Having Peripherally Spaced Cutting Edges Patents (Class 408/227)
  • Patent number: 7326009
    Abstract: 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 bridged-over by a bridge on which a plurality of cutting edges are formed, which edges are made integrally with the rest of the bridge. The front mouth includes inlets disposed in front of respective cutting edges with reference to the direction of rotation of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Stefan Lindblom
  • Patent number: 7320565
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention relates to an edge-carrying drill body (1) of the type that is intended for deep hole drilling, and which is rotatable around a geometric axis (C) as well as comprises a through channel (2) arranged for internal chip evacuation, which channel mouths in front and rear ends of the body. Characteristic of the invention is that one or more cutting edges (4) are made integrally with the rest of the body, more precisely from a hard material, such as cemented carbide or CERMET. In a second aspect, the invention also relates to a method for the manufacture of such a drill body. In a third aspect, the invention furthermore relates to a drilling tool for deep hole drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventors: Åke Danielsson, Bengt Silver
  • Patent number: 7311480
    Abstract: The invention describes a drill plate with a clamping attachment in a rotatably driven base body, which on one of its end faces forms a centering groove that is open towards the top. A clamping slot extending into the material of the base body is arranged at the bottom of the centering groove. The centering groove is bounded by at least two opposing mounting jaws, with at least two diametrically opposing stop faces arranged in the region of the clamping jaws for providing centering contact with the drill plate. The clamping attachment is formed by a mounting screw which clamps the drill plate in the centering groove. To improve transfer of the operating torque from the drill plate to the base body and to facilitate handling, at least two centering fins that are diametrically opposed with respect to the transverse center axis are arranged on the drill plate. The centering fins contact corresponding stop faces disposed on the corresponding clamping jaws of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Ulf Heule
    Inventors: Heinrich Heule, Harry Studer
  • Patent number: 7309196
    Abstract: A drill having a replaceable cutting head, modified to eliminate forces which would distort the pocket of the drill shank and otherwise concentrate stresses which would cause failure of the drill. The cutting head has a frustoconical depending connecting member received in a receptacle formed in the shank. In different embodiments, contact between the pocket formed in the shank and the cutting head connecting member is limited. In one embodiment, angle of drive surfaces is modified from prior art practice. In another embodiment, transition of at curved joints between vertical and horizontal surfaces is made more gradual. The drill preferably has flutes formed collectively by the shank and cutting head when assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Filho Ruy Frota de Souza
  • Publication number: 20070286693
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drill bit for making a hole through stacked PCBs includes a drill part formed with drilling edges on an outer surface thereof and brought into contact with the PCBs, that is, a workpiece in which to make the hole; a reamer part formed on the rear end of the drill part and having at least one reaming edge for finishing the surface of the hole; and a shank part formed on the rear end of the reamer part and mounted to a machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Cho, Han Kim, Sun Joong Ryu, Il Soung Yoon
  • Patent number: 7306411
    Abstract: In a drill in which a chip discharge groove twisted in the shape of a spiral relative to an axis is formed in the outer periphery of the tip section of a roughly cylindrical drill body that rotates around the axis, and a cutting edge is formed on the intersecting ridgeline between a wall surface facing in the direction of drill rotation of this chip discharge groove and a tip flank of the drill body, together with the section on the tip side of the chip discharge groove continuous with the cutting edge being a narrowed width section in which the helix angle relative to the axis and groove width are constant, a wide width section is formed in the chip discharge groove farther towards the rear end than this narrow width section, in which the helix angle is equal to the narrow width section and in which the groove width is widened relative to the narrow width section in the direction of drill rotation and towards the rear in the direction of drill rotation and has a constant width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Mabuchi, Kazuya Yanagida, Katsuyuki Suzuki, Syoji Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20070280799
    Abstract: A recess and an attachment seat are formed in a front end of a tool body. A panel-shaped insert attached to the attachment seat where the thickness direction is matched with the diameter direction of the tool body and a surface of the insert facing the rear in a tool rotation direction becomes a pressed surface. A peripheral cutting edge is formed at a ridge of an inclined surface on the outside in the diameter direction of the tool body, a bevel edge is formed at a ridge on the front side of the tool body, and a back taper is attached to the peripheral cutting edge. A pressing member for pressing the pressed surface of the insert to adjust a position of the peripheral cutting edge in the diameter direction of the tool body is disposed on the rear side of the attachment seat in the tool rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Syoji Takiguchi, Akira Kanaboshi, Kunihiro Endo
