US Patent Issued to Schmoll Maschinen on July 21 for "Components of a machine tool for automated collet chuck maintenance and cleaning" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,092, issued on July 21, was assigned to Schmoll Maschinen GmbH (Rodermark-Oberroden, Germany).

"Components of a machine tool for automated collet chuck maintenance and cleaning" was invented by Erich Greb (Mainhausen, Germany), Timo Mathias Scherer (Frankfurt, Germany), Markus Winterschladen (Kahl, Germany), Dominic Hanaman (Haibach, Germany) and Thomas Christlieb (Bruchkobel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a spindle (1) of a machine tool, in particular a machine tool for machining workpieces, as well as to other components of a machine tool for in particular automatedly maintaining and cleaning colle...