Abstract: A saw disc assembly includes a circular plate having a mounting lug defining a V-shaped lug mounting profile extending between first and second sides of a tooth mount. A cutting tooth includes a shank-less body defining a cutting profile at a cutting face of the body and a mounting profile at a mounting face of the body having a configuration for complementary engagement with the lug mounting profile. The tooth mounting profile has first and second flat surfaces engageable with the lug mounting profile so that when the tooth is mounted to the lug, the flat surfaces positively resist rotation of the tooth with respect to the lug about the fastener, while a radially inner side of the tooth extending between the cutting and mounting faces is spaced from the lug and the cutting device.

Abstract: A land preparation tool includes a tool body having a cutting surface, a mounting surface, an opening, and a channel. The cutting surface has a blade positioned at a distal end thereof. The mounting surface has a non-planar profile and is disposed on the tool body opposite the cutting surface. The opening is disposed on the mounting surface and the channel extends from the opening at least partially into the tool body. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A system and method for an engaging tool. Removing debris, trees and clearing land and paths requires the use of specific tool and machinery. To grind, break and shred wood, the machines must be fitted with proper attachments and engaging tools. One tool includes a front a front face and a back face connected by two opposing side faces and an opposing top face and base face. The front face has a concave shape and an outer channel which extends inwardly into the front face. The front face also has a tube a tube extending outwardly from said front face. The tube is located within the outer channel.

Abstract: A saw blade includes a plate with teeth. A tip pocket is formed in each of the teeth where the tip pocket has a first end and a second end and a continuously curved surface between the first end and the second end. A tip has a back face shaped to match the continuously curved surface. A joint joins the tip to the plate where the joint extends for substantially the length of the surface of the tip pocket and the back face. The continuously curved surface may have a wave profile. A top face of the tip and a peripheral face of the tooth may be coplanar.

Abstract: A saw tooth for a saw blade that is attached in a longitudinal direction thereof on the saw blade body to extend away, at least in part, from the saw blade body. The saw tooth is formed with a cutting-face part having a cutting face, a height of which extends in the longitudinal direction and a width of which extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction. The width of the cutting face is greater than a height of the cutting face.

Abstract: A kerf making machine includes a table. A slide assembly comprises first, second, and third slides. The first slide has a first stop and a first abutment on the end thereof. The second slide has a second stop oppositely positioned to the first stop. The third slide has a third abutment on the end thereof and is positioned relative to the first abutment a distance that is the exact distance of the desired distance. The slide assembly is reversed from its one side to its other side wherein the first slide, the second slide, and the third slide are positioned on the table.

Abstract: A cutting tool that includes a base body including at least one deformable clamping element and at least one bit seat in which an insert is positionable, and at least one control element positioned in a recess of the base body. The at least one control element is positionable to bias the at least one deformable clamping element against the insert to hold the insert in the at least one bit seat.

Abstract: A tooth is provided for a circular disc felling saw. When installed on a saw blade, the tooth has both leading and trailing cutting tips that cut the tree. The cutting discharge of the trailing cutting tips may tend to wear the rearward flank of the leading cutting tips. Either one or both of the primary and secondary cutting tips may include a wear insert, such as a ceramic wear insert.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sawing tool comprising a substantially disk-shaped support (1) from which a plurality of tooth inserts (4) project which are juxtaposed along a supporting edge (3) and have at least one sawtooth (12) each with at least one tooth rear (12) and at least one blade (9). The tooth inserts (4) are connected to the support (1) in a position-stable manner even when the sawing tool is operated. The supporting edge (3), in its cross-section perpendicular to the plane of the disk, has a rooflike shape and the tooth inserts (4) have a mounting (8) configured as a rooflike recess mating the roof shape of the supporting edge (3). Recesses (13) and/or bulges are arranged along the supporting edge (3) and are associated with corresponding bulges (14) and/or recesses on the interior of the mounting (8) of a tooth insert (4) and the bulges (14) fit into the corresponding recesses (13) in a form-fit manner.

