Patent ID: 7665197

Claim:
A work holder device for holding a work for machining by a machine tool, comprising a carrier fixture that is rotatable about an axis of rotation, and at least one interchangeably attachable transferable jig adapted to be attached to the carrier fixture, such at least one jig having a work trap for receiving and holding the work, the at least one transferable jig being able to be inserted on a linear guide arrangement like a drawer into a jig trap of the carrier fixture in an insertion plane and being able to be fixed in the jig trap by a fixing arrangement in a fixing position, there being a plurality of the jig traps arrangeable radially about the axis of rotation, the at least one jig having a forked end section for receiving a shank section of the fixing arrangement, the forked end section having an end that is open at a radially inner end of the respective jig trap and an end radially spaced therefrom opposite the open end that is closed.