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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441991 | Chamfering tool A circular truncated cone-shaped cutting section (3) of a chamfering tool (1) is formed with a first blade section (31) which is tilted so that a chip is discharged to a side of a shank section (2), and a second blade section (32) ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7393162 | Gun drill A gun-drill comprises a cutting-head detachably secured to a shank, having a common longitudinal axis and comprising mating peripheral surfaces. A shank coupling portion comprises a forwardly tapering shank fixation surface is formed at a front end of the shank, and... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392857 | Apparatus and method for vibrating a drill bit In one aspect of the invention a drill bit comprises an axis of rotation a body and a working face. The body comprises a fluid passageway with a first seat and houses a jack element substantially coaxial with the axis. A stop element is disposed within the passagewa... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7351017 | Solid drill bit for machine tools A solid drill bit for machine tools has a drill bit body and two indexable inserts arranged at a radial distance from one another in respective insert seats. The inserts have an essentially quadratic contour. Their front-end main cutting edges project axially beyond... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7326009 | Edge-carrying drill body having an internal chip-removal channel An edge-carrying drill body intended for deep hole drilling, is rotatable around a central geometric axis and comprises a through-channel arranged for internal chip evacuation. The channel mouths in front and rear ends of the drill body. A front channel mouth is bri... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325471 | Toolholder and cutting insert for a toolholder assembly A toolholder and cutting insert for a toolholder assembly wherein the cutting insert has a tapered shank which provides a resilient interference fit with a tapered section of a bore extending within the toolholder. Additionally, a rearwardly facing face on the cutti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322265 | Compound screwdriver head A compound screwdriver head, which comprises a first working portion and a second working portion of the same size, the first, second working portion of the bigger size is used for screwing and unscrewing a bolt of bigger, smaller size respectively, so that differen... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7278806 | Two edge deburring tool A rotating tool for simultaneously deburring two surfaces of a workpiece is disclosed including a rotatable shaft having a first end and a second end with a first deburr surface on the first end facing towards the second end and having a first angle. A second deburr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264427 | Drill bit apparatus A drill bit apparatus having a central shaft and an annular collar mounted thereon. The central shaft is coaxially positioned within the annular collar. The central shaft has a bit end and a cutting tool end. The annular collar is spaced between the bit and cutting ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7226250 | Tool and method for forming a lug hole A single tool that provides multiple machining operations for forming a lug hole through a vehicle wheel hub includes an end portion having a first diameter and a mid-portion having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. A spade drill bit is moun... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201542 | Solid drill bit for machine tools A solid drill bit for machine tools. has a bit body and two movable inserts located a radial distance apart in insert seats of the bit body. The inserts have a rectangular or quadratic contour, project axially over the bit body with their major cutting edges and ove... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7195428 | Gundrill A method of forming deep holes and a gundrill therefore is disclosed. The gundrill has an elongate tubular shank and a cutting tip, each provided with a tubular central region supplying pressurized drilling fluid and a non-circular fluid cross-section defining a dri... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7147414 | Spur point drill insert A cutting tool insert having a specialized spur point geometry at the center of the insert. The insert comprises a spur point cutting portion and a blade cutting portion wherein the spur point provides stability by providing a spot and allowing a flexible workpiece ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140815 | Drill for making flat bottom hole The present invention is directed to a helical drill configuration that allows substantially flat bottomed holes to be machined. At the cutting end of the body member, there are at least two cutting edges that are symmetrically oriented on apposing sides of the rota... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7066694 | Cutting plate for a drill bit A cutting plate (4) has a working end (20) to engage a workpiece and an axis (8) of rotation. A pair of oppositely arranged first faces (34) are inclined axially rearward from the working end (20) in an axial plane intersecting sai... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044694 | Router bit with position stop A router bit with a position stop is disclosed. The router bit includes a body with a collar extending outwardly from it and a shaft extending outwardly from the collar. At least one cutter blade is mounted to the body and the cutter blade may be used to cut a profi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004691 | Deep hole cutter A deep hole cutter for a gun drill system includes a tool shank and a cutting head with two or more cutting edges. The tool shank and the cutting head are separate members connected strongly by threads. The shavings produced by the cutting edges can be discharged to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6929434 | Rotary cutting tool There is now provided a rotary cutting tool, particularly a drill, that has at least two cutting edges that respectively comprise a main cutting edge and that respectively are disposed, particularly symmetrically, with respect to the central axis of a cutter portion... