Chuck assembly for a veneer lathe

Details Chuck assembly for a veneer lathe Chuck assembly for a veneer lathe

1977-12-16

1979-02-27

Vlachos, Leonidas

Woodworking

Veneer lathe

142 53, 142 55, 279 1A, B27C 704, B27L 500

Patent

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041413970

ABSTRACT:
A chuck assembly for attachment to a drive spindle of a veneer lathe including a drive adapter and a chuck. The drive adapter includes a connection for attachment to the drive spindle and a driving head for attachment to the chuck. The chuck includes first and second ends with the first end having a recess sized and shaped to fit over the driving head of the drive adapter. Releasable fastening means extends between the first end of the chuck and the driving head through the side of the chuck for releasably fastening the chuck to the driving head for allowing easy replacement of the chuck head. The second end of the chuck includes a plurality of blades each of which includes an outer edge extending from the longitudinal axis of the chuck radially outwardly to the outside of the chuck and also extending outwardly from the second end of the chuck, and each of the blades includes a first flat side longitudinally extending from the outer edge with the flat side being on the leading face of the blade in the direction of rotation thereby providing an enlarged and effective driving area. The second side of each of the blades extends from its outer edge to the first side of the adjacent blade thereby providing a self-cleaning recess. The releasable fastener between the chuck and the driving head includes a plurality of indentations in the outer periphery of the driving head and a plurality of screws extending to the side of the chuck and engaging one of the indentations.

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patent: 891602 (1908-06-01), De Marey
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patent: 3132673 (1964-05-01), Bamford
patent: 3323566 (1967-06-01), Hitt
patent: 3513891 (1970-05-01), Heth

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