Claims
- 1. A coupling device for use between a workpiece or tool-carrier element, such as, for example, a tool system module, for example in a form of a tool receptacle, and a manipulator device, with a receptacle provided by the manipulator device for a centering extension of the tool carrier element and a clamping device to generate a contact force between plane surfaces of the parts to be coupled, in which the clamping device has an operating rod, by which a wedge drive can be operated, with which the clamping elements that are provided in one part to be coupled can be pressed essentially radially outward in a correspondingly configured recess on the other part to be coupled, characterized in that the clamping elements are a component of a clamping claw arrangement, bridging in a clamplike manner a seam point between the parts to be coupled, with at least three clamping points distributed in a uniform angular distribution, in which the clamping claw arrangement with its clamping bar extends essentially parallel to a centering extension of the tool system module, having on one end a radially outwardly projecting holding section which is received into a corresponding radial recess of a receptacle and on the other end forms claws defining the clamping points, which can be pressed radially outward in a groovelike recess of an extension for clamping the part to be coupled under axially firm support over holding section by means of the wedge drive.
- 2. A holding apparatus, comprising:
- an operating rod;
- a wedge drive including clamping elements for pressing radially outwardly into a recess of a part to be held, said wedge drive coupled to and clamping in response to the operating rod;
- wherein said clamping elements form a clamping claw and clamp the part to be held using at least three clamping points;
- wherein the clamping claw extends parallel to a centering extension of a tool system module to which the holding apparatus is mounted; and
- wherein said clamping elements include on one end a radially outwardly projecting holding section which is received into a corresponding radial recess of a receptacle and on another end forms claws of the clamping claw which clamp the part to be held.
Priority Claims (4)
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37 15 658.6 |
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37 17 270.0 |
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38 03 017.9 |
Feb 1988 |
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38 07 140.1 |
Mar 1988 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/445,834, filed Mar. 10, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,340, which was filed as International Application No. PCT/EP88/00412 on May 11, 1988.
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