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926475 | Tool for machining workpieces A tool for machining workpieces, having a parent body which can be expanded at least zonally, having at least one geometrically defined cutting edge projecting beyond a circumferential surface of the tool, and having a setting device influencing the radial distance ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6902359 | Drill insert with controlled contact clearance A cutting tool insert having a controlled contact clearance behind the cutting edge which limits flank wear and allows more coolant near the cutting edge further allowing an increase in surface speed, feed rates, and tool life. The controlled contact clearance surfa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6644899 | Drill bit and process of producing a drill bit with improved cutting edges The invention relates to a drill, especially a Forstner bit or a multi-spur machine bit having a drill shaft and a cutter head and provided with a central mandrel, a first and second spur cutter radially extending towards the outside from said mandrel and... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6637989 | Center locating feature in drill bit formed without a pointed tip A centering feature (230) on a drill bit (110) configured without a pointed tip, formed as an opening (230) between first (206) and second (208) relatively angularly inclined portions of a work engaging end (116) of the drill bit (110). The first portion ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6595730 | Bit for removing damaged screws This bit has an axis and a tip end with an obtuse angle. There are multiple scraping surfaces, each facing counter-clockwise into a longitudinal recess in the tip end. Each scraping surface has a scraping edge at an angle of about 55° to 70° to the axis... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6568883 | Method of finishing inner circumferential surface, and reamer A reamer includes: (a) an axially-distal-end small-diameter portion; (b) a guide portion which is axially adjacent to the small-diameter portion; (c) at least one flute which is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the reamer and which extends fr... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6551036 | Drilling bit and holder for drilling bit This invention describes a drilling plate and bracket for the drilling plate for machining drilled holes in work pieces, whereby the bracket for the drilling plate is designed so that it is somewhat pin-shaped and holds the drilling plate on its front sid... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6503030 | Reamer A reamer for the fine machining of surfaces of drilled holes in metal workpieces has a reamer body and at that body has at least one main blade and at least one auxiliary blade, a chip surface adjoining the blades at one side and a chip deflector step lim... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6379090 | Force balanced irregular pitch reamer and associated reaming method A force balanced irregular pitch reamer is provided that is particularly well suited for precision operations requiring small tolerances. More specifically, a reamer is provided having a shank, a body portion, and a plurality of cutting teeth extending ou... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6315504 | Twist Drill An improved twist drill is provided which reduces wear or chippings of the major cutting edges (3) and those of the leading edges (7) of land (9) and which has a long service life and stays sharp. A twist drill has a pair of chip discharge flutes (6), a p... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6276881 | Method of manufacturing slotted component Apparatuses and methods are implemented for machining a longitudinally extending slot in a bore of a component. The component is gripped in a gripping device of a workholding device. A cutting operation is performed in order to cut the slot in the bore by... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6206618 | Rotary pipe cutting apparatus A rotary pipe cutting apparatus for removing sections of broken pipe from the bore of an outer pipe. The invention includes a cylindrical body with a longitudinal slot that is angularly offset from the rotational axis of the body and which is tapered in d... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6190097 | Self-centering drill bit with pilot tip, and process Significantly improved resistance to breaking while drilling in metal can be realized in twist drill bits having a web thickness taper which is about twice the web thickness taper specified in Standards and in common use in the industry. This creates much... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6183173 | Rotary shaft tool A rotary shaft tool for machining bores, particularly blind hold bores, has a shaft with at least one longitudinal conduit for coolant/lubricant, with a cutter head that has at least one cutting edge and a chip space. A chip space section is provided that... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6132149 | Twist drills A helical twist drill has fluted lands each having projecting from their radially outer faces a plurality of circumferentially spaced support margins. At least one of the support margins is asymmetrically spaced with respect to the other support margins.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6050754 | Self-centering drill bit with pilot tip, and process Significantly improved resistance to breaking while drilling in metal can be realized in twist drill bits having a web thickness taper which is about twice the web thickness taper specified in Standards and in common use in the industry. This creates much... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6030156 | Drill and sharpening fixture A single point drill particularly adapted to producing small diameter deep holes utilizing a peck feed cycle routine. The preferred embodiment features a limited flute length with a depth approximately 1/3 the drill diameter and a dual point edge consisti... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6000887 | Stiff drill A generally cylindrical drill, particularly an insert drill having multiple cutting inserts, helical chip grooves to clear the chips from the hole, and a gripping shank opposite the cutting end of the drill, wherein the drill experiences an unbalanced res... | 12/14/1999 |
