Patent ID: 9702385
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B23B,F16B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A machine tool assembly comprising: a body component; a head component; and a fastener comprising a fastener head and a fastener shank extending therefrom, the fastener shank having an external shank threading; the body component comprising: a first body surface; a body fastening arrangement formed on the first body surface; and a body hole opening out to the first body surface; the head component comprising: first and second head surfaces; a head fastening arrangement formed on the second head surface and configured to interlock with the body fastening arrangement; and a head hole opening out at a first head hole end to the first head surface and at a second head hole end to the second head surface; wherein: the head hole is formed with an internal head threading and the body hole is formed with an internal body threading; the body threading and the head threading are each configured to threadingly engage the external shank threading; and in an assembled, fastened position, the head component is held to the body component via interlocking of the head and body fastening arrangements, and the fastener shank extends through the head hole and into the body hole, with the fastener head abutting the first head surface and the shank threading engaging only the internal body threading and not the internal head threading.