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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410330 | Cutter assembly The cutter assembly contains an axle having a number of parallel, equally spaced troughs along the axial direction, and a number of circular blade discs, each having a center hole threaded through by the axle. Each blade disc has a number of teeth along the circumfe... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7220086 | Tool head with at least two indexable cutting inserts The invention concerns a tool head for employment in machine tools with multiple indexable cutting inserts (20, 20′, 20″). The tool head includes a base body (12), a tool shank (14) projecting axially beyond the base body (12) and at ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7155789 | Cutter adjustment system An improvement for a cartridge case trimmer which indexes on the shoulder of the case as established by the resizing die and permits a rotating cutter assembly to trim the neck of cases from the inside at a controllable angle. The cutter assembly includes a notched ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7104735 | Tangential cutting insert and milling cutter A tangential milling cutting insert has two identical opposing end surfaces with two identical opposing major side surfaces of a generally parallelogrammatic shape and two identical opposing minor side surfaces extending between them. An ambidextrous tangential cutt... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104739 | Milling disk for a floor machining appliance A milling disk for a floor machining appliance has a plurality of mounts for holding interchangeable plate-like milling tips, the milling disk being driven for rotation by the floor machining appliance and being held substantially parallel to the substructure to be ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7008145 | Milling cutter and insert therefor A milling cutter having a cutter body with a plurality of cutting inserts secured thereto. Each cutting insert has a serrated peripheral surface comprising crests and troughs which are aligned with crests and troughs of serrations of an adjacent portion of the cutte... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976810 | Rotatable cutting wheel A rotatable cutter wheel for machining structural members is provided. The cutter wheel includes a disk, typically formed of carbide, defining a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a plurality of radial blades. At least one of the first and sec... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6929427 | Cutting insert and milling cutter A milling cutter has a cutter body having insert pockets, with cutting inserts seated in the insert pockets. Each insert pocket has adjacent side and rear walls generally transverse to a base, the side wall being provided with two spaced apart generally flat and non... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6902357 | Cutting tool A rotatable cutting tool having s support region (1) with an end surface (2) and a plurality of recesses (4) extending from the end surface (2) and in which, respectively, a plurality of cutting elements (5) are arranged, with each... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899493 | Cutting tool A rotary cutting tool (10) having a plurality of removable cutting inserts (16) is provided. The rotary cutting tool (10) comprises a rotary tool body (12) for rotation about a central shaft. The tool body includes an outer profile periph... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6712562 | Milling tool and milling inserts having impact protection for main cutting edges A milling tool includes a holder rotatable about an axis and carrying a plurality of cutting inserts at a forward end thereof. Each insert includes a plurality of main cutting edges, and secondary cutting edges disposed on protruding corners of the insert. Each main... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6702525 | Cutting tool for a bar peeling operation A tool for removing material from a workpiece includes a tool body equipped with at least one roughing head and at least one finishing head. The finishing head includes a holder containing at least first and second finishing inserts. The first finishing i... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6695548 | Surface milling or angular milling cutter A surface milling or angular milling cutter, comprising a carrier body which circumferentially, at uniformly or non-uniformly spread spacings, has disposed pockets which extend in parallel with the axis of rotation of the carrier body for the accommodatio... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6676338 | Tool for making bores with offset cutting edges A tool for machining bore surfaces having at least four cutting edges in respective pairs, one pair of cutting edges are arranged so as to be offset from one another as viewed in the axial direction of the tool, one pair may be diametrically opposed and a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6626613 | Cutting tool A rotary cutting tool having a plurality of removable cutting inserts is provided. The rotary cutting tool comprises a rotary tool body for rotation about a central shaft. A plurality of slots extend radially inwardly from the outer peripheral edge of the... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6619891 | Milling tool having cutting members with different clearance angles A rotatable milling tool includes a body, and at least one set of circumferentially spaced cutting members that are intersected by a common plane oriented perpendicularly to a longitudinal center axis of the body. The set of cutting members includes at le... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6604894 | Rotatable cutting tool A rotatable cutting tool has a shank portion for coupling to a tool driving device and a cutting portion in which are retained plural replaceable cutting inserts, each insert having at least one cutting edge. The shank portion includes a mounting face for... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6595727 | Tool for chip removing machining and having fluid-conducting branch ducts A milling tool includes a rotary cutting head having an end surface in which grooves are formed. The grooves communicate with a duct extending coaxially completely through the center of the cutting head to conduct cooling/lubricating fluid to cutting inse... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6579043 | Multi-purpose insert and toolholder assembly A cutting insert has an insert body with at least one pair of cutting regions. Each cutting region is comprised of a cutting edge and the cutting edges in a pair are diametrically opposed to one another about a pair axis. Each cutting edge of a pair faces... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6579042 | Cutter body with cutting inserts and methods for assembling same Cutting inserts are assembled around the periphery of a holder of a tool by respective fastening screws. Each insert is seated against a support surface, and its respective fastening screw passes through a center hole in the insert and is threaded into a ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6540448 | Cutting tool with improved insert seat arrangement for indexable cutting inserts A cutting tool with a cutting tool holder and a plurality of replaceable indexable cutting inserts releasably attached to the holder. The holder has seats located about the circumference of one end of the holder for mounting of the cutting inserts. The se... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6520722 | Asymmetrical cutting tool tooth form Disclosed is a cutting tool with an asymmetric tooth form, and a method for making the same. Such tooth forms are useful for cutting tools such as band saw blades, circular saws, hacksaws and other saw type products. The tooth form of this invention can i... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6511264 | Adjustable insert seat Disclosed is a "nest" or seating element for tangentially-mounted "on-edge" cutting inserts for face mills which shares a peripheral pocket of the face mill with the cutting insert, and which facilitates the adjustment of the cutting insert it supports by... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6508612 | Milling cutter capable of using inserts of various geometrical shapes A milling cutter includes a generally cylindrical body whose outer periphery is formed with angularly spaced pockets capable of accepting indexable cutting inserts of various cutting geometrical shapes, such as inserts having octagonal, square or round cu... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6506000 | Milling cutter and cutter holder The cutter holder (1) has, on the one hand, parallel fixed fingers (7) equipped with a groove (15) and, on the other hand, moving locking fingers (10) of which the end (16) is preferably conical. The milling cutter (6) has at least one flat annular part p... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6503028 | Sintered cutting insert having center hole for clamp screw A cutting insert includes a body formed of sintered powder, with a center hole extending through the body for receiving a fastening screw. The center hole includes a cylindrical portion. The body includes two side surfaces extending downwardly from respec... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6488450 | T-slot milling cutter and insert therefor The T-slot milling cutter disclosed employs an indexable insert having two alternative edge surfaces which serve alternatively as the rake face and rear abutting face of the insert which transfers the cutting force to the rear wall of the insert pocket of... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6450738 | Cutting fluid distributor for milling cutters The cutting fluid distribution system disclosed is one in which the cutting fluid passages which carry the cutting fluid from a pressurized source to the cutting bits of a rotary milling cutter are incorporated into the cutter in a way to be formed in lar... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6413021 | Rotating cutting tool A cutting tool for high-speed machining has at least one cutting insert that is interchangeably mounted to a main body of the tool. At least parts of the supporting surface of the cutting insert and of the receiving surface of the main body of the tool, w... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6325574 | Machining slot cutter with removable cartridges A cartridge just large enough to hold a cutter tooth and a setscrew. The cartridge has an open-sided tap for the setscrew, exposing part of a side of the setscrew. A cutter body has a slot to receive the cartridge. The slot has a leading side with a gener... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322296 | Precision milling cutter equipped with cutting tips A machining tool (1) has a tool body (2) with tip seats (6, 7, 8, 9), to which cutting tips (11, 12, 13, 14) are assigned fixedly and individually. The cutting tips (11, 12, 13, 14) belong to a set of cutting tips. The machining tool (1) includes further ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6234724 | Modular cutting tool assembly A modular cutting tool assembly includes a tool holder (50) having at least one insert receiving pocket (52) and first (10,80) second cutting (100,102) inserts alternately receivable within the pocket (52). The first cutting (10,80) insert has a periphera... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6217262 | Edge milling cutter with cutter inserts This invention relates to a high speed milling tool for deburring or edge radiusing of machine parts. This tool comprises a plurality of cutter inserts having corresponding edges whereby each edge mills only a portion of the machine part radius. This requ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6196770 | Indexible cutting insert for end mills A cutting insert includes a top chip face, a bottom surface and side faces extending therebetween. At each of the end faces the cutting insert has axially protruding portions, each of which having a bevel. Main cutting edges are provided by the intersecti... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6176648 | Face milling cutter and cutter body thereof A face milling cutter which is capable of holding an insert with high positional accuracy and which can be manufactured with low cost is provided. The face milling cutter includes: a cutter body having a rotational axis and a plurality of grooves formed i... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6132146 | Rotary cutting tool A rotary cutting tool with a longitudinal axis of rotation, has a cutting head formed with at least two chip evacuation flutes and at least two body portions therebetween. The body portions bear, at a front face of the cutting head, a plurality of cutting... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6120218 | Planing tool A rotary cutting tool having a mounting portion with a plurality of mounting sections, each having a radially aligned pocket to receive a cutting insert. There is a positioning and actuating assembly by which a related wedge block can be positioned in its... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6120217 | Cutting tool for producing toothed articles A cutting tool comprising a cutter body member having a generally circular shape, a front surface, a back surface and an axis of rotation, the cutter body member includes an outer portion comprising a plurality of individual projections arranged spaced fr... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6073524 | Metal boring with self-propelled rotary cutters A boring tool for use with compacted graphite iron materials includes at least one self-propelled rotating cutter insert. The insert is carried in a cartridge in which the insert is rotatable about is axis which is a secondary axis relative to a boring to... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6068430 | Mounting mechanism for a pin mirror cutter In a mounting mechanism for a pin mirror cutter 22, the cutter body 22 is mounted with its outer periphery inserted into the inner periphery of a cutter mounting portion. an inclined surface of a tapered portion 22 formed on the cutter body and an incline... | 05/30/2000 |