  • Patent number: 7296954
    Abstract: A drill for hard materials, comprising webs that are subdivided by means of cutting grooves, and at least one principal cutting edge, each of which is provided with a cutting corner and a transition to a chisel edge. At least some sections of the principal cutting edge are continuously convex in an axial direction starting from the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Inventor: Peter Haenle
  • Patent number: 7270504
    Abstract: A cutting tool and a method for the production of cutting tools for metalworking characterized in that the holder body of the tool first is submitted to a surface hardening that results in the formation of compressive stresses in the surface and then submitted to a surface treatment that gives additional contribution of compressive stresses in the surface. In this way, it is allowed to, on one hand, be able to modify/machine or remove parts of or the entire phase-transition layer obtained in the surface hardening at the same time as additional compressive stresses are built up in the surface of a hardened steel material in the tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventors: Klas Tübinger, Mikael Herdin, Dan Höglund
  • Patent number: 7267513
    Abstract: A spade drill bit (202) comprises a shaft (204) having one end (205) configured to be engaged to a driving tool and a cutting head (206) attached at an opposite end of said shaft (204). The cutting head (206) includes a center point (216) having threads (240) defined thereon, including continuous threads (247) adjacent the tip and discontinuous threads (242) thereafter toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Credo Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Gregory A. Phillips
  • Patent number: 7252465
    Abstract: A drill for chip removing machining, including a front tip including at least one cutting edge and a chip flute. The chip flute is countersunk in an envelope surface of a body of the drill and extends rearwardly from the cutting edge. The chip flute is generally defined by a cross-section-wise concavely vaulted surface located between first and second longitudinal borders, the first longitudinal border extending from an area of a peripheral end of the cutting edge. The chip flute is deeper in an area of the first longitudinal border than in an area of the second longitudinal border such that a curve defining the cross-sectional shape of the flute surface has a radius of curvature that is smallest in the vicinity of the first longitudinal border and that increases towards the second longitudinal border. The flute surface transforms into a planar chip surface, which in turn transforms into the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Stefan Lindblom
  • Patent number: 7246976
    Abstract: An embodiment of a spade bit has straight grooves at a lead angle of 4 to 8 degrees placed on flat edges of the spade bit. In an alternative embodiment, a spade bit has two steps of straight grooves at a lead angle of 4 to 8 degrees placed on flat edges of the spade bit. In other alternative embodiments, a spade bit has tapered flat edge which have straight grooves at a lead angle of 4 to 8 degrees placed thereon. The straight grooves on the flat edges of the spade bits allow the spade bit to pull itself through the workpiece with a minimal amount of penetration. The flat edges of the spade bit may also have cutting surfaces for cleaning the hole and permitting the easy removal of the spade bit from the hole after drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Nordlin
  • Patent number: 7241089
    Abstract: A spade drill insert and drilling tool assembly is provided wherein the spade drill insert body comprises curved cutting edges and a lip groove having a trough substantially parallel to a plane formed through each adjacent curved cutting edge, which provides a significant improvement in chip formation during cutting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Joseph P. Nuzzi
  • Patent number: 7237986
    Abstract: A metal cutting drill bit has a shank portion, a flute portion defining a helix angle and a tip. The tip has a primary cutting edge extending to an outer periphery of the drill bit. The primary cutting edge has a rake face defining a rake angle. The rake angle is different from the helix angle at the tip of the drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignees: Black & Decker Inc., University of Maryland
    Inventors: Muniswamappa Anjanappa, Li Xu, Stephen R. Crosby, Gerald Rescigno, Russell M Timmons, Rickey J Thomas
  • Patent number: 7237985
    Abstract: A cutting plate for rotating tools includes a major cutting edge connected to a minor cutting edge in a radial extension thereof over a cutting corner. A common face joins a longitudinal side of the major cutting edge and the minor cutting edge, while a major flank or a minor flank joins the other side of the major and minor cutting edges. The flank face form a wedge angle The tool is supported on a boring wall with low friction to enable vibration-free machining. A support land near the minor cutting edge has two interspaced support edges. The support edges have the same radial distance from the tool axis over their entire length. The support edges are oriented parallel to the tool axis and the support land has a flat surface parallel to the tool axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Komet Praezisionswerkzeuge Robert Breuning GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Leuze, Frank Roeser
  • Patent number: 7201542