Abstract: A quick change cutting link of a saw chain for cutting wood comprises a base member adapted to be pivotally connected to other links of the saw chain. The base member comprises a seat surface. A cutting member comprising a “V” notch releasably engages the seat surface of the base member. Attached to the “V” notch is a carbide tip, including a cutting edge. The carbide tip is accurately placed in the “V” notch by mating with a small piece of metal in the “V” notch. The carbide tip is then sinterbrazed to the cutting member. The cutting member and seat surface may also comprise an inverted L-shaped protrusion and the other includes an inverted L-shaped recess for receiving the inverted L-shaped protrusion. The inverted L-shaped protrusion and recess may be designed so as to form a wedge.

Abstract: Safety chain and rotatable devices, used on saws or other machines for cutting or abrading material, include a plurality of holding members on which replaceable teeth are retained. Safety lobes prevent the teeth from being dislodged during operation of the saw. The safety lobes may be disposed on a link located in front of the holding member or disposed on a link located in back of the holding member, or both. The teeth can include sharp edges adapted for cutting various materials including wood, plastic and metal and can be formed with abrasive surfaces for abrading materials including brick and concrete. The teeth are quickly removable from the saw without the need for fasteners. While the teeth may be retained by engagement between the teeth and holding member, the chain and rotatable devices may retain the teeth on the holding members using only the safety lobes or safety surfaces. The rotational device can include two blades each including holding members and safety lobes.

Abstract: A saw blade with replaceable cutter teeth is provided. The saw blade is generally planer and has a first side and a second side, a leading edge and an inner edge. Plural cutting teeth members are removably secured at alternating spaced apart locations on the first side and the second side of the saw blade. Cutting teeth members have a cutting blade which extends outwardly from the leading edge. A variety of different ways to secure the cutting teeth onto the first side and the second side of the saw blade are disclosed.

Abstract: A rotary cutting machine is described and includes a circular rotatable element, a plurality of tooth holders disposed on the circular rotatable element at spaced apart locations about its periphery, and at least one reversible cutting tooth removably fastened to each tooth holder such that at least one cutting edge is disposed in a operable cutting position. Each cutting tooth includes opposed first and second cutting faces spaced apart along a central tooth axis extending therebetween. Each of the first and second cutting faces at least partially defines at least four of the cutting edges. The cutting tooth is reversible by 180 degrees about a transverse tooth axis such that it is mountable on the tooth holder in at least eight different positions, each of the positions providing a different selected one of the cutting edges in the operable cutting position.

Abstract: A tooth for a circular saw or a mower drum that can be used to cut standing trees or brush and undergrowth. The tooth has four cutting edges arranged in a first pair of opposed cutting edges that are generally straight and a second pair of opposed cutting edges that are generally concave. The tooth is mounted in a holder in a first or second cutting position that orients a cutting edge of the first or second pair to physically contact and effect a cutting method to a cuttable material. In a first cutting method, a generally straight cutting edge contacts the material, resulting in a slicing action. In a second cutting method, a generally concave cutting edge contacts the material, resulting in a gouging action. Teeth in the circular saw or brush mower alternate between first and second cutting positions, allowing both cutting methods to be applied to cuttable material.

Abstract: A replaceable saw tooth for a rotary cutting machine. The saw tooth comprises more than two cutting edges on each of two opposed faces thereof. More specifically, the saw tooth may comprise a body having two cutting faces disposed opposite each other and spaced apart by at least four side faces which are each parallel to an opposite one of the side faces. The side faces are parallel to a central axis extending between the two cutting faces. Four cutting edges are defined between the side faces and each of the two cutting faces.

Abstract: A tooth is provided for a circular disc felling saw. When installed on a saw blade, the tooth has both leading and trailing cutting tips that cut the tree. The cutting discharge of the trailing cutting tips may tend to wear the rearward flank of the leading cutting tips. Either one or both of the primary and secondary cutting tips may include a wear insert, such as a ceramic wear insert.

Abstract: A saw blade insert (12) comprises a body (12?) of hard material. The body (12?) is fixable to an edge of a gullet of a saw blade. The insert (12) has a concave surface profile (23) which, in use, is forward facing relative to the cutting direction of the saw blade. The profile (23) can be curved or angular such as a shallow “U” shape with flat surfaces (43) which extend inwardly from sides (22) to a central longitudinal floor (44).

