US 12,076,778 B2
Adapter element for attaching a die holder to a tool clamp
Sascha Sommer, Sigmaringendorf (DE); Michael Badent, Weingarten (DE); Juergen Sollner, Wangen (DE); Frank Schlagenhauf, Unterwaldhausen (DE); and Matthias Lobert, Boesingen-Herrenzimmern (DE)
Assigned to TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG, Weingarten (DE)
Filed by TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG, Weingarten (DE)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/174,441.
Application 17/174,441 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/069915, filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 120 500.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0229161 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B21D 37/04 (2006.01); B21J 15/36 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); F16B 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B21J 15/36 (2013.01) [B21D 37/04 (2013.01); F16B 1/00 (2013.01); F16B 2/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. An adapter element for attaching a die holder to a tool clamp, comprising:
a mounting element for mounting the die holder;
a first mounting mechanism comprising a mounting member having a form of a locating bore and/or a locating pin adapted to arrange the adapter element on a connecting mechanism of a clamp bow of the tool clamp; and
a clamping device comprising a clamping element mounted on a connecting element of the connecting mechanism in a linearly movable manner in a transverse direction with respect to a longitudinal extension of the first mounting mechanism,
whereby automatic attachment and/or automatic release between the adapter element and the clamp bow is enabled.