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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Jong Kweon Park, Daejeon, KR;
Woo Cheol Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Seung Kook RO, Daejeon, KR;
KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A tool holder holding a tool according to the present invention includes: a tool mounting unit forming and penetrating a tool fixing hole having an interior diameter that is relatively smaller than an exterior diameter of a shank unit of the tool; and at least one shape memory alloy ring inserted and arranged to a ring fixing hole formed at the tool mounting unit to have an interior diameter that is relatively larger than the tool fixing hole, wherein an interior diameter size of the tool fixing hole is forcibly changed by deformation of a shape memory alloy ring by a heating source and a cooling source provided to the shape memory alloy ring for clamping or unclamping the tool.