UNDERCUTTING TOOL
20220346807 · 2022-11-03
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Cpc classification
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Abstract
An undercutting tool for machining an undercut anchoring cut-out into a material, in particular a bone material, has a drive element, which is driveable in rotation about a main axis for application of a driving torque, and a rotatably mounted tool carrier, which has a working end with a working tool and is connectable to the drive element by means of a drive connection. The tool carrier is pivotable from an initial position, in which it extends along the main axis, into an undercutting position, in which it has an angle of inclination relative to the main axis and can be driven with a wobbling movement.
Claims
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35. An undercutting tool for machining an undercut anchoring cut-out into a material, with a drive element, which is driveable in rotation about a main axis for application of a driving torque, and a rotatably mounted tool carrier, which has a working end with a working tool and is connectable to the drive element by means of a drive connection, wherein the tool carrier is pivotable from an initial position, in which it extends along the main axis, into an undercutting position, in which it has an angle of inclination relative to the main axis and can be driven with a wobbling movement in the manner of a precession.
36. The undercutting tool according to claim 35, wherein the tool carrier is adjustable between the initial position and the undercutting position by means of a link control.
37. The undercutting tool according to claim 36, wherein the link control has a link guide along which a control element connected to the tool carrier is displaceable in a guided manner.
38. The undercutting tool according to claim 36, wherein the link guide has a first control section, which extends centrically with respect to the main axis for setting the initial position, and a second control section, which extends away from the main axis in a steadily increasing eccentric manner for performing an undercutting operation.
39. The undercutting tool according to claim 38, wherein the link guide has a third control section, which extends towards the main axis until reaching a centrical arrangement for performing a resetting operation.
40. The undercutting tool according to claim 36, wherein the link control forms a ball-and-tube joint between the tool carrier and the drive element.
41. The undercutting tool according to claim 40, wherein the control element connected to the tool carrier has a spherical surface and functions as a part of the ball-and-tube joint.
42. The undercutting tool according to claim 40, wherein the control element has cams, which engage in longitudinal grooves of the link guide to form a torque proof connection of the drive connection.
43. The undercutting tool according to claim 40, wherein the control element is connected to a flexible drive shaft of the drive connection.
44. The undercutting tool according to claim 35, wherein the link guide is held at a housing and is displaceable along the main axis.
45. The undercutting tool according to claim 44, wherein the link guide is provided at a link carrier, which is accommodated in the housing and has an external thread with which a combing device of the housing can be brought into meshing engagement.
46. The undercutting tool according to claim 45, wherein the housing is held rotatably relative to the drive element.
47. The undercutting tool according to claim 45, wherein the combing device is formed by an internal thread of the housing, which is in meshing engagement with the external thread of the link carrier.
48. The undercutting tool according to claim 45, wherein the combing device has a combing element, which is adjustable between a combing position, in which it meshes with the external thread, and a passive position, in which it is disengaged from the external thread.
49. The undercutting tool according to claim 48, wherein an annular groove is lowered into the link carrier and the combing device has a holding element, which is adjustable between a holding position, in which it engages with the annular groove, and a release position, in which it is disengaged from the annular groove.
50. The undercutting tool according to claim 45, wherein the combing device has a threaded element, which is adjustable between a blocking position, in which it blocks a longitudinal displacement of the link carrier, and a threaded position, in which it can be brought into meshing engagement with the external thread.
51. The undercutting tool according to claim 48, wherein the combing element and/or the holding element or the threaded element is adjustable via a control handle.
52. The undercutting tool according to claim 45, wherein the link carrier is rotationally blockable in the initial position in at least one direction of rotation relative to the housing.
53. The undercutting tool according to claim 52, wherein the link carrier is rotationally blockable relative to the housing by means of an end stop.
54. The undercutting tool according to claim 52, wherein the link carrier is rotationally blockable relative to the housing by means of releasable locking device.
55. The undercutting tool according to claim 35, wherein the tool carrier is rotatably and pivotably held at the housing via a ball joint.
56. The undercutting tool according to claim 55, wherein, for production of the ball joint, the tool carrier has a spherical joint section, which is formed in one piece together with the control element and the working end of the tool carrier.
