Abstract: The invention relates to a drill head for chambering non-cylindrical, rotationally symmetrical holes. This drill head is characterized in that, starting from a diameter of a guide hole, it can cut a very large chamber out of a workpiece. In addition, the drill head has a simple design and is very robust and tight, so that high cutting capacities can be reliably achieved.

Abstract: A tool-changing device which is used on machine tools (18). Here, provision is made to carry out positioning of a tool holder (2) in the working position (6) of the tool holder with the aid of the locking element (7) of the drive device (4) of the tool-changing device (1). An adjusting movement (22) of the locking element (7) into the locking position (9) of the locking element on the tool holder (2) that is required for the use of the tool (3) is used to position the tool holder (2) in the working position (6) thereof, by the adjusting movement (2) of the locking element (7) being converted into a positioning movement (21) of the tool holders (2).

Abstract: A lateral disc cutter for morcellating and decorticating tissue of an intervertebral disc from between adjacent vertebrae. The device can be arranged in a retracted configuration for insertion via an access tube, and in an extended configuration for cutting of tissue in the target region. The blades may be extended to contact the concave endplate in an orientation that is substantially parallel to a mid-plane of the intervertebral disc. Blades of the device may be configured with a convex profile that substantially conforms to the concave shape of the endplate for enhanced contact length between the blade and the endplate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for joint preparation and fusion are disclosed. The system includes a cutting device having a handle, and rigid blade member. The blade member may include cutting edges on first and second sides, and may be curved in one or more planes. The blade member may be deployed to project outside of an outer tube, and the cutting device may be rotated to create a circular cavity. In a method of use, a cannula provides access to a procedure site such as a joint. A pathway to the joint is created, and the cutting device is inserted and deployed to undercut a cavity in the joint. A fusion device may be implanted across the joint to provide compression and fuse the joint. The system may also include instrumentation for creating access to a joint, bone graft insertion and implant insertion.

Abstract: An expandable reamer includes, inter alia, an outer tube, an inner shaft, a movable blade, and an actuator assembly. The expandable reamers can be used to remove diseased bone.

Abstract: A device for drilling a hole with an expanded diameter includes: a body, a shank; a sleeve; a compression spring; a drill bit body; an expanded diameter hole portion forming member attached to a side surface of the drill bit body and configured such that a cutting bit protrudes laterally from the drill bit body when the expanded diameter hole portion forming member moves forward on the side surface; a compression spring, which urges the expanded diameter hole portion forming member rearward relative to the drill bit body; and a cam. The expanded diameter hole portion forming member is configured to move forward on the side surface of the drill bit body owing to rotation of the cam when the body moves forward relative to the sleeve.

Abstract: A machine tool including a tool spindle, to which a tool can be detachably fixed and by means of which the tool can be rotated, and a workpiece support is provided, the tool spindle and the workpiece support being displaceable relative to one another, characterized in that the tool spindle includes a loading device, which acts on a linearly movable rod of a tool fixed to the tool spindle. The tool spindle includes a motor device coupled to the loading device, which drives linear displacement of the rod. The machine tool includes a set of tools by means of which different machining operations can be conducted on a workpiece, wherein the tools can each be fixed to the tool spindle and the tools each have a rod on which the loading device of the tool spindle acts when a tool is fixed to the tool spindle.

Abstract: A material removal having a plurality of cartridges mounted on an active portion where a plurality of seating members mounted in each of the plurality of cartridges pivots about an axis between a retracted position and an extended position is disclosed. Alternative embodiments have a single pivotable seating member. The pivotable extending seating members operate to extend and retract in a scissors-like motion and enable compact and efficient machining operation, particularly for crank shaft bearing supports.

Abstract: A reaming tool includes a main tool body disposed about a rotational axis, a plurality of peripherally arranged cutting inserts coupled to the tool body, and a fine adjustment mechanism associated with each cutting insert. The adjustment mechanism includes an adjusting screw with a conical section that acts on the cutting insert for fine adjustment, the conical section being arranged between a first and a second cylindrical guide section. The two guide sections ensure high-precision guidance of the adjusting screw.