    Abstract: 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 overlap in their working area. The outer movable insert projects radially beyond the periphery of the bit body with its outer cutting edge corner and with the adjoining minor cutting edge. Starting from the cutting edge corner, the minor cutting edge is inclined in the direction of the bit body at a setting angle of less than 3.2 °. The minor cutting edge has a guiding edge that is slidingly supported against the wall of the bore over at least part of its length due to a radially outwardly oriented thrust force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Komet Praezisionswerkzeuge Robert Breuning GmbH
    Inventors: Andree Fritsch, Hans Haidinger, Alexander Krause, Jacek Kruszynski, Helmut Morlok, Frank Roeser, Henry Schuett, Miltiadis Theodorou
  • Patent number: 7201543
    Abstract: A twist drill and method for producing is provided. The cutting edge structure has a first portion at the drill tip portion and a second portion disposed away from the drill tip portion. The flute wall extends further into the land structure at the second portion of the cutting edge structure than at the tip portion to provide a greater amount of drill material at the tip portion than at the second portion of the cutting edge structure. The flute wall extends further into the land structure at the second portion of the cutting edge structure than at the tip portion to provide a greater flute volume per length at the second portion of the cutting edge structure than at the drill tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Dieter Mühlfriedel, Bernhard Borschert, Jürgen Schwägerl
  • Patent number: 7192224
    Abstract: A double or multiple-edged drilling tool has a base body rotatable about a drilling axis, and at least two plate seats arranged on the front face for accommodating identical interchangeable cutting plates. The cutting plates each have a machining face, and a clearance face adjoining a principal cutting edge forming a cutting wedge, and a seat face facing away from the clearance face. A guiding land adjoins radially outwardly through each edge the machining face, the clearance face and optically the seat face. The cutting plates each have a hole for a retaining screw which is screwed into a threaded bore at the front face of the base body. The holes are aligned with their axis perpendicular to the clearance face of the associated cutting plates the threaded bores are aligned inclined to the drilling axis and inclined to each other in the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Komet Praezisionswerkzeuge Robert Breuning GmbH
    Inventors: Andree Fritsch, Jacek Kruszynski, Frank Roeser, Henry Schuett, Benno Spors, Juergen Heilmann, Peter Leuze
  • Patent number: 7168893
    Abstract: In a throw-away tipped drill, a slit is formed at the bottom surface of a tip attachment seat which faces towards the end of its axial line direction, with this slit extending towards the rear of the axial line direction. Furthermore, when seen from the end of the axial line direction, this slit is arranged as being displaced so as to be closer to a second end portion into which a shaft portion of a clamp bolt is threaded than to a first end portion which is pressed by a head portion of that clamp bolt. As a result, when, using the clamp bolt, the pair of outer side surfaces of the tip are pressed by the pair of internal side surfaces of the tip attachment seat, the pressing forces are mutually equal to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventor: Syoji Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 7147414
    Abstract: 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 to partially spring back when the spur breaks through. The spur point insert facilitates the cutting of relatively thinner workpieces and workpieces requiring the tool to have a longer reach to the hole, while minimizing the burr resulting from the drilling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Brian Keim
  • Patent number: 7140815
    Abstract: 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 rotational axis of the drill. In an embodiment of the invention, first and second cutting edge portions form a continuous surface which provides strength and tool stability. The height of the second portions of each of the cutting edges remains relatively consistent along the horizontal for formation of a generally flat bottom hole. In the embodiment, a center point is defined by two sloped peak surfaces. A central straight chisel edge is formed by the intersection of the two sloped peak surfaces. The first cutting edge section extends from the chisel edge to the second cutting edge section. The first cutting edge section for both cutting edges is formed by symmetrically thinning the two peak surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. George, Raymond E. Moring, David L. Ford
  • Patent number: 7125210
    Abstract: Face milling cutter with a shaft section and a tool section, whereby the front end of the tool section has at least one flat, arched, lower cutting edge, a rounded corner cutting edge, and a peripheral cutting edge, whereby the lower cutting edge has a radius r1 from 1 to 2 times d1 and begins at a distance of 0.1 to 0.2 d1 to the axis of the shaft section, whereby d1 is the diameter of the flight circle of the axially parallel tangent to the rounded corner cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Fette GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Kölker, Olaf Rohr, Uwe Schunk
  • Patent number: 7114893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-notched web formed on a drill insert of a drill tool assembly. The V-notched web allows greater stability and feed rates, while decreasing the heat generated at the insert tip. The present invention is provided by a drill insert comprising a drill insert body having at least two cutting edges, a web between the two cutting edges, and a web thinning notch formed on either side of the web. Each web thinning notch forms a notch cutting edge having a positive rake angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Joseph P. Nuzzi
