A plurality of friction rods each of which is positioned in a hole around the retaining bore with a portion of each of the plurality of friction rods partially protruding into the retaining bore for directly engaging the shank of the tool for holding the shank of the tool in the retaining bore at the defined contact surfaces.

To reduce size increase, an impact tool includes a motor, a spindle located frontward from the motor, rotatable by the motor, and having a support hole extending rearward from a front end of the spindle, a hammer supported by the spindle, a ball between the spindle and the hammer, and an anvil received in the support hole and strikable by the hammer in a rotation direction. The anvil has a rear end located rearward from the ball.

To reduce size increase, an impact tool includes a motor, a spindle located frontward from the motor, rotatable by the motor, and having a support hole extending rearward from a front end of the spindle, a hammer supported by the spindle, a ball between the spindle and the hammer, and an anvil received in the support hole and strikable by the hammer in a rotation direction. The anvil has a rear end located rearward from the ball.

The present disclosure relates to a tool holder to receive and lock a tool taper on a tool magazine, an unlocking device to unlock a tool taper that is received and is locked in a tool holder of this type, and a tool magazine for a machine tool comprising one or more tool holders of this type and an unlocking device of this type.

A manually actuated robotic tool changer comprises master and tool units, each adapted to be connected to a different one of a robotic arm and a robotic tool. The tool changer includes a plurality of rolling members retained in one of the units and a piston mounted in one of the units and moveable in an axial direction. The piston includes a multi-faceted cam surface including an initial contact surface, a locking surface, and a failsafe surface interposed between the initial contact surface and the locking surface. When the piston is in a locked position in the tool changer, the cam surface is operative to contact the rolling members in one of the units and to urge each rolling member against a surface of the other unit to couple the master and tool units together.

A manually actuated robotic tool changer comprises master and tool units, each adapted to be connected to a different one of a robotic arm and a robotic tool. The tool changer includes a plurality of rolling members retained in one of the units and a piston mounted in one of the units and moveable in an axial direction. The piston includes a multi-faceted cam surface including an initial contact surface, a locking surface, and a failsafe surface interposed between the initial contact surface and the locking surface. When the piston is in a locked position in the tool changer, the cam surface is operative to contact the rolling members in one of the units and to urge each rolling member against a surface of the other unit to couple the master and tool units together.

A plurality of friction rods each of which is positioned in a hole around the retaining bore with a portion of each of the plurality of friction rods partially protruding into the retaining bore for directly engaging the shank of the tool for holding the shank of the tool in the retaining bore at the defined contact surfaces.

A securing mechanism is provided for a tool that allows for the attachment and release of the shafts of a variety of implements from the tool. The mechanism has a construction that provides an easily releasable, but secure engagement of the implement shaft within the mechanism while also having an alignment feature which engages the implement at multiple locations when engaged with the mechanism to maintain the alignment and concentricity of the implement shaft with regard to the mechanism and the tool when in use.

A securing mechanism is provided for a tool that allows for the attachment and release of the shafts of a variety of implements from the tool. The mechanism has a construction that provides an easily releasable, but secure engagement of the implement shaft within the mechanism while also having an alignment feature which engages the implement at multiple locations when engaged with the mechanism to maintain the alignment and concentricity of the implement shaft with regard to the mechanism and the tool when in use.

A device adapted to releasably lock with a bolt, the device comprising a front cover having a cavity which extends from the front cover to a rear portion of the device, wherein the cavity is adapted to receive the bolt with mounting concave portions for mounting the bolt in the cavity; a locking mechanism comprising a first group of locking shape, wherein the first group of locking shapes is moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is in the cavity, and the second position is in a corresponding first group of locking shape recesses. A moveable block comprising the first group of locking shape recesses; wherein disengagement of the first group of locking shapes is activated by movement of a release plate thereby allowing the first group of locking shapes to retract from the cavity into the first group of locking shape recesses.