Abstract: A long shaft inner surface machining apparatus of the present invention includes: a long shaft support device 10 that fixes a long shaft 1 so as not to bend; a machining head 20 capable of being inserted into the prepared hole 2 of the long shaft 1 in the axial direction; a head support device 30 that is coupled with the machining head 20 from one end of the long shaft 1 through the prepared hole 2 and moves the machining head 20 in the axial direction; and a blade drive device 40 that is coupled with the machining head from the other end of the long shaft 1 through the prepared hole 2 and rotary-drives the blade 29 around a shaft axis.

Abstract: Damaged threads in a blind tapped hole are repaired with a tap having an elongated shaft with a plurality of outer faces, and a plurality of flutes corresponding to the number of shaft outer faces, each flute has an outer face with a lower segment with cutting threads corresponding to the hole threads, and is moveable radially between a closed position toward the longitudinal axis and a radially expanded position in which the threads of the flute outer face mesh with the threads of the hole. The tap is inserted into the hole while the flutes are in the closed position so that the cutting threads are below the damaged threads. The shaft is then inserted between the flutes to move the flutes to their expanded positions meshing the cutting threads with undamaged threads below the damaged threads. The tap is then rotated to repair the damaged threads.

Abstract: A mechanical-activated inner diameter (ID) grooving tool includes a shank, a body, a stopper, an insert cartridge, a bushing and an end cap. The shank includes a tapered piston having an extension surface and a retraction surface. The insert cartridge includes a tapered piston pocket having a piston-engaging face and a piston-retracting face. Axial movement of the tapered piston in a first direction causes the extension surface of the tapered piston into contact with the piston-engaging face of the insert cartridge, thereby causing the insert cartridge to move in a radially outward direction. Axial movement of the tapered piston in a second, opposite direction causes the retraction surface of the tapered piston into contact with the piston-retracting face of the insert cartridge, thereby causing the insert cartridge to move in a radially inward direction.

Abstract: A thread repair tool comprises a support, a removable cutter, and a clamp for holding the cutter in position. The support can be provided with a leg supporting the cutter. The inner surface of the leg and the inner surface of the cutter can be tapered so that moving the cutter away from the head of the support can change the cutting diameter.

Abstract: Material removal tool with a translating bar having an actuation surface shaped as a cone or frustum, wherein an axial position of the cone or frustum along a length of the translating bar corresponds to a position of a push rod in operable contact with a first flexibly mounted cartridge on which a cutting insert is mounted is disclosed. The translating bar is actuated between a first and second position to place different combinations of flexibly mounted cutting inserts and fixedly mounted cutting inserts in a radially outermost position. The material removal tool optionally includes a support for the translating bar to reduce radial variation during machining operations. Various combinations of flexibly mounted cutting inserts and fixedly mounted cutting inserts are disclosed along with various methods for removing material using the disclosed material removal tool.

Abstract: A pressure-activated ID grooving tool includes a tool body having a channel, a front cross slide slot, a rear cross slide slot projecting, and two legs extending from a piston bore. A piston is disposed within the piston bore. A slide arm has an extension face and a retraction face. A cross slide has a cross slide pocket with a slide engaging face immediately opposing the extension face of the slide arm and a slide retracting face immediately opposing the retraction face of the slide arm. When fluid within the channel and the piston bore is pressurized, the piston moves toward the plunger, which in turn causes the extension face of the slide arm into contact with slide engaging face of the cross slide to cause the cross slide to move in an outward radial direction, thereby pushing the insert into contact with a workpiece.

Abstract: A method of forming an opening in a layered structure includes providing a layered structure including a first layer and a second layer and a near-zero gap interface defined between the first layer and the second layer; providing an opening through the layered structure such that the opening extends through the first layer and the second layer; and working simultaneously the opening in the fay surface of the first layer and the opening in the fay surface of the second layer without separating the first layer and the second layer. An internal chamfering device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cutting tool has an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the location of a cutting insert seated therein. The cutting tool has a tool body provided with an adjustment bore and an abutment member bore intersecting the adjustment bore, and also has an abutment member and a worm screw. The abutment member is located in the abutment member bore and the worm screw is located in the adjustment bore and screw threaded into the worm screw bore. The abutment member is located in a first location along the abutment member bore when the worm screw is in a first screw rotated position and the abutment member is located in a second location along the abutment member bore when the worm screw is in a second screw rotated position.

