Patent ID: 6543318
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking assembly for a toolholder to releasably secure the toolholder with a tool support member, the locking assembly comprising:a wedge screw including a generally longitudinally extending member having a threaded first end and second end and a projection between the first and second end and extending from the member, wherein the first end is threaded in a direction opposite of the threads of the second end and wherein the number of threads per inch varies between the first end and the second end of the wedge screw; and a wedge member adapted to threadably engage each of the first and second of the wedge screw, wherein the wedge members are rotatably restrained in relation to the tool support member and axially movable along the wedge screw a controlled distance between a first position wherein the toolholder is locked with respect to the tool support member and a second position wherein the toolholder is released from the tool support member.