IPC Subgroup
B23B 29/12 Special arrangements on tool holders
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Holders for non-rotary cutting tools; Boring bars or boring heads; Accessories for tool holders > Tool holders for a single cutting tool > Special arrangements on tool holders
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- TURNING; BORING
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B23B 29/14 affording a yielding support of the cutting tool, e.g. by spring clamping
- B23B 29/16 for supporting the workpiece in a backrest
- B23B 29/18 for retracting the cutting tool
- B23B 29/2 for placing same by shanks in sleeves of a turret
- B23B 29/22 for tool adjustment by means of shims or spacers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
- FANUC JP 3,120
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
- HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
- FANUC 2,273
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
- ISCAR IL 1,499