WO2008037025A1 - A chuck assembly - Google Patents
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- WO2008037025A1 WO2008037025A1 PCT/AU2007/001447 AU2007001447W WO2008037025A1 WO 2008037025 A1 WO2008037025 A1 WO 2008037025A1 AU 2007001447 W AU2007001447 W AU 2007001447W WO 2008037025 A1 WO2008037025 A1 WO 2008037025A1
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- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- pinion
- collar
- pinion carrier
- chuck
- drive
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23B—TURNING; BORING
- B23B31/00—Chucks; Expansion mandrels; Adaptations thereof for remote control
- B23B31/02—Chucks
- B23B31/10—Chucks characterised by the retaining or gripping devices or their immediate operating means
- B23B31/12—Chucks with simultaneously-acting jaws, whether or not also individually adjustable
- B23B31/16—Chucks with simultaneously-acting jaws, whether or not also individually adjustable moving radially
- B23B31/16004—Jaws movement actuated by one or more spiral grooves
- B23B31/16041—Jaws movement actuated by one or more spiral grooves with locking arrangements
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- THIS INVENTION relates to a chuck assembly and in particular but not limited to a chuck assembly suitable for use in conjunction with a woodworking lathe.
- Woodworking lathes employ a head stock with a chuck adapted to engage a work piece.
- the chuck has jaws centred on an axis of rotation of the lathe and are adapted to travel radially in and out in order to secure or release the work piece.
- the work piece is therefore positioned coaxially in relation to the chuck for rotation of the work piece in the chuck so that the work piece may be turned with a tool to shape the work piece into a pre-determined configuration by an operator.
- the placement of the work piece in the chuck is a manual process whereby an operator progressively tightens the chuck around the work piece. This tightening process usually involves one or more tools placed in the chuck and used to apply force to the jaws until the operator is comfortable with the grip on the work piece.
- chucks are available in two forms that use different tools and each has certain advantages and disadvantages.
- a pair of levers are inserted radially into offset holes enabling rotation of a rotary jaw guide relative to the drive shaft.
- This has the advantage of a relatively high applied moment and a long stroke so that the operator may rapidly apply and release the chuck.
- it requires the use of two hands.
- Other chucks use a key fitted into a radially extending key way. The key is rotated around the key way axis and the jaws open and close. This chuck has the advantage of single handed operation but lacks the advantages of the two handed example.
- the present invention embodies a chuck assembly rotatable about a chuck axis, the chuck assembly having a set of jaws and at least one radial rotatable key way having a radial axis of rotation, the key way being adapted to receive a tool used to open and close the chuck, whereby in a first action the set of jaws may be opened or closed by inserting a tool in the key way and manually moving the tool circumferentially about the chuck axis, and also by a second action by rotating the tool in a key way about the key way axis.
- the first action involves the utilisation of a pulling action transverse to the longitudinal axis of the chuck and the second action involves a rotary action about an axis extending generally transverse to the axis of the chuck.
- the key way comprises an aperture in which the tool is engaged, that tool being used to both initiate the first action of the chuck and also at the end of that stroke to provide a fine adjustment and final closure of the chuck.
- the key way is a central hole in a pinion gear used to rotate a jaw guide scroll.
- a pinion gear used to rotate a jaw guide scroll.
- two, three or four pinions may be used running on a ring gear opposite the guide scroll, the ring gear and guide scroll may be formed integrally on opposite sides of a plate.
- a chuck assembly having a body rotatable with a drive about a central axis, the body having radial jaw guides, jaws configured to travel radially in the jawguides, a plate having a spiral drive acting on the jaws simultaneously to drive the jaws along the jawguides as the plate rotates about the central axis, the body having a central collar so that it may be mounted on a drive spindle, the plate having a peripheral ring gear opposite the guide drive, the collar having a hollow pinion carrier rotatable on the collar, the ring gear projecting into the pinion carrier where it meshes with circumferential Iy spaced pinions, each pinion being rotatable about respective radial pinion axes, and each pinion having a tool key way so that a corresponding tool may be positioned in one of the pinions, to rotate the scroll plate relative to the pinion carrier or in concert with it.
- the assembly includes at least one locking means, typically a releasable locking pin being adapted to secure the pinion carrier to the collar to prevent relative movement between the pinion carrier and collar when the locking means is in a locking position and to allow relative movement between the pinion carrier and collar when the locking means is released.
- the locking means may comprise a radially or axially operable quick release means. In the case of an axially operable locking means a lever and cam may be used to actuate a radial pin.
- Figure 1 is an end view of a chuck assembly according to the present invention
- Figures 2 and 3 are radial sections through the chuck assembly of Figure 1 showing the jaws closed and open;
- Figure 4 is an exploded sectional view of the chuck assembly;
- Figure 5 is an end view of a further embodiment;
- Figure 6 is a section through A-A of Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is a section through B-B of Figure 5 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
- a chuck assembly 10 having a body 11 and four jaws 12, 13, 14 and 15 which are configured to retract and close radially from the central axis at 16 by reason of the rotation of guide scroll plate 17 about central axis 16, central axis 16 being illustrated clearly in Figures 2 and 3.
- the scroll plate 17 has a guideway in the form of a spiral 18 which engages guide slots 19 in the underside of jaw travellers 20 which travel radially in jaw slots 21 in the body 11.
- the body 11 has a central collar 22 so that it may be mounted on a drive spindle.
- the scroll plate 17 has a peripheral ring gear 23 formed opposite the guide spiral.
- the collar 22 has a pinion carrier 24 rotatable on the collar 22.
- the ring gear 23 projects into the pinion carrier 24 where it meshes with circumferentially spaced pinions 25.
- Each pinion has a stub 26 which rotates in holes 27 the pinion carrier 24.
- the pinion carrier 24 is free to rotate subject to the freedom of the pinions.
- the pinions have hexagonal profiled key ways 28 so that a corresponding tool may be positioned in one of the pinions. Subject to the movement applied to the pinion the ring gear may be rotated relative to the pinion carrier or with the pinion carrier.
- locking pins 31 are used to secure the pinion carrier 32 to the collar 33.
- the collar 33 has circumferentially spaced holes 43, in this case twelve evenly spaced holes 43 are employed.
- the locking pins may be released for the coarse adjustment and then locked for the fine adjustment using the pinons 44. All other aspects are the same as in the previous embodiment.
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AU2007302625A AU2007302625B2 (en) | 2006-09-29 | 2007-09-28 | A chuck assembly |
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US4534574A (en) * | 1983-09-29 | 1985-08-13 | Frank Hesh | Lightweight chuck for woodturning lathe |
US4556228A (en) * | 1984-11-19 | 1985-12-03 | Lock Jaws, Inc. | Jaw locking mechanism for lathe chucks having a soft jaw, a master jaw and a key block |
US5918887A (en) * | 1998-01-30 | 1999-07-06 | Power Tool Holders Incorporated | Drill chuck with matching jaw and jaw passageways |
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US4534574A (en) * | 1983-09-29 | 1985-08-13 | Frank Hesh | Lightweight chuck for woodturning lathe |
US4556228A (en) * | 1984-11-19 | 1985-12-03 | Lock Jaws, Inc. | Jaw locking mechanism for lathe chucks having a soft jaw, a master jaw and a key block |
US5918887A (en) * | 1998-01-30 | 1999-07-06 | Power Tool Holders Incorporated | Drill chuck with matching jaw and jaw passageways |
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