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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7390242 | Diamond tool blade with circular cutting edge An apparatus for turning a hard and/or brittle material includes a precision workpiece spindle, a workpiece support, a hard and/or brittle workpiece rigidly coupled to the workpiece support, and a diamond tool blade rigidly coupled to a spin-turner mechanism. The di... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7201545 | Tool, a cutting insert, a shim and use of the cutting insert The present invention relates to a tool, a cutting insert and a shim for cutting machining. The tool includes a holder for turning or milling, a shim and an indexable cutting insert. The shim has an upper side and the cutting insert has a lower side. The lower side ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7114891 | Thread forming tool with annular ridge A thread forming tool includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal center axis. The body including a thread forming portion formed by one or more annular ridges oriented perpendicular to the axis. The body has a non-circular shape in a cross sectional plane or... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6976815 | Milling cutter having three continuously curved cutting edges A milling cutter includes a body having three cutting edges formed by the body. An end of the body situated opposite the cutting edges defines a fastening end of the milling cutter. Each cutting edge extends from an outer periphery of the body substantially to a cen... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6890130 | Tire machining tool A cylindrical cutting tool for a tire detreading or machining machine, the circular blade of which has a beveled cutting edge, wherein the cutting edge is interrupted by at least one notch, that is to say a portion having a lower axial height than the cutting edge. | 05/10/2005 |
| 6637720 | Component for holding down measuring leads The invention relates to a component for holding down measuring leads and measuring devices in a groove (6), provided therefor and having holes (7), of a machine part (5). It is characterized in that the component is designed in the form of a disk (1) whi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6312199 | Cutting tool A metal cutting tool includes a tool body which carries a cutting insert and has nozzles for directing cooling fluid against the insert. The tool body defines a longitudinal axis and is insertable into a holder in an axial direction, whereby a surface of ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6273650 | Cemented carbide cutting insert having integral structure for securing the insert in a holder A cutting insert intended for chip removing machining includes a body forming at least one cutting edge, a securing structure such as a helical thread disposed at one side of the body, and a key grip such as a profiled recess disposed at an opposite side.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6158927 | Milling cutter A milling cutter is provided including a tool holder and a cutting tool insert. The tool holder includes a mounting end portion and a cutting end portion. The cutting end portion includes a slot defined by first and second diagonal surfaces provided in an... | 12/12/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6053671 | Metal cutting insert, and tool therefor, and method of mounting insert A cutting tool, preferably for milling, includes a holder and a cutting insert mounted thereon. The holder includes a seat upon which the insert is mounted, and an upstanding wall structure against which an edge face of the insert is pressed. The edge fac... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6053673 | Corner rounding milling and insert therefor An improved corner-rounding milling cutter preformed indexable and insert therefor. A plurality of the inserts staggered around the axis of rotation of the cutter body cut segments of a composite arcuate cutting profile of uniform radius, together forming... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5975811 | Cutting insert cartridge arrangement An improved cutting insert cartridge arrangement for quick and easy mounting of cutting inserts to and removal from a rotary cutting tool, comprising a cutting insert receiver for the cutting insert, the insert receiver itself being quickly and easily rem... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5505568 | Rotary cutting tool A cutting tool holder is composed of a cutting tool holder main body 1 and a bracket 2 mounted to the top of a front end portion of the main body, which are fixedly secured to each other by a clamping bolt 3 and a knock pin 4. At the front end portion of ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5478175 | Cutting insert assembly A cutting insert assembly is disclosed which includes a rotatable cutting insert for cutting a material, and a rotational support for rotatably supporting the cutting insert. Structure for retaining the cutting insert to the support and for inducing rotat... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5346336 | Metal-cutting insert having a round cutting edge A metal cutting insert comprises a top surface which is intersected by a frusto-conical edge surface to form therewith a round cutting edge. Five equidistantly spaced flat facets are formed in the edge surface. Upper ends of the facets are spaced below th... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5333938 | Cutter bit A cutter bit having a concave face surface has a base surface spaced from the concave face surface and a recess extending inwardly from the base surface, The recess is adapted to receive a portion of a tool holder that extends at least partially into the ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5299892 | Boronnitride coated microcutting device A rotating tool for the cutting of hardened workpieces is comprised of a base body made of steel and having a working surface. The working surface is coated with a homogeneous layer of an extremely hard material. The layer has a uniform thickness. The wor... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5167176 | Tool holding circular toothed blades stationary while cutting or grooving rotating work A tool for use with a tool holder has a body to which at least one blade such as a circular saw blade or milling cutter is clamped to prevent the blade from turning when a selected tooth is brought into cutting or grooving contact with a rotating work pie... | 12/01/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4512689 | Cutting insert and cutting tool therefor A cutting insert for a cutting tool includes a cutting edge having a concave portion and a rear portion. The concave portion is disposed in the plane of one side surface of the insert and engages a workpiece in advance of the rear portion of the cutting e... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4326437 | Indexable cutting tool A cutting tool assembly including a tool holder for supporting a cutting tool having a tool body and a plurality of substantially identical cutting edges extending radially from the tool body and being substantially equally circumferentially spaced therea... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4324515 | Die shear apparatus for trimming wire weld bulges A bulge (12) formed by coldwelding two wire sections (10-11) is removed by advancing the wire through a bore (91) formed in a split cutting tool (64) having a pair of stepped-back tapered surfaces (92,96) at one end. The tapered surfaces terminate along a... | 04/13/1982 |
| 3957388 | Boring bar with removable and indexable cutting insert A boring bar having a removable indexable cutting insert with a plurality of cutting edges is disclosed. The cutting insert is held in place in the bar by a locking finger on an insert clamp which is locked into place by a ball which is wedged against a r... | 05/18/1976 |