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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Christoph Schmidt, Eberdingen/Hochdorf, DE;
Inventor:
Christoph Schmidt, Eberdingen/Hochdorf, DE;
Assignee:
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/06 (2006.01); B21D 28/26 (2006.01); B23Q 7/04 (2006.01); B25B 5/06 (2006.01); B25B 5/08 (2006.01); B25B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/06 (2013.01); B21D 28/265 (2013.01); B23Q 7/043 (2013.01); B25B 5/061 (2013.01); B25B 5/087 (2013.01); B25B 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some aspects of the disclosure, a workpiece retention device for securing plate-like workpieces to a workpiece movement unit of a machine tool includes first and second workpiece clamping elements and a clamping drive by which the workpiece clamping elements can be moved towards one another starting from an initial relative position in order to clamp a workpiece that is arranged between the workpiece clamping elements. The workpiece retention device also includes an adjustment device that can adjust the initial relative position of the workpiece clamping elements.