US3159081A
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Tool adapter
Assignee: Sundstrand Corp
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Filing: 1962-02-06
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Granted: 1964-12-01
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Expires: 1982-02-06
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 Carl F Erikson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:07
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23B; B23B31/00; B23B31/02; B23B31/10; B23B31/12; B23B31/20; B23B31/208; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T279/00; Y10T279/17; Y10T279/17761; Y10T279/17854; Y10T279/34; Y10T279/3406; Y10T408/00; Y10T408/94; Y10T408/95; Y10T409/00; Y10T409/30; Y10T409/309352; Y10T409/309408
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
IN A MOUNTING FOR A ROTATING TOOL WHICH EXERTS AN AXIAL PULL ON THE MOUNTING DURING OPERATION, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A SPINDLE ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS AND HAVING AN OPEN ENDED AXIAL BORE AND A DETACHABLE DRIVER, SAID DRIVER HAVING A KEY EXTENDING IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION INTO SAID BORE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SPINDLE ABOUT ITS AXIS IN ONE DIRECTION DURING OPERATION OF THE TOOL, AN ADAPTER TELESCOPICALLY AND REMOVABLY RECEIVED IN SAID BORE, COACTING MEANS ON SAID SPINDLE AND ADAPTER PROVIDING AN ADJUSTABLE POSITIVE STOP FOR MOVEMENT OF THE ADAPTER INWARDLY OF THE SPINDLE, SAID ADAPTER HAVING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING KEYWAY RECEIVING SAID ADAPTER HAVING AN WAY BEING DEFINED BY A SIDE, AND COOPERATING ABTTING SURFACES ON SAID KEY AND KEYWAY SIDE FOR RELEASABLY INTERLOCKING SAID ADAPTER AND SPINDLE AGAINST RELATIVE AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OUTWARDLY OF THE SPINDLE BORE, SAID SURFACES BEING TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE AND INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF TELESCOPIC MOVEMENT OF THE ADAPTER INTO THE SPINDLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
IN A MOUNTING FOR A ROTATING TOOL WHICH EXERTS AN AXIAL PULL ON THE MOUNTING DURING OPERATION, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A SPINDLE ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS AND HAVING AN OPEN ENDED AXIAL BORE AND A DETACHABLE DRIVER, SAID DRIVER HAVING A KEY EXTENDING IN AN AXIAL DIRECTION INTO SAID BORE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SPINDLE ABOUT ITS AXIS IN ONE DIRECTION DURING OPERATION OF THE TOOL, AN ADAPTER TELESCOPICALLY AND REMOVABLY RECEIVED IN SAID BORE, COACTING MEANS ON SAID SPINDLE AND ADAPTER PROVIDING AN ADJUSTABLE POSITIVE STOP FOR MOVEMENT OF THE ADAPTER INWARDLY OF THE SPINDLE, SAID ADAPTER HAVING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING KEYWAY RECEIVING SAID ADAPTER HAVING AN WAY BEING DEFINED BY A SIDE, AND COOPERATING ABTTING SURFACES ON SAID KEY AND KEYWAY SIDE FOR RELEASABLY INTERLOCKING SAID ADAPTER AND SPINDLE AGAINST RELATIVE AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OUTWARDLY OF THE SPINDLE BORE, SAID SURFACES BEING TRANSVERSE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE AND INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF TELESCOPIC MOVEMENT OF THE ADAPTER INTO THE SPINDLE.
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