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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Precision Machinery Research & Development Center, Taichung, TW;
Chia-Hsuan Cho, Taichung, TW;
Yu-An Liu, Taichung, TW;
PRECISION MACHINERY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Taichung, TW;
Abstract
A tool changing mechanism includes a tool base housing, a mandrel disposed therein and having a chamber and a keyway provided axially, and first and second linked units. A first shoulder portion is provided at an end of the keyway, and pulling jaws are disposed at the other end. The first linked unit has a first pulling rod, an end of which has an external thread, and the other end has a connecting portion driven by a pneumatic cylinder. The second linked unit has a second pulling rod, an end of which has an internal thread, and a pressing head is disposed at the other end. The second pulling rod has a sliding key located in the keyway. The first pulling rod is screwed into the second pulling rod, and the relative screwing rotation therebetween attains tool pulling for fixing or tool loosening for removing the cutting tool.