cross-section.

5. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mounting section is in the form of a cylinder and the winding is wound around an outer surface of the mounting section.

6. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the iron cores and the bottom seat are each made of iron or silicon steel.

7. A cutter holding device of a cutting machine, comprising:

a mounting base and a holding member mounted in the mounting base, the mounting base comprising a mounting section, iron cores mounted in the mounting section, and a winding wound around an outer circumference of the mounting section, the mounting section comprising a mounting trough formed therein, the holding member being mounted in the mounting trough, wherein the iron cores and the winding collectively form first electromagnets, which upon application of electricity thereto, attract and fix the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base;

wherein the mounting base further comprises a bottom seat mounted at one end of the mounting trough of the mounting section, the winding and the bottom seat collectively forming a second electromagnet, wherein the second electromagnet, upon application of electricity thereto, further attracts and fixes the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base;

wherein the mounting section comprises a recess formed therein to correspond to an end of the mounting trough and in communication with the mounting trough, the bottom seat being received in the recess;

wherein the mounting section comprises first and second receiving compartments formed therein to respectively correspond to two ends of the mounting trough and the first receiving compartment is in communication with the recess, the iron cores being respectively mounted in the first and second receiving compartments;

wherein the mounting trough is in the form of a cylinder and the first and second receiving compartments are of an annular form, two iron cores being provided and each in the form of a ring, the bottom seat having a circular cross-section;

wherein the mounting section is in the form of a cylinder and the winding is wound around an outer surface of the mounting section;

wherein the iron cores and the bottom seat are each made of iron or silicon steel;

wherein the mounting base further comprises a sleeve and a bottom lid, the mounting section being received in the sleeve, the bottom lid being set to cover a bottom of the bottom seat, the sleeve comprising wire passages formed therein to correspond to two ends of the winding;

wherein the holding member comprises a holding bar, a first bearing mounted to an end of the holding bar, and a second bearing mounted to a middle portion of the holding bar, whereby when the holding member is mounted in the mounting base, the first receiving compartment surrounds an outer surface of the first bearing and the second receiving compartment surrounds an outer surface of the second bearing with an end of the holding bar being positioned against the bottom seat; and

wherein the first and second bearings have an outside diameter that is smaller than an inside diameter of the mounting trough.

8. A cutter holding device of a cutting machine, comprising:

a mounting base and a holding member mounted in the mounting base, the mounting base comprising a mounting section, iron cores mounted in the mounting section, and a winding wound around an outer circumference of the mounting section, the mounting section comprising a mounting trough formed therein, the holding member being mounted in the mounting trough, wherein the iron cores and the winding collectively form first electromagnets, which upon application of electricity thereto, attract and fix the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base;

wherein the mounting base further comprises a bottom seat mounted at one end of the mounting trough of the mounting section, the winding and the bottom seat collectively forming a second electromagnet, wherein the second electromagnet, upon application of electricity thereto, further attracts and fixes the holding member in the mounting trough of the mounting base;

wherein the mounting section comprises a recess formed therein to correspond to an end of the mounting trough and in communication with the mounting trough, the bottom seat being received in the recess;

wherein the mounting section comprises first and second receiving compartments formed therein to respectively correspond to two ends of the mounting trough and the first receiving compartment is in communication with the recess, the iron cores being respectively mounted in the first and second receiving compartments; and

wherein the holding member comprises a holding bar, a first bearing mounted to an end of the holding bar, and a second bearing mounted to a middle portion of the holding bar, whereby when the holding member is mounted in the mounting base, the first receiving compartment surrounds an outer surface of the first bearing and the second receiving compartment surrounds an outer surface of the second bearing with an end of the holding bar being positioned against the bottom seat.

9. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first and second bearings have an outside diameter that is smaller than an inside diameter of the mounting trough.

10. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein the mounting trough is in the form of a cylinder and the first and second receiving compartments are of an annular form, two iron cores being provided and each in the form of a ring, the bottom seat having a circular cross-section.

11. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mounting section is in the form of a cylinder and the winding is wound around an outer surface of the mounting section.

12. The cutter holding device of the cutting machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein the iron cores and the bottom seat are each made of iron or silicon steel.