57. The undercutting tool according to claim 56, wherein the tool carrier formed in one piece is replaceably held at the housing.
58. The undercutting tool according to claim 57, wherein the working tool of the tool carrier is formed by a tool insert, which is replaceable at the working end.
59. The undercutting tool according to claim 58, wherein the working tool has a drill bit.
60. The undercutting tool according to claim 58, wherein the working tool has at least one scraping edge.
61. The undercutting tool according to claim 44, wherein a support collar is provided at a front face with respect to the working direction, through which the working tool protrudes from the housing and which is adapted in size to a diameter of the blind hole to be produced.
62. The undercutting tool according to claim 35, wherein the drive element is formed as a shank for the torque proof connection with a tool holder of a machine tool.
63. The undercutting tool according to claim 35, wherein the drive element is formed as a manually operable rotary handle.
64. The undercutting tool according to claim 62, wherein a transmission gear is provided between the drive element and the tool carrier.
65. A method for machining an undercut anchoring cut-out into a material using an undercutting tool according to claim 35, wherein the undercutting tool, in a first step, is driven by the control element of the tool carrier, which is centrically arranged in the first control section of the link guide, and, in a second step, a relative rotary movement of the link carrier relative to the housing is generated, by which the control element is displaced along the link guide into an eccentric position and the working end of the tool carrier is pivoted away from the main axis.
66. The method according to claim 65, wherein the second step takes place after a depth stop has been reached in the first step.
67. The method according to claim 65, wherein, in the first step, the link carrier is rotationally blocked in a first direction of rotation relative to the housing by an end stop or a releasable locking device and, in the second step, the rotational blocking is released by switching to the second direction of rotation.
68. The method according to claim 65, wherein, in a third step, after passing through a maximum eccentric deflection point of the link guide, the control element is again displaced along the third control section into a position centric to the main axis and the undercutting tool is then removed from the produced anchoring cut-out.
Description
[0040] An exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the figures, wherein:
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[0061] In order to drive the undercutting tool 2 in rotation about a main axis A, it has a drive element 8 in the form of a shank, via which a torque proof connection to a tool holder 10 of a machine tool 12 can be established.
[0062] As can be seen from
[0063] The housing 20 has a combing device in the form of an internal thread 24, which meshes with an external thread 26 of a link carrier 28, which is formed as a screw-in sleeve and is screwed into the housing 20 up to an end stop 22 formed, for example, by the housing receptacle 18. Longitudinal guide recesses 30, in which rod-shaped catches 32 are accommodated, which extend away from the housing receptacle 18, are lowered into the link carrier 28 parallel to the main axis A.
[0064] Furthermore, a link guide 34 is lowered into the link carrier 28 along which a control element 36 is displaceable, which is formed in one piece with the tool carrier 14 and together with the link guide 34 forms a link control 38. The control element 36 has a spherical surface 40 so that it together with the link guide 34 also forms a type of ball-and-tube joint 42, which, in addition to a displacement of the control element 36 along the link guide 34, also allows the control element 36 to tilt within the same.
[0065] In addition, the control element 36 has cams 44 at the outside, which can be displaced along longitudinal grooves 46 which are lowered into the link guide 34. In this way, torques M1 and M2 can be transmitted from the link carrier 28 to the tool carrier 14 in the directions of rotation D1 and D2 about main axis A. The drive connection 16 between the drive element 8 and the tool carrier 14 is thus formed by the catch 32 connected to the housing receptacle 18, the link carrier 28 driven by this, and the longitudinal grooves 46 lowered into the link carrier 28 and interacting with the cams 44 of the control element 36.
[0066] As an alternative to this, the torques Ml, M2 can also be transmitted via a flexible drive shaft 47 as a drive connection 16. For this purpose, as shown in
[0067] The control element 36 guided in the link guide 34 is connected to a joint section 48 of the tool carrier 14. The joint section 48 has a spherical surface 50 and is mounted in a spherical joint mount 52 which is provided at a front end of the housing 20 with respect to the working direction R. The spherical joint section 48 and the joint mount 52 thus form a ball joint 54, via which the tool carrier 14 can be rotated about the main axis A and also pivoted relative to it.