Abstract: A rotary cutting machine comprises a circular rotating element having a transverse axis of rotation and which is mounted to the rotary cutting machine for rotation about the axis of rotation. A plurality of cutting teeth are mounted to the circular rotating element at spaced apart locations about its circumferential periphery. The cutting teeth are reversible and removably fastened to the circular rotating element. Each cutting tooth includes opposed first and second cutting faces spaced apart by lateral surfaces extending therebetween. The first and second cutting faces define at least four of the cutting edges thereon, such that the cutting teeth are selectively mountable on the circular rotating element in any one of at least eight different positions, each of the positions providing a different one of the cutting edges in the operable cutting position.

Abstract: A replaceable cutter tooth for mounting to a saw blade has a concave front cutting surface extending from and between opposite kerf forming linear side edges, and from and between a radially inner curved edge, radially inner when mounted on a saw blade, and a radially outermost curved cutting edge.

Abstract: A saw blade assembly for a cutting saw is provided, which includes an effectively circular polygonal disc with an outer edge defined by multiple flat sides, and numerous saw tooth holders, each saw tooth holder removably mounted on a corresponding flat side along the outer edge of the polygonal disc. Preferably, each saw tooth holder straddles the corresponding flat side of the polygonal disc. The saw tooth holder may have a body with a flat abutment surface abutting the corresponding flat side of the polygonal disc, a first leg extending from the body along a first surface of the polygonal disc, and a second leg extending from the body along a second surface of the polygonal disc. For each saw tooth holder, the saw blade assembly may also include fastening means removably mounting the saw tooth holder to the polygonal disc.

Abstract: A replaceable cutter tooth for mounting to a saw blade has a concave front cutting surface extending from and between opposite kerf forming linear side edges, and from and between a radially inner curved edge, radially inner when mounted on a saw blade, and a radially outermost curved cutting edge. A groove extends in the radial direction from the radially inner curved edge to the radially outermost curved edge, generally medially between and substantially parallel to the side edges so as to reduce the surface area of a front face of the front cutting surface of the tooth for ease of re-sharpening in the field.

Abstract: A saw tooth for a circular saw for a feller includes, in one embodiment, a square saw tooth body having a multi-faceted shape to be mounted on a holder and for receiving inserts fastened to inwardly sloping seating surfaces on the cutting end of the tooth body. The inserts are provided with cutting tips and cutting edges to form angled cutting edges about the entire periphery of the cutting end of the tooth body. Notches are made in the seating surfaces and inserts in order to permit adjacent inserts to overlap one another, such that the angled cutting edges are strengthened at their junctions, thereby reducing damage of the inserts and improving the cutting performance of the saw tooth.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting insert for machining down workpieces. Said insert comprises several cutting edges (10), in particular for roughing work. A curved cutting corner, or a corner consisting of a large number of short, respectively linear edge sections positioned at obtuse angles in relation to one another, is positioned between neighbouring cutting edges (10). According to the invention, the cutting surface comprises a bevel (14, 15), which extends along the cutting edge (10). The section of bevel lying in the centre of the cutting edge (10) is broader than the two adjacent bevelled areas on either side, the broader bevel being between 1.5 and 4 times as broad as the breadth of the laterally adjacent bevel.

Abstract: A saw tooth for a circular saw for a feller includes, in one embodiment, a square saw tooth body having a multi-faceted shape to be mounted on a holder and for receiving inserts fastened to inwardly sloping seating surfaces on the cutting end of the tooth body. The inserts are provided with cutting tips and cutting edges to form angled cutting edges about the entire periphery of the cutting end of the tooth body. Notches are made in the seating surfaces and inserts in order to permit adjacent inserts to overlap one another, such that the angled cutting edges are strengthened at their junctions, thereby reducing damage of the inserts and improving the cutting performance of the saw tooth.

Abstract: A slotting cutter including a support disc rotatable in a predetermined direction on a central axis. The support disc is of a generally cylindrical shape having a first side and a second side, and an outer periphery. A plurality of pockets including a cartridge assembly are staggered about the outer periphery of the support disc and include a cutting insert secured to each cartridge assembly. Each cutting insert includes at least one cutting edge. The cutting insert extends laterally outwardly beyond the first side of the support disc and is spaced from the second side of the support disc such that the cutting edge of adjacent inserts are positioned to laterally overlap thereby providing an increased effective cutting path width.

