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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest J Friedline, Latrobe, PA (US);
Robert N Mitchell, Ligonier, PA (US);
Linn R Andras, Latrobe, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403374 ; 403371 ;
Abstract
A clamping device for disposition in a blind hole or slot of a support body for locating and securing members such as hardened metal cutting inserts and the like. The clamping device of the present invention has an expandable plug member loosely receivable in a blind hole or slot and a rotatable member disposed centrally in the plug member such that upon rotation the plug member expands in the blind hole or slot to firmly clamp an insert between a wall of the blind hole and the expandable plug.