Abstract: Device for deburring bore edges comprising a base body in which at least one recess transversally oriented relative to the longitudinal axis thereof is formed, at least one spring-loaded blade is slidingly displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the recess and a compression spring is disposed in the base body longitudinal bore and is supported by an end of a control bolt whose other end is engaged in a control recess formed in the blade for providing it with a retaining force in a displacement direction. The invention is characterized in that the base body for deburring the bores of a diameter<20 mm, comprises on the front thereof a smaller-diameter guide sleeve which is provided with a longitudinal bore formed therein forming a sliding guide element for guiding the control bolt tip sliding in said bore.

Abstract: The turning machine according to the present invention includes a displacement sensor (200) which measures a distance between an immobile reference point and a position of variable point which reflects the positional displacement of the tool, the immobile reference point being able to determine a relative positional correlation relating to a variable position of tools with the progress of machining of the workpiece (W) by the tool (421). In drawings the reference point is set up in the guide bush (90). And based on the measured result by the displacement sensor, the tool is moved so that the center height of the tool and the center line of the workpiece satisfy relatively the predetermined positional correlation. Accordingly, the center height deviation amount due to heat deformation and the like is corrected.

Abstract: The invention relates to an undercutting tool for producing transverse grooves in a drilled hole. An upper support and a lower support axially delimit a receiving region of a shank. At least two spreading elements are disposed in the receiving region between the spreading elements and the receiving region. The shank and the supports are disposed so the axial distance between the supports can be reduced by exerting an axial force. The spreading elements each have an oblique upper and lower end face, which each have such an outer geometric shape, extending in a direction not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and are displaced in substantially opposite radial directions, and the axial force is in each case converted to a radial force in the radial directions.

Abstract: An expandable reamer includes a shank portion, a cutting portion extending from the shank portion, and a tapered pin capable of being at least partially received in the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of blades separated by flutes, and a tapered inner surface with threads. The tapered pin includes a tapered outer surface with threads and causes expansion or contraction of the cutting portion when the tapered pin is screwed or unscrewed into the cutting portion. In one embodiment, a coolant channel extends from a coolant cavity through a wall of the cutting portion to provide fluid to the blades during machining of through-holes. In another embodiment, the tapered pin includes a coolant passage in fluid communication with the coolant cavity to provide fluid to the blades during machining of blind holes.

Abstract: A mechanical-activated inner diameter (ID) grooving tool includes a shank, a body, a stopper, an insert cartridge, a bushing and an end cap. The shank includes a tapered piston having an extension surface and a retraction surface. The insert cartridge includes a tapered piston pocket having a piston-engaging face and a piston-retracting face. Axial movement of the tapered piston in a first direction causes the extension surface of the tapered piston into contact with the piston-engaging face of the insert cartridge, thereby causing the insert cartridge to move in a radially outward direction. Axial movement of the tapered piston in a second, opposite direction causes the retraction surface of the tapered piston into contact with the piston-retracting face of the insert cartridge, thereby causing the insert cartridge to move in a radially inward direction.

Abstract: A pressure-activated ID grooving tool includes a tool body having a channel, a front cross slide slot, a rear cross slide slot projecting, and two legs extending from a piston bore. A piston is disposed within the piston bore. A slide arm has an extension face and a retraction face. A cross slide has a cross slide pocket with a slide engaging face immediately opposing the extension face of the slide arm and a slide retracting face immediately opposing the retraction face of the slide arm. When fluid within the channel and the piston bore is pressurized, the piston moves toward the plunger, which in turn causes the extension face of the slide arm into contact with slide engaging face of the cross slide to cause the cross slide to move in an outward radial direction, thereby pushing the insert into contact with a workpiece.

