Patent ID: 6270293
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for releasably holding a toolholder, the apparatus comprising:a) a tool support member having a forwardly facing surface, a bore along a longitudinal axis and a passageway, wherein the bore intersects the forwardly facing surface and extends rearwardly therefrom for receiving the toolholder and wherein the passageway extends through the tool support member and intersects the longitudinal axis, and;b) an actuating bolt extending all the way through the tool support member within the passageway and is reciprocally movable between a locking position and a releasing position along a radial axis relative to the longitudinal axis for locking or ejecting a shank into or from the tool support member, wherein the actuating bolt has a locking segment for abutting and urging rearwardly the locking surface of the shank of the toolholder to lock the toolholder within the tool support member.