Abstract: The disc saw blade has a plurality of teeth detachably mounted in sockets provided in a rim portion around the circumference thereof. Each tooth has an anchoring portion, and a cutting edge which projects slightly from the circumference of the saw blade. The sockets each have an anchor-receiving portion to receive the anchoring portion of a tooth. The teeth and the sockets are configured such that each tooth is installed by inserting its anchoring portion into a corresponding anchor-receiving portion of a socket, in an axial direction, and then securing the tooth to prevent axial removal, for example by making the anchoring portion cylindrical and rotating the tooth rearwardly about a center of the cylindrical anchoring portion to position a keyway on a key portion extending into the socket, or by using a bolt threaded into or through the tooth. Radial removal is prevented by the anchoring portion being shaped such that it cannot be extracted from the anchor-receiving portion, except axially.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool having the general form of a circular disk with cutting inserts secured tangentially to the circumference of the tool's body, for metal machining in general and for machining cam lobes. The cutting inserts have concave side surfaces and concave cutting edges.

Abstract: A high speed harvester cutting chain has increased cutter height to provide an increased space for removal of the cut material from the saw kerf. The increased height of the cutter links eliminates the compacting of the material cut away by the cutter links between the saw chain and the base of the saw kerf. The foot of the cutter links are flared outward to contact the guide bar rails at a different position than the tie straps to increase the wear life of the guide bar and saw chain.

Abstract: Saw teeth, particularly for tree harvesting, have a wear-resistant insert or inserts of tungsten carbide, for example, oriented along the side and/or outer surface of the saw tooth, extending rearwardly from the leading edges, instead of being along the impact face as is conventional. As wear occurs, sharpness is retained longer and less material needs to be removed once sharpening is required. The principle may be adapted to a wide variety of saw tooth configurations.

Abstract: A cutting tool insert includes a cutting tip mounted into a first recess of an injection molded hard refractory compound insert having a second recess of preselected size and shape for locating the insert to a cutting tool. A preferred cutting tip is a diamond and a preferred hard refractory compound is a tungsten carbide with a cobalt binder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for attaching tooth bits to a saw blade body. The mating surface (8) of an attachment point provided in the blade body, transverse to the blade's direction of motion (A), is formed such that it is rearwardly oblique at its outermost part, whereby the blade body (4) may bypass a broken tooth bit fragment (5) without being damaged. A discontinuity point, at which the tooth bit (2) fractures controllably, may also be formed in the tooth bit (2). The invention further relates to an arrangement for attaching the tooth bits (2) to the blade body (4) used in sawing. In the arrangement, the outermost part of the mating surface (8) supporting the tooth bit (2) is formed to be rearwardly oblique and the tooth bit (2) has a given protrusion (10) with respect to the blade body (4), with the result that the blade body (4) may bypass the tooth bit fragment (5) without breakage.

Abstract: A cutter rotatably drivable about a rotational axis for cutting articles including printed products and lengths of flexible materials including paper, plastic, fabric, leather, and metal, includes a drive shaft; a circular knife holder which has a hub, which is removably connected to the drive shaft, and which has defined therein a plurality of guide grooves having a dovetail shape; a plurality of knives which are adjustably positioned within respective guide grooves, which are distributed across the circular knife holder, which have a clamping cross section that is movable within the guide grooves and is locked in place, which project beyond the circumference of the circular knife holder, and which have respective knife ends projecting beyond the circumference of the knife holder and forming a cutting plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the cutter; and a clamping arrangement which extends conically from the hub to the circumference of the circular knife holder, which includes a clamping pla

Abstract: A disk-type cutting tool having a plurality of hardened inserts that are received in recesses formed in the periphery of a base disk. Each insert has a shank portion that is received in the recess and which defines a shoulder that is in abutting engagement with one side of the base disk. This provides a mechanical interlock and location for brazing operation, and also increases the amount of surface area for brazing to provide a more rigid assembly.