  • Patent number: 7104737
    Abstract: A hand-held pipe beveling tool makes the job of manually beveling the ends of plastic pipe very simple and easy to perform. The pipe beveling tool includes a frame that defines an opening for receiving the end of a pipe. One or more pipe forming members are coupled to the frame to contact the end of the pipe when the pipe beveling tool is used. A user uses the pipe beveling tool of the preferred embodiments by placing the opening of the pipe beveling tool over the end of a pipe, grasping one or more handles on the pipe beveling tool, and rotating the pipe beveling tool while pushing the pipe beveling tool against the end of the pipe. As a result, the end of the pipe is beveled, making the installation of a splice on the end of the pipe much easier to perform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Inventor: Rick Shane Rider
  • Patent number: 7097396
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drill bit which is simple in design, high in rigidity, and superior in durability and whose drilling function is in no way inferior to that of conventional drilling bits. To this end, in a drill bit comprising a cutting blade tip 2 which is united tightly to a tip end of a bit body 1 and a plurality of cutting blade portions 2a, 2b and 2c which are formed around the cutting blade tip 2, a flat surface portion 3 is formed in a side surface of the drill bit from between adjacent cutting blade portions to a base portion of the bit body 1 so that the bit body 1 is formed into a straight configuration having an approximately polygonal cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Miyanaga
    Inventor: Masaaki Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 7089837
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: KOMET Praezisionswerkzeuge Robert Breuning GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Feil, Karl-Heinz Mueckschel
  • Patent number: 7018145
    Abstract: A spade drill insert and drilling tool assembly is provided wherein the spade drill insert body comprises curved cutting edges and a lip groove having a trough substantially parallel to a plane formed through each adjacent curved cutting edge, which provides a significant improvement in chip formation during cutting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Joseph P. Nuzzi
  • Patent number: 7018144
    Abstract: The drill of the present invention has only one cutting discharge groove (11) formed in the outer periphery of a bit (10). A leading edge protruding farthest towards the tip in the axial direction in a tip flank (12) is composed at a single point and located on an axis (O). When bit is viewed from the tip side in the direction of axis, tip flank is in the form of a multilevel surface composed of second through fourth flanks (14B, 14C and 14D) arranged along the peripheral direction, and a reverse side first flank (14E) surrounded by second through fourth flanks and intersecting with axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Sasagawa, Koji Masamoto, Junichi Saito, Kenichi Yajima, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 7011478
    Abstract: A spade drill insert and drilling tool assembly is provided wherein the lands of the spade drill insert have helical margins which provide increased stability during cutting operations. The margin may have a helical trailing side or leading side, a parallel helical margin, or may also include a gullet or flute adjacent the helical margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Timothy G. Stokey, Greg Fiegl, Joseph P. Nuzzi, Wendell E. Mast
  • Patent number: 6986628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-notched web formed on a drill insert of a drill tool assembly. The V-notched web allows greater stability and feed rates, while decreasing the heat generated at the insert tip. The present invention is provided by a drill insert comprising a drill insert body having at least two cutting edges, a web between the two cutting edges, and a web thinning notch formed on either side of the web. Each web thinning notch forms a notch cutting edge having a positive rake angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Joseph P. Nuzzi
  • Patent number: 6929433
    Abstract: A fluteless pyramid point drill for spotting holes for drills having an included angle from 90-160°. The preferred tool is double ended. Another embodiment features the pyramid point on the back end of a penetrating drill. An enhanced pyramid point geometry enables construction from technical ceramics. These embodiments included a notched pyramid, a dual pyramid, a beveled pyramid, and an eccentric pyramid. Another embodiment utilizes a grooved-body hollow pyramid for reaming holes. Geometries for a single sided penetrating drill for drilling hardened materials include a limited flute with a flute depth of ? the drill diameter. Point angle embodiments include a 0-20° primary cutting edge and a steeper relief angle with a negative rake along the edge, a radial edge and steep relief angle with a negative rake along this edge. Additionally a pyramid point may be superimposed on the dual point angle for superior centering guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Randall C. Andronica
  • Patent number: 6916139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drill comprising: a drill main body rotatable about an axis of rotation, and having a tip end with a tip flank and a shank; a chip discharge flute formed on a periphery of the drill main body, and extending from the tip end toward the shank of the drill main body; and a cutting edge formed along an intersecting ridge where a wall surface of the chip discharge flute facing in the direction of drill rotation intersects the tip flank of the drill main body, wherein the cutting edge comprises a convex cutting edge toward the periphery and a concave cutting edge smoothly extending from the convex cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Yanagida, Shoji Takiguchi, Katsuyuki Suzuki, Takeshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 6913428
