A tap holder having a simple structure and high runout accuracy is provided. A tap holder includes: a body having a collet holder hole having an opening toward distal end; a tap collet received in the collet holder hole, the tap collet having a tap mounting hole located at a distal end portion, and a sleeve hole located at a basal end portion; a torque transmission mechanism that transmits rotation of the body to the tap collet; a first elastic body disposed between the body and the tap collet to urge the tap collet toward distal end; a sleeve disposed to the body by received in the sleeve hole to prevent the tap collet from slipping off toward distal end; and a second elastic body disposed between the sleeve and the tap collet to urge the tap collet toward basal end.

A clamping device for a tool or workpiece has a draw-in collet and a coupling element. The clamping device has first and second bayonet closures with which the draw-in collet can be locked and braced against the coupling element. The first and second bayonet closures are brought into engagement at the same time, as a result of which the draw-in collet is locked against the coupling element using the first bayonet closure, and the draw-in collet is braced against the coupling element using the second bayonet closure. First, the draw-in collet is pushed into the coupling element with partial actuation of the bayonet closures. Then the draw-in collet is rotated relative to the coupling element with a further partial actuation of the bayonet closures, and finally the draw-in collet is withdrawn to thereby lock the first bayonet closure and to brace the second bayonet closure.

A positioning cutter/collet assembly has a cutter/collet and a magnetic attracting position key. The cutter/collet has a cutter/collet key seat recessed in an external annular surface thereof. The magnetic attracting position key is mounted on and magnetically attracts the cutter/collet key seat. The magnetic attracting position key has a body having a protruding rod and a magnetic attracting portion combined with the body and magnetically attracting the cutter/collet to prevent the magnetic attracting position key from separating from the cutter/collet.

A collet chuck for clamping a tool shank, comprising a chuck body, a collet and a multi-part clamping nut consisting of a clamping ring and a threaded section rotatably connected to each other via rolling elements, otherwise connected in an interlocking manner, wherein the clamping ring and the collet comprise interlocking coupling elements designed such that the collet can be inserted into the collet housing through the central opening, facing away from the chuck body, of the clamping ring held on the chuck body, while the coupling elements move past each other, and then the coupling elements can be brought into engagement with each other by rotating the clamping ring relative to the collet, so that the clamping ring can transmit the forces applied to it by the threaded section during tightening to the collet via the coupling element and can drive the collet into the chuck body.

An adapter device for ceramic cutting machines (2) that includes an adapter plug (1) for the hole (8) of the tool holder (7) of a ceramic cutting machine (2. The plug (1) includes a hollow cylindrical shape with a stop (12) that performs an axial fixation in a direction of the plug (1) in the hole (8) of a tool holder (7) of the ceramic cutting machine (2); and a longitudinal slot (13) that leaves open the inner hollow space of the plug (1) along its entire length. The longitudinal slot (13) has a narrower segment in a part of the plug (1) that is nearest the end (21) having the stop (12), and a wider segment in the part of the plug (1) that is near the end (22) of the plug (1) opposite the stop (12).

A handle assembly is disclosed for firmly holding a surgical tool. The handle assembly comprises a handle and a locking mechanism attached to the handle. The locking mechanism includes a locking ring, a collet, and a compressible locking pin engageable with the locking ring and collet. The locking ring is moveable between first and second positions relative to the handle. The first position is an unlocked position whereby the locking pin is in a decompressed state relative to the locking ring and the collet. In the first position, a surgical tool may be inserted and withdrawn from the collet of the locking mechanism. The second position is a locked position whereby the locking pin is in a compressed state relative to the locking ring and the collet. In the second position, a surgical tool is anchored in the collet of the locking mechanism.

The invention relates to a collet chuck (1) for clamping a preferably cylindrical tool shank with a chuck body (2) of a collet (3) and an union nut (4), which are matched in such a way that the collet (3) can be driven into the chuck body (2) by tightening the union nut (4) such that it secures the tool shank in the collet chuck (1) ready for operation, wherein the collet (3) and the union nut (4) are permanently connected to one another and at the same time connected in a rotatable manner relative to one another.

A handle assembly is disclosed for firmly holding a surgical tool. The handle assembly comprises a handle and a locking mechanism attached to the handle. The locking mechanism includes a locking ring, a collet, and a compressible locking pin engageable with the locking ring and collet. The locking ring is moveable between first and second positions relative to the handle. The first position is an unlocked position whereby the locking pin is in a decompressed state relative to the locking ring and the collet. In the first position, a surgical tool may be inserted and withdrawn from the collet of the locking mechanism. The second position is a locked position whereby the locking pin is in a compressed state relative to the locking ring and the collet. In the second position, a surgical tool is anchored in the collet of the locking mechanism.

In a clamping device (1) for the centred and repetitively accurate support of an object (2), in particular a workpiece to be machined on a machine tool, a tool or the like, the clamping device comprising: a chuck body (3) in which a receiving opening (4) is incorporated which has a longitudinal axis (5) as a centring reference for the object (2), a pulling element (6) which is mounted axially movably in the receiving opening (4), a collet chuck (7) which is inserted into the receiving opening (4) centred on the longitudinal axis (5) of the receiving opening (4) and which is driveably coupled to the pulling element (6), and a conical centring surface (8) which is worked onto the inner wall in the entrance area of the receiving opening (4),
it should be possible to insert a large number of objects (2) of different sizes into a receiving opening (4) of a chuck body (3) and locked in a centred position in this opening without the chuck bodies (3) or their receiving openings (4) having to be adapted to the differently sized collet chucks (7).

This is achieved in that an adapter sleeve (11) is provided, which is arranged between the receiving opening (4) of the chuck body (3) and the collet chuck (7) in the mounted condition, positionally oriented and centred on the conical centring surface (8), in that the outer contour of the adapter sleeve (11) is adapted to the inner contour of the receiving opening (4), in that the collet chuck (7) is mounted in the adapter sleeve (11) so as to be axially movable, and in that the inner contour of the adapter sleeve (11) has an inwardly inclined contact surface (12) which interacts with the outer contour of the collet chuck (7) in such a way that the inner diameter of the collet chuck (7) is reduced when the collet chuck (7) is drawn into the chuck body (3) by the pulling element (6), and the object (2) is thereby held centred and positionally oriented by the collet chuck (7).

A machine tool collet carrier includes a collet in a sleeve and a pin fixed to a collet joint that is movable in a sidewall slot of the sleeve.