Patent ID: 6666461
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A clamping chuck having a chuck body (2) made of a dimensionally stable material, on which is provided a clamping sleeve (7) that forms a central receptacle (5) for a workpiece or tool that is to be clamped, and having clamping means (8) for immobilizing in the receptacle (5) the component that is to be clamped, while elastically deforming the clamping sleeve (7),wherein there is configured in the chuck body (2) an annular groove (6) which surrounds the receptacle (5) to form the clamping sleeve and is open toward an end face of the chuck body (2); and what is provided as the clamping means is a wedge ring (8) that has a ring body (8a) and multiple clamping tongues (8b), arranged thereon spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction and projecting substantially axially, which possess a cross section tapering off in a wedge shape toward the free end and can be pressed axially into the annular groove (6) while radially deforming the clamping sleeve (7).