    Abstract: 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 least one cutting edge. Guide strips on the tool body periphery between the cutter inserts guide the tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Mapal Fabrik fur Prazisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG
    Inventors: Dieter Kress, Friedrich Häberle
  • Patent number: 6902359
    Abstract: 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 surface provides a first wear zone and a second wear zone, the first wear zone generated during operation of the drill insert allows the flank wear distance to grow from zero to the distance from the cutting edge to the controlled contact clearance surface, the second wear zone keeps the flank wear distance substantially constant until the controlled contact clearance surface is substantially worn away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Rolf H. Kraemer
  • Patent number: 6874978
    Abstract: Boring bits and methods for manufacturing boring bits. The method includes the acts of forming a shank including one end connectable to a power tool and an opposite end, molding a cutting head separate from the shank, the cutting head including a base wall and a side wall extending from the base wall, the base wall having an interior base surface and an exterior base surface, and bonding the shank and the cutting head as a unit including bonding the opposite end of the shank to the exterior base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew G. Gongola
  • Patent number: 6874979
    Abstract: A throw-away tip for use in drilling work that has a convexly curved cutting edge portion at one end side of a cutting edge is provided. Chips are prevented from being sheared and packed, and cutting edge strength is secured to extend the service life of the tip. The tip is used with a drilling tool having a tool body rotatable about an axis and has a convexly curved surface formed on a rake face thereof on the one end side of the cutting edge, which forms a curve toward a seat face thereof as it proceeds toward the one end side of the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Syoji Takiguchi, Yasuhiko Kawade
  • Patent number: 6872035
    Abstract: A machining tool for bores in thin-walled work pieces with at least one cutting plate is recommended that is characterized in that the at least one cutting plate (9, 9?, 9?; 9a, 9?a) is inserted into the circumference surface (15) of the tool (1) in such a way that two viewed in pivot direction—guide surfaces (31, 33) arranged at a distance to one another are present, which serve as a support of the tool (1) at the machining work piece surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: MAPAL Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG
    Inventors: Dieter Kress, Rudolf Strom
  • Patent number: 6866032
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coring drill and method for preparing a block for containing a receptacle assembly. The coring drill comprises a generally cylindrically-shaped corer hub having a longitudinal drilling axis. A generally cylindrically-shaped first corer has a first-corer axis coaxial with the longitudinal drilling axis and a first coring end having a first-coring diameter. The first-corer is removably attachable to the corer hub. A generally cylindrical-shaped second corer has an second-corer axis coaxial with the longitudinal drilling axis and a second coring end having a second coring diameter greater than the first coring diameter. The second-corer is attached to the corer hub. A generally cylindrical-shaped counter-borer has a counter-borer axis coaxial with the longitudinal drilling axis and a counter-boring end having a third coring diameter greater than the second coring diameter. The counter-borer is attached to the corer hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Power Ease, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert P. Magyar, Andrew Magyar, Matthew D. Marhefka
  • Patent number: 6848869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spot and chamfer drill insert which can be utilized to create accurately located spots for subsequent drilling operations while simultaneously providing a chamfer for the finished hole. The present invention utilizes web thin clearance surfaces that are formed at web thin clearance angles, wherein the web thin clearance angles are oriented with respect to a projected plane normal to a plane through the web thin cutting edge and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the insert, wherein the projected plane is tangent to the web thin cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy G. Stokey
  • Patent number: 6843621
    Abstract: A tapered reamer is disclosed. The reamer is used to make a tapered opening in a cylinder used in a crossing gate repair kit. A straight reamer is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: Wayne Board Burnette
  • Patent number: 6835029
    Abstract: An apparatus for beveling an end of a pipe includes a base member operatively attached to a ring member by a plurality of ring support members and a plurality of blade support members. A removably attached blade has a top edge, a bottom edge and a longitudinal axis. The first edge and the second edge of the blade are helical along the longitudinal axis of the blade. The method includes engaging an end of the pipe with the rotating pipe bevel cutting apparatus and shaving material from the end of the pipe to form a bevel thereon having a preselected angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Inventor: Gary L. Salzer
  • Patent number: 6821061