[0068] In addition, the tool carrier 14 protrudes with a working end 56 in the working direction R out of the housing 20. A working tool 58 is provided at the working end 56. Depending on the type of material to be machined, the working tool 58 can have a drill bit 60 and/or at least one lateral scraping edge 62.
[0069] In order to be able to replace the working tool 58 after contamination or wear and tear, it can be formed as a replaceable tool insert or as a replaceable tool bit. As an alternative to this, the working tool 58 can also be formed in one piece with the rest of the tool carrier 14, in which case the latter is then mounted on the joint mount 52 so that it can be replaced altogether, or forms together with the joint mount 52 a replaceable disposable product.
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[0071] During the drilling operation, the link carrier 28 rests against the end stop 22 of the housing receptacle 18 and is thereby held in its longitudinal position relative to the housing 20 along the main axis A. As a result, the housing 20 is driven in rotation together with the link carrier 28 in the direction of rotation Dl.
[0072] After the depth stop 68 has been reached, the drive direction of the machine tool 12 is changed to the second direction of rotation D2 in a second step, and the link carrier 28 is thereby removed from the end stop 22. As an alternative to forming the end stop 22, the link carrier 28 can also be locked in one of the directions of rotation by a releasable locking device, which, for example, is configured as a freewheel or is manually switchable between a locking position and a release position (not shown). The switchable locking device has the advantage that both the drilling operation and the undercut generation can be done in a constant direction of rotation Dl; D2.
[0073] In any case, in this second step, by means of the catches 32 a rotational movement of link carrier 28 is generated, for example, in direction of rotation D2, while the housing 20 is held in position or at least braked, for example, by holding it manually or via the holding forces acting on depth stop 68. This generates a relative rotational movement of the link carrier 28 in relation to the housing 20, which, due to the external thread 26 meshing with the internal thread 24 of the housing 20, leads to an axial displacement of the link carrier 28 along the main axis A in the position shown in
[0074] In any case, the control element 36 is displaced in a second control section 70 of the link guide 34 by the axial displacement of the link carrier 28. This extends against the working direction R and steadily increasing away from the main axis A, so that the control element 36 is deflected increasingly eccentric with increasing displacement of the link carrier 28. The tool carrier 14, which is pivotably and rotatably mounted via the ball joint 54, is thereby displaced in an undercutting position, in which it has a steadily increasing angle of incidence W relative to the main axis A until it reaches a maximum eccentric deflection point 72 shown.
[0075] During this displacement of the control element 36 beyond the second control section 70, the working tool 58 continues to be driven in the direction of rotation D2 via the catch 32, the link carrier 28 and the cams 44 interacting with its longitudinal grooves 46, which together form the drive connection 16. As a result of the drive torque M2 transmitted by the drive connection 16, the working tool 58 performs a wobbling movement, which is superimposed with a rotational movement in the manner of a precession. As a result, starting from the blind hole 64, in particular by means of the lateral scraping edge 62, an additional undercut 74 is machined into the material 6, so that the undercut anchoring cut-out 4 is formed. In order to be able to better absorb the lateral forces that occur here, a support collar 75 is provided at the depth stop 68 formed by the front face of the joint mount 52 or the housing 20, through which the working tool 58 protrudes from the housing 20 and which is adapted in size to the free diameter of the blind hole 64. As a result, the support collar can be inserted into the blind hole in order to support the undercutting tool 2 at the edge of the blind hole 64 during the undercutting operation.
[0076] After the undercut anchoring cut-out 4 has been completed and the maximum eccentric deflection point 72 has been passed through, the control element 36 is displaced in a third control section 76 of the link guide 34 by the further displacement of the link carrier 28 according to
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[0078] The at least one combing element 82 is formed as a spring pin, for example, which is also held at the outside of the housing 20. The combing element 82 has a combing section 86 at a free end, which can be placed against the external thread 26 of the link carrier 28 through a first housing opening 88 against the elastic pretension and thereby assumes a combing position. The at least one holding element 84 is also formed, for example, as a spring pin held at the outside of the housing 20. At a free end, this has a holding section 90 which, against the elastic bias, can be displaced through a second housing opening 92 into an annular groove 94, which is lowered into the link carrier 28 next to the external thread 26 and thereby assumes a holding position.
