Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Having structure to restrict rotation of threaded – mating... – Comprising a thread lock
Patent
1993-10-12
1996-01-09
Wilson, Neill R.
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Having structure to restrict rotation of threaded, mating...
Comprising a thread lock
411324, 411354, 411947, 29456, F16B 1900, F16B 39284
Patent
active
054824176
ABSTRACT:
The present invention entails a self-locking mechanism (10) for locking a rotatable member such as a screw, bolt, lock rod, etc. In the case of a lock rod (50) that secures a tool holder (126) within a tool block (122), the self-locking mechanism (10) of the present invention includes at least one cam surface (52) connected between the lock rod (50) and a rotating carrier (14) having at least one wedge surface (26). The rotating carrier (14), wedge surface (26), and cam surface (52) are shaped and disposed such that they can be rotated by a driver (16) in unison as the lock rod (50) is rotated between locked and unlocked positions. However, the rotating carrier (14), wedge surface (26) and cam surface (52) are disposed and shaped such that the cam surface (52) and wedge surface (26) will ,under the influence of the lock rod, move to a wedged self-locking position after the lock rod (50) has assumed a locked position. The driver (16) is designed with respect to the rotating carrier (14), wedge surface (26), and cam surface (52) such that the driver (16) will rotate the cam surface (52) and wedge surface (26) with respect to each other such that they are moved from a wedged locked position and thereafter the rotating carrier (14), wedge surface (26), and cam surface (52) can be rotated in unison as the lock rod (50) itself is rotated from the locked position to the unlocked position.
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Kennametal Inc.
Porcelli James G.
Wilson Neill R.
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