This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 111210049, filed Sep. 15, 2022, Taiwan Application Serial Number 111210055, filed Sep. 15, 2022, and Taiwan Application Serial Number 111210057, filed Sep. 15, 2022, which are herein incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a cutting tool holding device. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a cutting tool holding device for a milling machine.
A milling drum of a road milling machine may employee a plurality of cutting tools, and the cutting tools are arranged helically. As the road milling machine walks, the milling drum rotates to drive the cutting tools to exert the milling job. The cutting tool is disposed at the milling drum via a cutting tool holding device.
A conventional cutting tool holding device includes a base and a holder, and the holder is configured for the cutting tool to assemble thereto and is disposed at the base. The holder is detachably assembled with the base via a screwing member, and therefore the cutting tool may be repaired or changed.
The cutting tool is used to mill the asphalt road, and the cutting tool is easily broken owing to the reaction generated from the high pressure on the road exerted by the cutting tool. If the structure of the cutting tool holding device is not strong enough, assembling instability between the base and the holder may occur, and shocks generated by the reaction may damage the cutting tool holding device. As a result, the life time of the cutting tool holding device is reduced, and the cost of repair and replacement thereof is increased.
Based on the aforementioned problems, how to efficiently improve the structure of the cutting tool holding device becomes a target that those in the filed pursue.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a cutting tool holding device is applied for holding a cutting tool and includes a base and a holder. The base includes a base body and an inserted bore penetrating the base body. The base body includes a central connecting surface, and two positioning surfaces respectively located at two sides of the central connecting surface. The positioning surfaces are relatively inclined to define a positioning space. A lateral edge of each of the positioning surfaces is connected to the central connecting surface, and the two lateral edges are defined as a first lateral edge pair. The holder inserts the inserted bore and is configured for the cutting tool to insert thereinto. The holder includes a disposing head and a shaft. The disposing head includes a head body and a tool bore. The head body has a working side and a connecting side and includes a tool bore surface, a disposing surface and two bearing surfaces located at the connecting side. The tool bore surface is located above the disposing surface. Two lateral edges of the two bearing surfaces are respectively connected to two sides of the disposing surface, and the two bearing surfaces respectively correspond to the two positioning surfaces. Two side edges of the two bearing surfaces are respectively connected to two sides of the tool bore surface, and the lateral edge of each of the bearing surfaces is longer than the side edge of each of the bearing surfaces. The two lateral edges of the two bearing surfaces are defined as a second lateral edge pair. The tool bore penetrates the head body from the working side to the connecting side to form an opening on the tool bore surface, and the tool bore is configured for receiving the cutting tool. The shaft is connected to the disposing surface of the head body and configured for inserting the base. Two extending lines of the two lateral edges of at least one of the first lateral edge pair and the second lateral edge pair are close to each other.
The disclosure can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiments, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
The embodiments of the present disclosure will be illustrated with drawings hereinafter. In order to clearly describe the content, many practical details will be mentioned with the description hereinafter. However, it will be understood by the reader that the practical details will not limit the present disclosure. In other words, in some embodiment of the present disclosure, the practical details are not necessary. Additionally, in order to simplify the drawings, some conventional structures and elements will be illustrated in the drawings in a simple way; the repeated elements may be labeled by the same or similar reference numerals.
In addition, the terms first, second, third, etc. are used herein to describe various elements or components, these elements or components should not be limited by these terms. Consequently, a first element or component discussed below could be termed a second element or component. Moreover, the combinations of the elements, the components, the mechanisms and the modules are not well-known, ordinary or conventional combinations, and whether the combinations can be easily completed by the one skilled in the art cannot be judged based on whether the elements, the components, the mechanisms or the module themselves are well-known, ordinary or conventional.
The base 1000 includes a base body 1100 and an inserted bore 1200 penetrating the base body 1100. The base body 1100 includes a central connecting surface 1120 and two positioning surfaces 1110 respectively located at two sides of the central connecting surface 1120. The positioning surfaces 1110 are relatively inclined to define a positioning space. A lateral edge 1111 (labeled in
The holder 2000 inserts the inserted bore 1200 and is configured for the cutting tool to insert thereinto. The holder 2000 includes a disposing head 2100 and a shaft 2200. The disposing head 2100 includes a head body 2110 and a tool bore 2120. The head body 2110 has a working side and a connecting side and includes a tool bore surface 2111 (labeled in
Therefore, with that the two extending lines of the two lateral edges 1111 of the two positioning surfaces 1110 of the base 1000 and/or the two extending lines of the two lateral edges 21131 of the two bearing surfaces 2113 of the holder 2000 are close to each other, the effect that the base 1000 surrounds the holder 2000 as the holder 2000 inserting the base 1000 is increased, and the impact may be efficiently eliminated. Details of the cutting tool holding device 100 may be described hereinafter.