Abstract: An array for use with a surgical navigation system is provided. The array comprises a frame and first, second and third markers attached to the frame. The first, second and third markers are detectable by a tracking system used in image guided surgery, and the first marker is movable relative to the frame. In one embodiment, at least one marker slides along the frame from a first position where it is held in place to a second position where it is also held in place. In another embodiment, one or more of the markers is removed from the frame at a first position and reattached to the frame at a second position. In still another embodiment, a portion of the frame itself moves with the movable marker.

Abstract: An expandable reamer includes a shank portion, a cutting portion extending from the shank portion, and a tapered pin capable of being at least partially received in the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of blades separated by flutes, and a tapered inner surface with threads. The tapered pin includes a tapered outer surface with threads and causes expansion or contraction of the cutting portion when the tapered pin is screwed or unscrewed into the cutting portion. In one embodiment, a coolant channel extends from a coolant cavity through a wall of the cutting portion to provide fluid to the blades during machining of through-holes. In another embodiment, the tapered pin includes a coolant passage in fluid communication with the coolant cavity to provide fluid to the blades during machining of blind holes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an expandable reamer having a base body, a ring section, at least one cutting edge which is geometrically defined and provided on the outer surface of the ring section, an adjustment device which works on the ring section from the inside, has an adjustment screw, and serves to adjust the radial position of the at least one cutting edge, wherein the adjustment device is arranged in a cavity provided in the base body of the expandable reamer, and an adjustment body with a conical or round outer surface. The adjustment body can be displaced in the direction of the central axis of the expandable reamer and serves for the expansion of the ring section. The expandable reamer is characterized in that the adjustment body is designed as an adjustment sleeve which surrounds the adjustment screw and is mounted in a floating manner.

Abstract: Adjustment system for positioning a cutting insert on a cutting tool has a rotatable first rod with a surface having a plurality of flatted areas arranged radially, each at a different radial distance from an axial center of the first rod relative to a sequentially adjacent flatted area, a translatable second rod with an axially tapered surface, wherein a face of the first end of the second rod contacts one of the plurality of flatted areas, a biasing element positioned to exert a force to bias the face of the first end of the second rod to contact the flatted area, and a translatable push pin, wherein a face of the first end of the push pin contacts the tapered surface and wherein a face of the second end of the push pin operatively contacts a cartridge mounted on the cutting tool and in which the cutting insert is seated.

Abstract: Device for deburring bore edges comprising a base body in which at least one recess transversally oriented relative to the longitudinal axis thereof is formed, at least one spring-loaded blade is slidingly displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the recess and a compression spring is disposed in the base body longitudinal bore and is supported by an end of a control bolt whose other end is engaged in a control recess formed in the blade for providing it with a retaining force in a displacement direction. The invention is characterised in that the base body for deburring the bores of a diameter <20 mm, comprises on the front thereof a smaller-diameter guide sleeve which is provided with a longitudinal bore formed therein forming a sliding guide element for guiding the control bolt tip sliding in said bore.

Abstract: A fine adjusting method of the feed amount of a boring cutter includes the following steps: a shank body rotates around its axes as the center of a circle to make the cutter tip rotate around its axes as the center of a circle which is apart away from the axes with an offset distance e therebetween so as to change the feed amount. An adjusting device which can achieve the fine adjusting method of the feed amount of the boring cutter includes: a shank body which has a tapered bore, and the axes of the tapered bore is apart away from the axes of the shank body; a rotating cone body which cooperates with the tapered hole; and the rotating cone body is provided with another tapered hole; a changeable cutter holder which is installed in the tapered hole of the rotating cone body; and a drive mechanism which mounts on the shank body and drives the rotating cone body to rotate, therefore makes the changeable cutter holder rotate so as to achieve the micro-feed of the cutter tip.

