Patent Application
20160263660
The disclosure relates to cutting devices and more particularly pertains to a new cutting device for facilitating quick change of cutting fixtures on a computer numerical control turret
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mount that is removably coupled to a turret of a computer numerical control assembly. A plurality of fittings is provided and a selected one of the fittings is removably coupled to the mount. Each of the fittings performs routing on the computer numerical control assembly
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The upper side 24 has a receiver 34 coupled to and extending upwardly therefrom and the receiver 34 is substantially positioned on the lobed portion 32. The receiver 34 has a distal end 36 with respect to the upper side 24 and the holder 16 has an aperture 38 extending through the distal end 36 of the receiver 34 and the lower side 26. The aperture 38 has a first section 40 and a second section 42 and the first section 40 extends between the distal end 36 and a point that is closer to the upper side 24 than the distal end 36. The aperture 38 has a bounding surface 44 and the bounding surface 44 corresponding to the first section 40 tapers inwardly between the distal end 36 and the second section 42. The second section 42 extends between the first section 40 and the lower side 26. The bounding surface 44 corresponding to the second section 42 is threaded between the lower side 26 and a point that is closer to the lower side 26 than the first section 40.
The holder 16 may be removably fastened to an exposed side 46 of the turret of a computer numerical control assembly 14. The holder 16 is positioned to have the lower side 26 abut the exposed side 46 of the turret of a computer numerical control assembly 14 such that the receiver 34 is positioned adjacent to an outer edge 48 of the turret of a computer numerical control assembly 14. At least one fastener 50 extends through the holder 16 and engages the exposed side 46 to retain the holder 16 on the exposed side 46. The fastener 50 may be a bolt or the like and the holder 16 may comprise an ER 16 holder or the like.
A collet 52 is provided that has top end 54, a bottom end 56 and a peripheral wall 58 extending therebetween. The top end 54 and the bottom end 56 are open and the collet 52 is substantially hollow. The peripheral wall 58 has an outer surface 60 and the outer surface 60 of the peripheral wall 58 tapers inwardly between the top end 54 and the bottom end 56. The collet 52 is removably positioned within the first section 40 of the aperture 38 such that the outer surface 60 abuts the bounding surface 44. The bounding surface 44 of the first section 40 restricts the collet 52 from moving into the second section 42. The collet 52 may comprise an ER 16 collet manufactured by Royal Products, 200 Oser Avenue, Hauppague, N.Y., 11788 or the like.
A plug 62 is provided that has a pair of ends 64 and an outermost surface 66 extending therebetween. Each of the ends 64 has a groove 68 extending inwardly toward a center 70 of the plug 62. The outermost surface 66 threadably engages the bounding surface 44 of the second section 42. A nut 72 threadably engages an exterior surface 74 of the receiver 34 and the nut 72 retains the collet 52 within the receiver 34.
A plurality of fittings 76 is provided and each of the fittings 76 has a primary end 78 and a secondary end 80. Each of the fittings 76 is elongated between the primary end 78 and the secondary end 80 and each of the fittings 76 has a unique cutting section 82 extending from the secondary end 80 toward the primary end 78. Each of the fittings 76 has a tab 84 coupled to and extending away from the primary end 78. The primary end 78 of a selected one of the fittings 76 is directed through the collet 52 after the collet 52 is positioned within the aperture 38 such that the tab 84 engages the groove 68 in the plug 62.
The plug 62 is rotated in the aperture 38 such that the cutting section 82 is positioned at a selected orientation with respect to an axis extending through the distal end 36 of the receiver 34 and the lower side 26 of the holder 16. The nut 72 is tightened on the receiver 34 such that the selected fitting 76 is compressed within the collet 52 thereby retaining the cutting section 82 at the selected orientation. The fittings 76 may comprise a center drill 86, a drill 88, a reamer 90, an end mill 92, a tap 94, a boring bar 96, a grooving bar 98, a threading bar 100, a cutting bar 102 and a trepanning bar 104.
In use, the holder 16 is fastened to the exposed side 46 of the turret of a computer numerical control assembly 14. The collet 52 is inserted into the first section 40 of the aperture 38. The primary end 78 of the selected fitting 76 is inserted into the aperture 38 until the tab 84 engages the groove 68 in the plug 62. The nut 72 is slid over the selected fitting 76 to threadably engage the receiver 34. The plug 62 is rotated until the cutting section 82 of the fitting 76 is positioned at the selected orientation. The nut 72 is tightened to retain the fitting 76 at the selected orientation.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