    Abstract: A drill for chip forming metalworking includes three cutting edge structures spaced circumferentially apart. Each cutting edge structure includes a radially outer cutting edge and a radially inner cutting edge. Each radially inner cutting edge is inclined in a radially inner and axially rearward direction from a radially inner end of its associated radially outer cutting edge. That radially inner end constitutes a breakpoint between each radially outer cutting edge and its respective radially inner cutting edge. The breakpoints lie in a common circle whose center coincides with the center axis of the drill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventor: Stefan Frejd
  • Publication number: 20040223823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-notched web formed on a drill insert of a drill tool assembly. The V-notched web allows greater stability and feed rates, while decreasing the heat generated at the insert tip. The present invention is provided by a drill insert comprising a drill insert body having at least two cutting edges, a web between the two cutting edges, and a web thinning notch formed on either side of the web. Each web thinning notch forms a notch cutting edge having a positive rake angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Joseph P. Nuzzi
  • Publication number: 20040184894
    Abstract: 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 surface provides a first wear zone and a second wear zone, the first wear zone generated during operation of the drill insert allows the flank wear distance to grow from zero to the distance from the cutting edge to the controlled contact clearance surface, the second wear zone keeps the flank wear distance substantially constant until the controlled contact clearance surface is substantially worn away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Allied Machine & Engineering
    Inventor: Rolf H. Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20040179913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-notched web formed on a drill insert of a drill tool assembly. The V-notched web allows greater stability and feed rates, while decreasing the heat generated at the insert tip. The present invention is provided by a drill insert comprising a drill insert body having at least two cutting edges, a web between the two cutting edges, and a web thinning notch formed on either side of the web. Each web thinning notch forms a notch cutting edge having a positive rake angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Wendell E. Mast, Joseph P. Nuzzi
  • Publication number: 20040156689
    Abstract: The present invention to provide a high performance and versatile drill bit, for drilling curved bores, milling, countersinking and other application. A drill bit comprises a crown and a shank extending from the crown, wherein the crown comprises at least three cutting blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Shui Liang Shen
  • Patent number: 6761514
    Abstract: A hollow mill tool comprising a shank portion and a plurality of radially spaced and axially extending tool posts integrally formed with and projecting from the shank portion. Each tool post has a longitudinal cutting insert mounting face and each mounting face defines a first plurality of axially extending serrations. A cutting insert is mounted on each mounting face and each insert has a second plurality of axially extending serrations defining a back face and intermeshing with the first plurality of serrations. A threaded fastener extends through a front face of each cutting insert and is received in each of the tool posts to securely hold each cutting insert against its tool post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Master Tool Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Cirino
  • Patent number: 6739809
    Abstract: A cutting point for a drill including a body having a periphery. The cutting point includes a leading cutting lip and a trailing cutting lip and a central chisel edge extending between the leading and trailing cutting lips and defining two symmetrical drill point halves. Each drill point half includes a primary relief surface, a secondary relief surface and a third relief surface. The third relief surface is inclined at an angle greater than the secondary relief surface and the secondary relief surface is inclined at an angle greater than primary relief surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: William A. Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20040067114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spot and chamfer drill insert which can be utilized to create accurately located spots for subsequent drilling operations while simultaneously providing a chamfer for the finished hole. The present invention utilizes web thin clearance surfaces that are formed at web thin clearance angles, wherein the web thin clearance angles are oriented with respect to a projected plane normal to a plane through the web thin cutting edge and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the insert, wherein the projected plane is tangent to the web thin cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.
    Inventor: Timothy G. Stokey
  • Patent number: 6702819
    Abstract: A reamer intended for surgery, made up of a hollow body of revolution provided with four radial arms which are perpendicular to each other so as to form a cross for fixing the reamer on a reamer holder. The cross formed by the radial arms is made up of a first diametral bar (1), a pin (2) passing through the first bar at its center and protruding each side of this bar, and two radial bars (3, 4) which have an axial hole via which each of these radial bars is engaged on the pin. With this construction, which is simple to produce, it is possible to omit welds and to eliminate the cleaning problems inherent to these welds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Precimed S.A.
    Inventor: André Lechot