Abstract: Material removal tool with a translating bar having an actuation surface shaped as a cone or frustum, wherein an axial position of the cone or frustum along a length of the translating bar corresponds to a position of a push rod in operable contact with a first flexibly mounted cartridge on which a cutting insert is mounted is disclosed. The translating bar is actuated between a first and second position to place different combinations of flexibly mounted cutting inserts and fixedly mounted cutting inserts in a radially outermost position. The material removal tool optionally includes a support for the translating bar to reduce radial variation during machining operations.

Abstract: A rotating cutting tool is selectively biasable in the radial direction based on the angular orientation of the cutting blade, which may be used to create a non-axis symmetric feature in a bore. The radial position of the cutting blade may be controlled by selectively pressurized fluid whose pressure is varied based on the angular orientation of the tool. A plurality of vents may be selectively covered and uncovered to vent pressurized fluid to vary the pressure thereof.

Abstract: A combination tool including a base body with several reaming blades each having a chamfer and a guide surface, arranged around the circumference of the base body, for reaming a cylinder bore. The combination tool also has at least one grooving blade arranged axially offset from the reaming blades and which may be extended radially relative to the base body. The combination tool is provided with two guide strips, arranged in the base body, at an angle to each other, between two reaming blades which are adjacent in the circumferential direction and displaced axially relative to the above in the direction of the grooving blade.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for fine adjustment of the position of the cutting tool. In one embodiment, a boring tool includes a coupling member driven by a CNC boring machine, a cutting tool which is slidably coupled to the coupling member, and a slidable adjustment member. A frictional force resists sliding movement of the cutting tool. The frictional force is sufficient to retain the position of the cutting tool during machining operations. However, the frictional force is insufficient to resist an adjusting force applied by the adjustment member. Sliding motion of the adjustment, either by pulling or pushing it, results in movement of the cutting tool. In one embodiment, the cutting tool and the adjustment member are slidable in different directions. In another embodiment, the boring tool is adapted and configured to convert a first, greater amount of movement by the adjustment member to a second, lesser amount of movement by the cutting tool.

Abstract: A variable radii cutter which eliminates the need for having to provide a wide assortment of cutting tool bits for continuously imparting various sizes of radii on a workpiece is disclosed. In one embodiment, the variable radii cutter has a cutter in the form of a plurality of blades which mechanically expand and contract in response to one of an automated adjustment mechanism and a manual adjustment for accommodating various sizes of radii. In another embodiment, a ball made of rubber having an abrasive disposed thereon is used as the cutter and operates in the same manner as described above.

Abstract: A rotatable cutting tool has a shank portion for coupling to a tool driving device and a cutting portion to which is attached at least one support member for retention of a replaceable cutting element. The support member is so arranged to permit displacement of at least the portion thereof retaining the cutting element whereby the position of the cutting element relative to the body of the cutting tool may be changed by such displacement. A totally enclosed hydraulic force multiplier is mounted within an internal cavity of the cutting tool. The force multiplier is responsive to a control force to effect the displacement of the support member, the control force advantageously supplied by application of pneumatic pressure.

Abstract: A process is described for the chemical mechanical machining of semiconductor wafers. A plurality of surfaces are successively subjected to a polishing step, in which they are brought into contact with a polishing device. The polishing device contains a polishing-grain carrier with polishing grains, and the surfaces are moved relative to the polishing device. Material is removed from the surface by the polishing grains, which are fixed in the polishing-grain carrier and may become partially detached from the carrier material during the polishing operation. In each case one or more polishing steps is preceded by a conditioning step for regeneration of the polishing device. The polishing device and a conditioning surface of strong structure are brought into contact with one another and moved relative to one another, with the result that starting states of the polishing-device surface at a beginning of the individual polishing steps are comparable with one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reamer (20) comprising a guiding rod (22) which has a longitudinal axis of rotation and a cutting tool (30) which protrudes slightly relative to a surface of said rod (22) and is mounted between two guiding sections (24a, 24b) of the rod (22). The reamer comprises adjusting means which can displace the cutting tool (30) towards the outside of the guiding rod (22), allowing the reaming diameter to be varied in a controlled manner (22). Said reamer can be used for reaming the axis hole of a piston.

