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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Mate Precision Tooling, Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Morgan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Joseph C. Schneider, Elk River, MN (US);
Assignee:
MATE PRECISION TOOLING, INC., Anoka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/04 (2006.01); B21D 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 5/0236 (2013.01); B21D 5/0209 (2013.01); B21D 37/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A press brake tool or similar machine component includes a tool body with a first end configured for operation on a workpiece and a second end configured for coupling the tool with a tool holder in a press brake or related machine tool apparatus. A latch mechanism is provided in the second end, with an actuator configured to rotate the latch mechanism into first and second positions, respectively, for selective engagement and disengagement of the tool with the tool holder.