The positioning surfaces 1110 of the base body 1100 are inclined to each other, an external edge of each positioning surface 1110 is higher than an inserted opening 1210, and therefore the positioning space is formed. The two positioning surfaces 1110 may be respectively located at two sides of the inserted opening 1210. In the embodiment, the two extending lines of the two lateral edges 1111 of the first lateral edge pair are close to each other. In other words, the two extending lines of the two lateral edges 1111 are inclined upward and toward each other taken the Z-axis as the reference and form a pigeon-toed shape. Hence, as the two bearing surfaces 2113 are respectively abutted against the two positioning surfaces 1110, the holder 2000 may be fully surrounded to eliminate the impact, and vibration of the holder 2000 may be avoided. Moreover, the configuration of the pigeon-toed shape is favorable for preventing separation of the holder 2000 caused by the upward movement thereof as the cutting tool is milling the road. In addition, with the configuration of the pigeon-toed shape, the effects of center alignment and positioning may be enhanced.
The base body 1100 may further include two protrusions 1130 and a cavity 1140. Each of the protrusions 1130 is located below each of the positioning surfaces 1110, and the cavity 1140 is located below the inserted opening 1210 and the inserted bore 1200 and is between the two protrusions 1130. Precisely, each protrusion 1130 is located below each of the positioning surfaces 1110 taken a Z-axis as the reference, and because the two protrusions 1130 protrude farther away, the portion between the two protrusions 1130 may form the relative concave cavity 1140. The two protrusions 1130 and the cavity 1140 are configured for being associated with the holder 2000.
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Moreover, during manufacturing the base body 1100, a thickness of the base body 1100 at a left side of the inserted bore 1200 is different from the thickness of the base body 1100 at a right side of the inserted bore 1200. In other words, as shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
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The shaft 2200 may further include a positioning notch 2230, one part of the positioning notch 2230 is located at the tubular region 2210, and another part of the positioning notch 2230 is located at the tapered region 2220. As shown in
Precisely, the positioning notch is 2230 has a V-shaped groove structure and includes a curved surface 2231 and the abutting surface 2232. The curved surface 2231 is located at the tubular region 2210, the abutting surface 2232 is a flat surface, one part of the abutting surface 2232 is located at the tubular region 2210, and another part of the abutting surface 2232 is located at the tapered region 2220. The axis Y1 is parallel to the Y-axis, and the virtual cross-surface S1 that passes the cross point C11 and is perpendicular to the Y-axis is parallel to the X-axis and Z-axis surface. In other words, as manufacturing the shaft 2200, the virtual cross-surface S1 may be deemed as a junction, the region between the virtual cross-surface S1 and the head body 2110 may, without considering the positioning notch 2230, have a uniform diameter, and other region may, without considering the positioning notch 2230, be tapered as a cone surface to form the tapered region 2220. In the embodiment, the shape of the inner wall of the inserted bore 1200 may be associated with the tubular region 2210 and the tapered region 2220 and a part of the inner wall of the inserted bore 1200 may be tapered. Therefore, vibration of the shaft 2200 as being inserted in the base 1000 may be avoided. Moreover, the shape of the shaft 2200 is also favorable for center alignment, which is favorable for the shaft 2200 to be automatically positioning as being inserted in the base 1000. Additionally, the tubular region 2210 is longer than the tapered region 2220 in the embodiment.
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Precisely, the cutting surface 2114 may include two straight sides, the disposing surface 2112 may include two upper inclined sides and two lower inclined sides, and one end of each of the upper inclined sides is connected to each of the straight sides. The side edge 21132 and the lateral edge 21131 of one of the bearing surfaces 2113 and the side of each of the cutting surfaces 2114 may be respectively connected to the straight side, the upper inclined side and the lower inclined side at the left side, and the other one of the bearing surfaces 2113 and the other one of the cutting surfaces 2114 is respectively connected to the straight side, the upper inclined side and the lower inclined side at the right side. Therefore, the left side and the right side are symmetrically arranged. In the embodiment, the two extending lines of the two lateral edges 21131 of the second lateral edge pair are close to each other, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
The head body 2110 may further include two depressions 2115 and a projection 2116, each of the depressions 2115 is located below each of the bearing surfaces 2113 and corresponds to each of the protrusions 1130 of the base 1000, and the projection 2116 is located between the two depressions 2115 and corresponds to the cavity 1140 of the base 1000. As the holder 2000 is assembled with the base 1000, a gap is formed between each of the depressions 2115 of the head body 2110 and the protrusion 1130 of the base 1000 corresponding thereto. The cooperation of the projection 2116 and the cavity 1140 may have a positioning function, and thereby fabricating for preventing the shaft 2200 from being broken as being forced.
Hence, as installing the shaft 2200, the shaft 2200 may be inserted into the inserted bore 1200 first, then the two bearing surfaces 2113 may rest on the two positioning surfaces 1110, and finally the screwing member 1400 of the base 1000 may be fastened from the locking bore 1300 to abut against the positioning notch 2230, thereby assembling the holder 2000 on the base 1000. Additionally, as the cutting tool is working, the force will be transmitted from the holder 2000 to the base 1000, and because the structure of the cutting tool holding device 100 is enforced, the strength and the life time of the cutting tool holding device 100 are increased.
The holder 2000a includes a disposing head 2100a and a shaft 2200a. The configuration of the 2100a is similar to the disposing head 2100 of
Specifically, the shaft 2200a does not include the tubular region 2210 and the tapered region 2220 as shown in
Although the present disclosure has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present disclosure covers modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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111210049 | Sep 2022 | TW | national |
111210055 | Sep 2022 | TW | national |
111210057 | Sep 2022 | TW | national |