Abstract: A honing method proposes that using an arbor honing tool a remachining be carried out using the same tool either simultaneously or following onto arbor honing, in which the ratio of the stroke speed to the rotational speed of the tool is significantly increased. This leads to a cross-structure of the honing tracks allowing a better oil holding capacity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool holder for use in machine tools, comprising a main body, which can rotate about an axis of rotation, and cutter holders which each hold a cutting plate and can be radially adjusted by means of an axially displaceable control rod and coupling means. In order to further develop said tool holder so that it is possible, within a very short time, to produce a turned groove which satisfies stringent demands regarding surface quality and geometric roundness, it is proposed, according to the invention, that the tool holder has at least two cutter holders which can be radially adjusted between a retracted position and an extended position and whose cutters can be simultaneously brought into engagement with the workpiece in order to produce a turned groove.

Abstract: A hollow milling tool which is adjustable through a wide range of cutting diameters while maintaining a constant radial rake angle, constant axial rake angle, constant axial clearance angle, and a constant radial clearance angle. The tool includes at least one slot, and preferably three or more slots, disposed at a negative axial rake angle with respect to the centerline of the tool for receiving and mounting a cutting member. Each slot intersects the front axial face of the tool at a location ahead of a plane including the centerline of the tool. A cutting member is a holder for a formed carbide cutter insert. The insert is mounted in the holder such that the forward face of the insert forms an angle with the forward surface of the insert holder which is at least equal and opposite to the negative axial rake angle of the slot so that the face of the insert has either zero or positive axial rake.

Abstract: An expandable reamer for forming a space within a vertebral disc includes a pair of opposing blades which have a expanded state and a retracted state. The blades being pivotally positioned at the distal end of a shaft assembly. A shaft housing being substantially disposed about the shaft assembly. The proximal end of the shaft assembly being operatively engaged by a control device which when rotated allows the blades to be fully retracted for insertion into a pre-bored hole and then to be expanded incrementally until the cavity is bored as desired.

Abstract: An expandable orthopedic drill includes a shaft provided with a handle at is proximal end. Several cutters are supported around the hub by a linkage which maintains the edges of the cutters at a predetermined angle to the axis of the tool. The cutters are driven outward from the shaft, expanding the effective size of the drill, by means of a sleeve. The sleeve is driven along the shaft by turning a nut engaged with threads on the shaft. Tapered holes may be produced by changing the lengths of the links.

Abstract: A precise finish machining of bearing bores (25) at crankcases (26) is made feasible by way of a device with tow skid-guided spindle boxes (1, 2), the drivable spindles of which are in flush alignment. One spindle is designed as a working spindle (3) carrying a radially adjustable tool (11), while the other spindle is designed as a guide spindle (4) engaging with a guide pin (6) into a front-end bore (5) of the working spindle (3). The guide pin (6) is succeeded by a cone (7) on which the adjustable tool (11) is supported, and where a measuring key (14) is located between the cone (7) and the base (12) of the bore (5), the measuring signal from said measuring key serving for control of the distance between both spindle boxes (1, 2) and thus for control of the radial excursion of the tool (11).

Abstract: A cutting tool has a slidable cutting-blade chip 5A, in which a slider 7 is slidably mounted into a groove 6 formed in the cutting tool main body 1, to offset a pressing force applied to the bottom face 6c of the groove 6 through the slider 7, to prevent abrasion of the slider 7 and the groove 6 and uneven abrasion of serration grooves 7a and 8a of the slider 7 and a spacer 8, and to suppress backlash of the slider 7. A spacer 9 is detachably disposed between one side face 6a of a groove 6 and a slider 7, a plate 22 is disposed between another side face of the slider 7 and another side face 6b of the groove 6 so as to press the plate 22 toward the side face 6a. A protruding section 21 and a dent section 24 each have a V-shape cross-section and are formed on another side face of the slider 7 and on one side face of the plate 22, respectively, wherein the protruding section 21 and the dent section can come into contact with each other.

