摘要:
AN EXPANDING ARBOR-COLLET DESIGNED TO HOLD WORK BY INTERNAL PRESSURE OF THE ARBOR WITHIN A WORKPIECE, COMPRISING A HOLLOW BODY AND FULCRUM MEANS WHICH PERMIT END BORING OF THE WORKPIECE WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION BY AN ARBOR PARTS. THE FULCRUM MEANS IS MANUALLY MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY O THE BODY INTO TWO POSITIONS, ONE FOR MACHINING THE FORWARD END IN PREPARATION FOR HOLDING THE WORK, AND THE OTHER FOR EXPANDING THE FORWARD END INTO WORK HOLDING ENGAGEMENT. THE BODY HAS TWO SETS OF SLOTS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS, THE SLOTS OF ONE SET BEING LOCATED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY BETWEEN THE SLOTS OF THE OTHER SET, WHEREBY A UNITARY BUT COMPRESSIBLE STRUCTURE IS PRODUCED. A CONCAVE AREA ON THE
COLLET BODY PROVIDES FOR CLAMPING BY A CHUCK AND EXPANSION OF THE WORK HOLDING END. AN ARCUATE SURFACE ADJACENT THE EXPANSIBLE PORTION PROVIDES FOR TANGENTIAL CONTACT OF THE ARBOR WITH THE TAPERED SURFACE OF A CHUCK OR OTHER CLAMPING DEVICE.