Patent ID: 8221297
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A47F,B23Q,B25H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool storage system for storing tool holders for use in machine tools, which tool holders are of the type including a taper shank for clamping in the machine tools, and including a retention stud projecting from the taper shank by a neck portion of the retention stud to a head of the retention stud, the neck portion having a smaller diameter than the head of the retention stud , the system comprising a plurality of generally-horizontal receptacles configured to receive the tool holders with longitudinal axes thereof extending generally horizontally, the generally-horizontal receptacles arranged in a generally vertical array, each of the receptacles adapted to receive and retain a respective tool holder, each of the receptacles comprising a retention portion having an opening with an opening portion that is large enough to pass the head of the respective retention stud, which opening portion is located below and contiguous with a slot that is too narrow to pass the head of the respective retention stud but is wide enough to receive the neck portion of the respective retention stud to thus retain the respective tool holder.