Abstract: The invention concerns a facing-tool head with a main body (10) which can be attached to a machine spindle, a work slide (14) which can be moved along the main body (10) essentially at right angles to the axis (12) of the spindle and which has a tool-holder with a fixing mechanism (26) to hold a tool in place, and a mechanism for adjusting the work slide (14). This adjustment mechanism includes a central, longitudinally movable adjusting rod (18) which passes through the hollow machine spindle (44) into the main body (10) and gearing means (20) which translate the longitudinal motion of the actuator rod into the transverse motion of the work slide (14).

Abstract: A clamp for indexable inserts used especially for turning. The clamp consists essentially of a clamp shaft and a clamp head combined with it in one piece. The clamp shaft can be secured to an axis-parallel clamping surface of a tool holder by a supporting surface obliquely transfixed by a clamping screw. The clamp head has an open-edged recess to take the indexable insert, one effective cutting corner of which projects on one side beyond the outer surface away from the support surface. In order to be able to adjust the distance between the clamping surface and the cutting corner, the clamp head has, in the free region between the recess, the supporting surface and the clamp shaft, a slot-like aperture having a curved cross-sectional shape open towards the clamp shaft. The clamp head can be elastically bent with respect to the clamp shaft under the effect of an adjuster.

Abstract: A system for fastening a dowel to a wooden element includes a drilling assembly for forming a blind hole in the wooden element which includes a first portion which is cylindrical and a second portion which tapers outwardly in frusto conical shape from the lower end of the first portion. A dowel having initially a cylindrical shape is inserted into the blind hole and then expanded outwardly into the frusto conical portion. The expansion can be carried out by a tapered plug which is forced into the end of the dowel, by a wedge member which is forced into slits in the end of the dowel or by expansion of the dowel itself from an initial compressed position by absorption of moisture from an adhesive.

Abstract: In a cutting tool optimally used for working a valve hole in a cylinder head of an engine, a U-shaped groove (11) having a U-shaped cross section is formed to extend along a generatrix of a substantially conic tool main body (1), and a slider (160 carrying a cutting tip (5A) is slidably fitted in the U-shaped groove (11). A spacer (12) formed with a serration groove (12a) is detachably mounted between a wall surface (11a) of the U-shaped groove (11) and the slider (16). The slider (16) is formed on its side surface with a serration groove (16a) which engages the serration groove (12a). The slider (16) is biased toward the wall surface (11a) with an elastic force by a biasing means (15) which is provided at another wall surface (11b) of the U-shaped groove (11) and includes a pressing pin (17), a disk spring (18) and a set screw (19).

Abstract: A slider 16 having a cutting insert 5A is slidably mounted in a groove 11 formed along the generatrix dimension of a substantially conical tool body 1. Serrations 12 and 16a, which are brought into close contact with each other for engagement, are formed on one side surface 11a of the groove 11 and on one side surface of the slide 16 opposite thereto. A wedge member 13 is detachably mounted between the other side surface 11b of the groove 11 and the slider 16 and is pressed against the side surface 11a so as to cause the serrations 12 and 16 to be engaged with each other. No special shaping accuracy is needed for the groove 11 or the slider 16 since any shaping error in these members can be absorbed so that a sufficient mounting accuracy is ensured for the slider 16. Thus, it is possible to reduce the requisite labor, etc. for the shaping of these members while maintaining the requisite positional accuracy for the cutting insert 5A.

Abstract: A substantially conical tool body 1 has a groove 11 extending in the direction of generating line. The groove 11 slidably receives a slider 16 carrying a cutting insert 5A. A spacer 12 having serration grooves 12a is interposed between one wall surface 11a of the groove and the slider 16. Serration grooves 16a are formed in one side surface of the slider 16. A wedge member 13 is detachably interposed between the wall surface 11b of the groove 11 and the slider 16 so as to press the slider 16 to bring the serration grooves 12a16a into engagement with each other. Any wear and deformation due to cutting load appear on the spacer 12 and the wedge member 13, so that original mounting and positional precision of the slider 16 can easily be recovered by renewing these members, thus maintaining a required level of machining precision.