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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300231 | Cutting tool carrying device for machine tool A cutting tool carrying device includes a carrying member having one or more compartments formed in an outer peripheral portion each for receiving a base member, and a follower slidably engaged into each of the base members for supporting a cutting member. An adjust... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7163360 | Cutter body, rotary tool, and method for assembling the rotary tool A cutter body which includes cartridges 11 for allowing corresponding cutting inserts 9 to be removably fixed thereto, a cutter body member 3, second screws (cartridge fixation screws 17) for fixing the corresponding cartridges 11 ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7114890 | Cutting tool adjustment device The instant invention is directed to an adjustment device for a multiple insert cutting tool with adjusting elements using a wedge to adjust the position of an insert in a tool body pocket through an intermediate component having expansion elements. The intermediate... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7014393 | Clamping and adjustment apparatus for a cutting tool A clamping and adjustment apparatus for a cutting tool is described in which a plate-shaped cutter insert is prestressable and fastenable by means of a tension screw with its bottom surface against a seat surface such that it is supported with lateral wall sections ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6942432 | Milling cutter and insert-carrying cartridge for use therein A milling tool includes a milling body and a plurality of insert-carrying cartridges mounted in the milling body. Each cartridge includes front and rear side surfaces which oppose leading and trailing walls of a pocket formed in the milling body. The cartridge also ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942431 | Rotatable cutting tool with a fine-adjustment mechanism for a cutting insert A rotatable cutting tool, e.g., a milling cutter, includes a rotatable base body and a cutting insert, which in addition to two opposite side surfaces has front and rear end surfaces. For axial fine-adjustment of the cutting insert, a set screw is arranged that is l... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6916137 | Clamping device for tool holder A tool holder is held in a support body by a clamp which is wedged between the support body and the tool holder. The clamp is secured in the support body by a threaded fastener that extends through a through-hole formed in the clamp. The fastener carries a flange wh... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6901642 | Cutting tool, insert holder and machining method A cutting tool includes a holder and at lest two first cutting inserts. The holder has a number of insert pockets in order to receive those cutting inserts. The cutting inserts are mounted in the holder such that their radially outermost portions lie substantially i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6692198 | Tool for the fine machining of workpieces A tool for the fine machining of workpieces having at least one cutter tip and at least one setting device acting on the cutter tip. The setting device comprises an adjusting element extending over a region of one side face of the cutter tip. A set screw ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6655879 | Tool for chip removing machining having a wedge-actuated insert adjustment mechanism A cutting tool has an adjusting mechanism for a cutting insert. The adjusting mechanism includes a wedge element in the form of a conical head on a set screw, as well as a sleeve mountable in the base body of the tool. Two jaws are included in the sleeve,... | 12/02/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6109838 | Face milling cutter and method of assembling A face milling cutter comprises a holder adapted to be rotatable about an axis. A plurality of first cutting inserts, and a plurality of second cutting inserts are mounted in respective pockets of the holder. The first and second inserts alternate circumf... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6056484 | Device and method for adjusting the position of cutting inserts mounted in a cutting tool Both a device and method for adjusting the position of a cutting insert relative to the body of a cutting tool such as a milling cutter are provided. The device includes a cantilevered wall integrally connected to the tool body, that forms a portion of th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6033157 | Adjustment mechanism An adjustment mechanism for adjusting an insert pocket wall's abutment surface in order to alter the location of an insert mounted in the pocket. The adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment screw and adjustment ball located in an adjustment bore. The ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6024143 | Cutting tooth assembly A cutter tooth assembly for impingement of a material (e.g., a stump, wood, brush or earth strata). The assembly attaches to a driven member (e.g., a rotatable wheel). The assembly includes a cutter tooth which has an elongate body with a leading end and ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6004080 | Milling tool having cutting inserts mounted by serrated surfaces to a rotary carrier A milling tool includes a supporting body that is rotatable around a central axis, and is being equipped with detachable cutting inserts. Each insert has two cutting edges extending at a given setting angle relative to each other. One of the cutting edges... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5863156 | Cutting tool assembly A cutting tool assembly including a cutter body having a cutting unit receiving pocket for releasably receiving a cutting unit with an operative cutting edge and an abutment surface remote therefrom. An elongated bore adapted for receiving an adjustment d... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5735649 | Machine tool cutter position adjustment device The invention is an apparatus for adjusting the position of a cutter cartridge mounted on a machine tool head using noncircular adjustment pins that provide full linear contact between the machine tool head and the cutter cartridge.... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5716167 | High-speed, cartridge-type milling cutter A cartridge-type milling cutter is provided having a cartridge mounting mechanism that resists the centrifugal load applied to the cartridges at high rotational speeds. The milling cutter includes a generally cylindrical cutter body, at least one replacea... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5658101 | Milling head An improved milling head. A milling head is provided with a backing plate with a toothed system on the from side, whose teeth run in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the carrier body. Because the blade plate has a toothed system, which can be engaged ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5320458 | Cutting tool having a cutter cartridge adjustable around two adjustment axes A cutting tool includes a rotary bar having an arcuate pocket in its side surface, and a segmental carrier arcuately slidable in the pocket to adjust the position of a cutting tip on a cutter blade. The carrier has a second arcuate pocket that slidably re... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5209610 | Throwaway milling cutter A throughaway milling cutter is disclosed: a cutter body rotatable about an axis; at least one recess formed at a front face of the cutter body and having a bottom wall and side walls; an inclined face formed at the bottom wall and inclined about the fron... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5188490 | Tool with adjustable interchangeable cartridge A tool for use in machine-tools with a cutting head (14) has at least one interchangeable cartridge (24) which can be releasably fastened to the cutting head and which carries an interchangeable insert. The interchangeable cartridge can be adjusted on the... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5120166 | Broaching tool with adjustable cutting blades A broaching tool has at least one adjustable cutting blade or plate. A two-fold adjustment is possible by mounting each cutting blade on an upper section of an insert mounted in a recess of a support or support ring sector. The upper insert section is sec... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5112171 | Milling head for the fine machining of workpieces, in particular gravure cylinders Formed in a basic body (13) connected to a drive spindle is a supporting surface (15a) which is at right angles to the rotational axis (10a) of the basic body (13) and on which one end face (16a) of a rotatable setting disk (16) rests. The other end face ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5102268 | Fine adjustment mechanism for a toolholder The present invention relates to a milling cutter having a cutter body and a plurality of replaceable tool cartridges circumferentially spaced about the outer periphery of the cutter body. An adjustment mechanism permits adjustment of the tool cartridges ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4936717 | Adjustable narrow width slotting cutter An indexable slot cutting tool for narrow widths having both head and base members with adjacent opposed cutting faces. An axially oriented sleeve with right hand differential pitch threading engages the head and base members to effect axial movement of t... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4893967 | Cutting tool arrangement A cutting-tool cartridge arrangement for rotary cutting tools in which the cutting-tool cartridge assembly is mountable in an aperture in the cutting-tool body member. The cartridge assembly has an annular split bushing for insertion into the tool body ap... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4828436 | Cutting tool cartridge arrangement A cutting-tool cartridge arrangement for rotary cutting-tools in which the cutting-tool cartridge assembly is mountable in a aperture provided in the body member of the cutting-tool. The cutting-tool cartridge assembly has a split bushing for insertion in... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4674923 | Access notches for indexing inserts in a groove mill A tool for use in a groove mill to simultaneously form spaced grooves in the interior surface of a bore with the tool including a shank and a pair of heads mounted thereon in spaced relation and in a detachable, non-rotative manner. Each head includes a p... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4392402 | Apparatus for severing running paper webs or the like A transverse cutter for a running web of paper or the like has two rotary drum-shaped holders disposed opposite each other at the opposite sides of the path for the web. Each holder carries at least one knife with an elongated cutting edge extending trans... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4344724 | Cutting tool assembly A cutting tool assembly having a cutter head including a pair of jaws defining a slot therebetween with a knife plate having a pair of axially symmetrical cutting edges being exchangeably mounted in the cutter head in the slot between the jaws is provided... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4330227 | Cutting tool with interchangeable insert-holding cartridges The cutting tool, for example a milling-cutter, with interchangeable insert-holding cartridges comprises a body (1) presenting a peripheral supporting face (4) directed towards the rear end of the body and recesses (2) distributed at its peripheral front ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4164380 | Milling cutter with adjustment for face runout A milling cutter with an infinite adjustment for face run out of the cutting edges in which each cutting edge may be held within 1/10,000 of an inch or less of a common plane. For numerically controlled machines the common plane may be located a fixed dis... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4161973 | Device for fastening a chisel to a rotatable chisel block of a wood working machine A device for fastening a chisel to a rotatable chisel block of a wood working machine by means of a clamping bolt engaging a fastening slot in the chisel block, the shank of said bolt extending through an elongated hole in the chisel and by means of a cla... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4040156 | Adjusting device for milling cutters A blade holder component secured to a revolving milling cutter body includes walls which define a recess for receiving a cutting blade, and which support the cutting blade inserted in the recess. The blade holder component incorporates an adjusting device... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4038732 | Versatile cutting tool for gear manufacture Versatile face-mill cutting tool apparatus particularly useful in the manufacture of relatively large gears having diameters of 2 to 6 feet (0.6 to 2 meters). A single cutter body can be used in combination with one set of cutter blades to satisfy a wide ... | 08/02/1977 |
