Bore Working Tool Elastic Hinge Arm Radial Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bore working tools face issues with dimensional accuracy and work failure due to spaces between grind stones and abrasive powders/chips entering recesses or slits, leading to complex and troublesome adjustments.
Innovation Solution
A cylindrical tool holder with adjustable grinding parts and a draw bar system that allows for radial adjustment of grinding parts, eliminating slits and recesses, and using arms with elastic hinges and screws for precise positioning of grind stones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If rectangular recesses or slits are formed in the holder to hold blades or adjust grind stones, then the radial dimension of the grind stones can be adjusted, but abrasive powders and chips easily enter the recesses or slits causing work failure
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the harmful recesses and slits from the holder structure. Instead of having recesses to hold blades or slits for adjustment, the design uses a smooth cylindrical holder surface where grind stones are mounted externally with adjustable protrusion lengths, completely removing the chip-trapping geometry while preserving adjustability functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The invention segments the adjustment function from the holder body itself. Rather than integrating adjustment mechanisms within recesses or slits in the holder, the design uses separate adjustable grind stone components that can be independently positioned and secured, allowing adjustment without creating chip-entry pathways in the holder
2Manufacturing precision
If protrusion lengths of grind stones are individually adjusted using complex structures, then dimensional accuracy can be achieved, but the structure becomes complicated and adjustment becomes troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The invention introduces dynamic adjustability through a draw bar mechanism that allows the protrusion lengths of multiple grind stones to be adjusted simultaneously or individually along the radial direction. The draw bar can be moved axially to change the protrusion length of all grind stones uniformly, providing simple dimensional control without complex individual adjustment mechanisms for each grind stone
Solution Approach 2:
The draw bar serves multiple functions: it simultaneously adjusts the protrusion lengths of all grind stones, maintains their parallel alignment, and can be adjusted in a single operation. This universal adjustment mechanism replaces what would otherwise require separate complex adjustment devices for each grind stone, simplifying both the structure and the adjustment process while maintaining manufacturing precision
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Maintains high work accuracy by keeping grind stones parallel, minimizes abrasive powder and chip entry, and simplifies protrusion length adjustments, enhancing tool effectiveness for both short and long bore grinding tasks.
Implementation Method 1
The arm preferably has a structure for elastically pressing the grinding part against a surface to be worked. The arm preferably is made of a metal. The arm may include a groove part or a thin part extending in parallel to an axis of the tool holder between the tip portion and a base portion thereof. Owing to the groove part or the thin part, the arm preferably functions as an elastic hinge.
Data Source
AI summary
An arm 21 has a shape for grasping a part in a circumferential direction of a tool holder 7. The arm 21 is connected to the tool holder 7 with a bolt 23 inserted into a fixing hole 22 provided in a base side portion of the arm 21. A tapped hole 25 used for exchangeably attaching a cutting tool 24 is formed in a tip side portion of the arm 21. A groove part 26 extending in parallel to an axis of the tool holder 7 is formed in a position close to the base portion of the arm 21. Owing to the groove part 26, the arm 21 works as an elastic hinge when an external force is applied, so as to increase or decrease a radial dimension of the cutting tool 24 while keeping its parallelism to the axis of the tool.


