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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909543 | Insert clamping wedge and insert-detachable type cutter An insert clamping wedge for clamp-fixing a cutting insert, seated in an insert attachment seat formed in a cutter body, to a recessed portion formed in the insert attachment seat is provided, the insert clamping wedge including: a wedge body, wherein the insert cla... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7425108 | Method for milling splines A method of currently milling multiple splines on a round rod material. Inserts mountable on a milling machine are provided. The inserts each include two sets of milling teeth. The sets or sections of teeth are formed in the arc of a circle to enable milling multipl... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7390151 | Helical cutter head and helical cutting blade for use therewith A rotary cutter head is provided with helical carbide cutting blade inserts. The blade inserts extend along a helical path and are configured for cutting rotation in a predetermined direction. The blade inserts are secured to the cutter head body in a helical slot f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7273331 | Boring bar having internal coolant supply A boring bar has a shank having a cutter support head at one end. A flow passage extends longitudinally through the shank to the cutter support head and intersects a transverse flow passage that is defined in part by a clamp screw passage of the head. A metal cuttin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7234902 | Milling tool holder with camming plug A milling tool holder apparatus includes a tool holder having a male structure received in a female opening of a shank, and a camming plug received in a transverse plug-receiving opening in the shank and the tool holder. Turning the camming plug in one direction mov... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213623 | Stump cutting device with load-distributing tooth sockets A cutting device includes a rotatable base defining a plurality of closed-sided, tooth sockets. A plurality of tooth assemblies are mounted within respective sockets. Each tooth assembly includes a tooth holder having a base-engaging portion adapted to fit into the ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198436 | Multi-blade router tool, edger with multi-blade router tool, and method of edging eyeglass lenses The present invention relates to a router tool for edging the peripheral edge of eyeglass lenses. The tool comprises a longitudinally extending body rotatable on the axis thereof. A first blade extends axially and radially from the body, and has a first cutting port... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189031 | Toolholder with insert clamp and method for the same A toolholder has an insert clamp in the form of a lever that urges the top of a cutting insert into the pocket of the toolholder. The lever may be spring biased against the insert and may also be dynamically activated by rotation of the toolholder. Additionally, the... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182112 | Wood planing machine with an improved cutter head and method A cutter head for wood planing machine comprises elongated slots, wedges and blade retainers of a cooperative configuration that allows the blade retainers to be positioned in the slots with the wedges overlying the blade retainers. The wedges may be shifted upwardl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7144205 | Insert retention screw and tool body and insert therewith An insert retention screw has a head with a radius that is a sufficient size to fit within a mounting hole of a cutting insert and seat within a seating plane within the mounting hole that is generally perpendicular to the axis of the insert when the screw is at an ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7121181 | Apparatus and process for cutting extruded material A rotating cutting apparatus comprising a cutting blade holder with at least one hole on the outside diameter of the cutting blade holder into which cutting blades are inserted and bonded to the cutting blade holder. The cutting blade holder encloses a center hole, ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7086812 | Cutting tool The cutting tool includes a cutter body having at least one pocket therein adapted to receive a cutting insert cartridge assembly. The at least one pocket has a forward wall, a rearward wall and a bottom wall. The bottom wall extends between the forward wall and the... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080963 | Milling tool having an adjustable insert seat A milling tool includes insert seats in which respective cutting inserts are disposed. Positioned in each seat is a wedge plate which is adjustable relative to the tool body in a direction of wedge adjustment. A cutting insert is supported on the wedge plate and sec... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048476 | Cutter head blade clamp A cutter head with at least one insert clamp. Each insert clamp includes a wedge member fastened to the cutter head. The cutter head includes an insert slot, a clamping slot, and a threaded aperture. The wedge member, in one embodiment, is wedge shaped and includes ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044695 | Milling tool A milling cutter having a pair of clamping components mounted on a tool holder to form a slot for receiving a cutting insert. One of the clamping components forms an integral extension of the tool holder's shank. The two clamping components are fastened together by ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029210 | Cutting tool with indexable insert A circulating tool for cutting of workpieces including a carrier element that bears at least one cutter blade insert in an exactly positioned manner. A device is provided for adjusting the position of the insert relative to the carrier element and a clamping device ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7011261 | Cutting tool of a cutting machine used for cutting plastic materials into granules A cutting machine used for cutting elongate plastic materials into granules includes a cutting tool, which consists of a roller-shaped body, several knives, and soft metallic bars; the roller-shaped body has lengthwise extended holding trenches spaced on an outer si... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004846 | Wear resistant nail manufacturing tool inserts A clamping jaw assembly and cutter assembly employed in machinery used to manufacture nails, screws, rivets, and similar objects starting with wire material. The invention includes a groove design having a smooth wave that reduces the wear rate of the groove improvi... | 02/28/2006 |