[0079] In the initial position shown in
[0080] When the torque M1 is applied to the drive element 8, the link carrier 28 is thus held in its longitudinal position with respect to the main axis A by the holding section 90 in the first step. In this longitudinal position, the control element 36 is arranged in the first control section 66 of the link guide 34 and the tool carrier 14 is held in its initial position or drilling position, in which it is aligned coaxially with the main axis A.
[0081] As soon as a desired drilling depth is reached during the production of the blind hole 64 according to
[0082] When the user is holding the housing 20 and the torque M1 is applied to the drive element 8 at the same time, the link carrier 28 is now displaced against the working direction R relative to the housing 20 as a result of the meshing engagement with the combing section 86. As an alternative to the displacement shown in
[0083] In any case, the control element 36 reaches the second control section 70 of the link guide 34 as a result of the shifting of the link carrier 28, according to
[0084] After the undercut anchoring cut-out 4 has been completed and the maximum eccentric deflection point 72 has been passed through, the control element 36 is displaced in a third control section 76 of the link guide 34 by the further displacement of the link carrier 28 according to
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[0086] To switch to the undercutting position, the sleeve-shaped control handle 80 is then displaced in such a way that the threaded element 96 is displaced radially outwards away from the contact with the front face 97. At the same time, the link carrier 28 is displaced by a spring device 98, which biases it in the working direction R, in the direction of the threaded element 96, so that this meshes with the external thread 26 of the link carrier 28, when the torque M1 is transmitted. This combing device allows a particularly trouble-free switching to the undercutting position.
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[0089] As a result of this action on the drive element 8 formed as a rotary handle, the link carrier 28 is brought into a position displaced in the working direction R, according to
[0090] In this undercutting position, as a result of the manual drive torque M2, the working tool 58 performs the wobbling movement in the manner of a precession, which is additionally superimposed with a rotational movement. As a result, starting from the blind hole 64, the additional undercut 74 is machined into the material 6, in particular by means of the lateral scraping edge 62, and the undercut anchoring cut-out 4 is produced.
[0091] After the undercut anchoring cut-out 4 has been completed and the maximum eccentric deflection point 72 has been passed through, the control element 36 is displaced by the further displacement of the link carrier 28 in the working direction R into the third control section 76 of the link guide 34 and via this into the end position according to
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[0093] In any case, the transmission gear 100 has, for example, a ring gear 102 which is firmly connected to the housing 20. As can be seen in particular from
[0094] By applying the torque M1 to the drive element 8 in the direction of rotation D1, while at the same time holding the housing 20, the planetary gears 104 mounted on the planet carrier 106 also drive the sun gear 108 with translation also in the direction of rotation Dl. Hereby, the tool carrier 14 is also driven via the profile pin 110 and the link part 112 in the manner already described above via the control element 36 with the increased torque. At the same time, the link carrier 28 is rotated together with the drive element 8 by the catch 32 carried along on the planetary carrier 106. As a result, the link carrier 28 is rotated relative to the housing 20, causing it to be displaced along the main axis A in the axial direction. Hereby, the link part 112 is also displaced with the link carrier 28, as a result of which the control element 36 is in turn displaced along the link guide 34 in the manner already described above. In accordance with the other embodiments, the tool carrier 14 is initially increasingly deflected by this displacement of the control element 36 within the link guide 34 in order to generate the wobbling movement of the working tool for the production of the undercut 74 at the blind hole 64 when the torque M1 is further applied to the drive element 8. Here too, the tool carrier 14 is then moved back into the coaxial position with respect to the main axis A, in order to be able to remove the working tool 58 again from the anchoring cut-out, which has been produced, without any problems.
[0095] It is pointed out that all the elements and features described above of the various embodiments of the subject matter according to the invention can be exchanged or combined with one another, provided that an exchange or a combination thereof is not ruled out for technical reasons.