Automatic chuck

Chucks or sockets – Socket type – Loose jaws

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85 1L, 279 1B, B23B 3119

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039662179

ABSTRACT:
A chuck for use in fastening a replaceable tool such as a drill to a rotatable shaft and particularly to a rotatable shaft powered by a motor. The chuck is in the form of a cylindrical housing formed with a taper at the tool end. A plurality of jaws, each formed with a convex or tapered surface are mounted in the tapered section of the housing with the convex or tapered side bearing against the inside tapered wal of the housing. A center pin is mounted in the housing with a first end of the pin bearing against the end of each jaw, such that motion of the pin towards the jaws forces the jaws against the tapered housing wall to close the jaws together. A cross-pin is transversely fixed through the center pin and extends through slots in the housing wall, with the slots oriented parallel to the axis of the center pin to permit both axial motion of the pin in the housing and rotation of the pin relative to the housing. The second end of the center pin is formed with a cross-section of oval shape, with a coarse male thread formed on its exterior surface that mates with a female thread in an oval shaped axial recess of a plug when the center pin is rotated a fraction of a turn with respect to the plug. Rotation of the pin in the contrary direction for a similar fraction of a turn results in completely freeing the center pin end from the plug recess threads, since the cross-section of the oval recess is larger than that of the center pin end, permitting the center pin to be freely moved in the axial direction of the housing for the purpose of opening or closing the jaws to an approximate setting. When the center pin is locked to the plug at a given position, by rotation of the plug to the center pin, a fine setting of the center pin axial position is achieved against the jaws by rotating the housing relative to the plug and locked center pin, the exterior of the plug being formed with a fine male thread that mates with a female thread on the inner wall of the housing. The plug extends past the end of the housing so as to join a rotatable motor shaft or drill fixture shaft.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3702705 (1972-11-01), Schadlich
patent: 3842877 (1974-10-01), Andrews

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