| RE38930 | Knife holder for a chipper disc An improved knife holder for a chipper disc. A knife holder for boding a knife has a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion for clamping the knife therebetween. One of the clamping portions pivots about a pivot point for clamping the knife and for rele... | 01/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6918717 | Tool and method for the machine working of workpieces A tool for the machine working of workpieces is more particularly provided for universal machines, which automatically work very small workpieces by different lathe working operations. A cutting insert (13) can be fixed in a tool holder (14) by means o... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913428 | Tool for the precision machining of surfaces A tool for the precision machining of surfaces in workpieces comprising at least two cutter inserts in the periphery of the tool body and each having at least one defined cutting edge. The cutter inserts are of different materials at least in the region of the at le... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6739807 | Rotatable cutting tool A rotatable cutting tool comprising a cutting tool body having at least one recess for receiving a replaceable insert. The recess has a wall defined by a deformable clamp extending radially from the tool body, the clamp comprising a leaf isolated from the tool body ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6644369 | Cutter unit for a wood planing machine A cutter unit includes two positioning bars mounted securely in a retaining groove of a rotating axle to define a cutter-receiving chamber therebetween. A cutter positioning block is disposed in the chamber. A first side face of the cutter positioning blo... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6626214 | Cutter for a wood planing machine A cutter for a wood planing machine includes a block piece having a blade-mounting face that is formed with a positioning groove, and a blade attached to the blade-mounting face and having a plurality of positioning tabs projecting into and engaging the p... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6591878 | Method and apparatus for clamping a knife A method and apparatus for clamping a knife. A front side of the knife includes a recess and the knife is clamped between an outer clamping member adapted to receive the back side of the knife, and a inner clamping member adapted to receive the front side... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6540449 | Tool for chip removing machining A rotatable tool for chip removing machining includes a shaft and a cutting body connected detachably to the shaft by a drawbar. At its front end the drawbar has a locking device for effecting mechanical engagement with the cutting body. The drawbar is ax... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6367523 | Cutting tool device for wood planing machine A cutting tool device for a wood planing machine includes a driving shaft having a cylindrical portion and a plurality of insert receiving channels. Each of the channels includes a knife seat wall surface and an abutment wall surface, which confine an acc... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6224299 | Tool with straight inserts for providing helical cutting action A milling tool having replaceable straight elongated inserts that provide a helical cutting action. The tool has grooves formed at an angle with the longitudinal axis of the tool, the grooves have flat surfaces. Wedge means secure the respective inserts i... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6161602 | Unitary finger joint cutting bit and finger joint cutting head incorporating the same A finger joint cutting tool includes unitary finger joint cutter bits. Each cutter bit has a unitary body to provide several integrally formed finger cutting teeth for finger jointing wood materials. Preferably the body is formed by an electrical discharg... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6131627 | Planing machine, in particular manual planing machine A planer (10), in particular a hand held planer for machining wood, with a planer housing (12), which includes a planer shaft (20), supported rotatably in at least one direction with an outer contour (23), which in a longitudinal groove (46) has at least ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6126364 | Reamer having spring-Biased insert clamps A reamer for chip removing machining includes a holder having a line of pockets, each pocket including a support surface facing in a direction of feed of the holder. Cutting inserts are mounted in respective ones of the pockets and project out of the pock... | 10/03/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6116824 | Cutting insert for a milling cutter, and a method of preventing accidental dislodgement of cutting inserts A milling cutter includes a holder and cutting inserts held in the holder by fasteners. Each cutting insert has an octagonal basic shape and includes eight cutting edges created by the intersection between an upper face and an edge face of the insert. The... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116305 | Rotary cutter A rotary cutter is disclosed. The rotary cutter includes a roller having a plurality of flutes defined in the periphery thereof, and a plurality of blades arranged on the periphery of the roller along each of the flutes. Each of the flutes has a pair of h... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6095211 | Cutter device for a wood planing machine A cutter device includes a cylindrical cutter seat having opposite end faces and a cylindrical surface between the end faces. A coupling shaft extends co-axially from a respective one of the end faces. The cylindrical surface is formed with an axially ext... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092573 | Plane head for a planing machine The plane head for the hand-held planing machine includes a cylindrical base body (11) made from a group of identical stamped sheets (18) arranged axially next to each other and each provided with a punched hole (150) so as to form a base body cavity (15)... | 07/25/2000 |
