Patent ID: 8322727

Claim:
A quick change system for a machine tool comprising: an upper adapter subassembly, an inner bottom adapter, and an outer bottom adapter, the upper adapter subassembly configured for attachment to a machine and the bottom adapters configured for mechanical attachment to the tooling of the machine; the upper adapter subassembly further comprising an inner top adapter having a plurality of notches radially along the outer diameter of the inner top adapter, an inner collar having a plurality of radially inwardly extending tabs at top and bottom ends of the inner collar, a ring shaped holding plate having a series of bolt holes, an outer top adapter in communication with the holding plate, having a notched outwardly extending flange lip, and an outer collar having an outwardly extending lip at a top end, a sidewall extending perpendicularly downward, and a plurality of outwardly extending tabs along the sidewall; the inner bottom adapter having a plurality of radially outwardly extending notches at a top end; and the outer bottom adapter in engagement communication with the inner bottom adapter.