Patent ID: 9352407
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B23C,B23G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A thread whirling device comprising: a housing; a driven, hollow spindle rotatably supported within the housing, a whirling ring that is arranged in the hollow spindle, and a bayonet ring rotatably supported on the whirling ring and including at least one lug, the bayonet ring joining the hollow spindle and the whirling ring to each other by a bayonet connection; wherein fasteners are disposed within internal threads in the bayonet ring; wherein when turned the fasteners contact the whirling ring and generate a separating force that separates the whirling ring from the bayonet ring, such that a first contact face on the whirling ring presses against a complementary first contact face within a groove in the hollow spindle, and such that a second contact face on the bayonet ring presses against a complementary second contact face within the groove in the hollow spindle.