Abstract: A circular saw blade includes a disc portion whose peripheral portion comprises a series of straight sections. A segment plate which carries at least one replaceable cutting member is attached to each straight section. Each segment plate has a first slot for receiving the cutting member and a second slot for receiving a clamping wedge. A portion of the segment plate disposed between the slots defines a clamping area which is pushed tightly against the cutting member by the clamping wedge. Each segment plate has a projection received in a recess of the disc.

Abstract: Cutting insert and tool, wherein the tool has a seat formed by at least 190 degrees of a cylindrical seat surface, and the insert has an outwardly projecting region forming a cutting edge and three convex regions simultaneously touching the cylindrical seat surface at three distinct points. Those points form an imaginary triangle with all angles acute. A center of the cylindrical seat surface lies within the imaginary triangle, and a center of gravity of the insert lies outside of the imaginary triangle. The insert can only be removed from the seat after being rotated by a prescribed angle away from its cutting position.

Abstract: A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel includes at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel, at least one cutting tooth mounted circumferentially and removably to the at least tool holder, the at least one tool holder including a wheel portion extending circumferentially along the cutting wheel and a tool portion extending axially at an angle to a plane of the wheel portion, the tool portion having an aperture extending circumferentially therethrough and the at least one cutting tooth including a shank and an insert attached to the shank.

Abstract: A saw tooth for a circular saw for a feller including, in one embodiment, a square saw tooth head having a frusto-pyramidal shape to be mounted on a holder, and the saw tooth head includes seats for receiving inserts. The inserts are provided with cutting tips and cutting edges while a clamp nut retains the inserts against the tooth head. When the edges and tips are worn or damaged from impact, the inserts are first replaced. When the seat of the head is damaged, the tooth can be rotated.

Abstract: A replaceable cutting tooth for a slashing saw, wherein the tooth includes a pair of upper cutting tips with rearwardly divergent adjacent cutting edges and a pair of lower cutting tips also with rearwardly divergent adjacent pairs of cutting edges, such that each side surface and top surface are provided with shallow V-shaped cutting edges whereby the cutting tips protrude laterally and outwardly from the tooth. As the upper cutting tips wear, the lower cutting teeth will continue to maintain a satisfactory width of the kerf.

Abstract: A saw blade disc for a tree felling head has tooth holders about its periphery which support cutting teeth asymmetrically above an inner plate of the disc.

Abstract: In an arrangement of an insert holder and a cutting insert, the insert (3) is received in a recess (2) in the insert holder and secured therein by clamping action between portions of the insert holder which define the recess. The recess for the insert (3) is defined in one direction by a substantially unyieldable portion formed with a straight guiding portion (4,5) coacting with a straight edge of the insert, and in the other direction by a nose-shaped resilient portion (8) formed with a shallow projection extending towards the straight guiding portion and having a defined top (12) of small extent in the direction of the recess. The cutting insert (3) comprises a shank (14) whose one side is formed with a guide ridge (15) adapted to seat on the guiding portion (4,5) of the recess (2) and whose opposite side comprises an inclined or bevelled portion (16) adjacent the free end of the shank (14).

Abstract: A saw tooth of the type having a plurality of cutting edges at one end, the saw tooth rotatable in its mounting on a saw disk to present a fresh cutting edge when needed. Each cutting edge is angled rather than curved. The tooth can have hardened inserts to provide the angled cutting edges.

Abstract: A cutting tooth for a tree felling saw having a concave front surface and a convex rear surface can be removably fixed to a saw by a fastening device The front surface and the rear surface are uniformly spaced and have a plurality of side surfaces extending therebetween. The intersection of each side section with the front surface forms a cutting edge. An aperture is formed in the cutting tooth for receiving the mounting element.

Abstract: A saw tooth of the type having a plurality of cutting edges at one end, the saw tooth rotatable in its mounting on a saw disk to present a fresh cutting edge when needed. Each cutting edge is angled rather than curved. The tooth can have hardened inserts to provide the angled cutting edges.

Abstract: This invention relates to devices for sawing hard material such as stone, and includes extenders to be affixed to the peripheral surfaces of a sawing core. Each has vertical sidewalls which are spaced-apart from each other by top and bottom spacer elements. The cavity created thereby opens to the front (i.e., in the direction of travel of the core when in use) and to the rear of the extender. The bottom of the cavity, which is formed by the upper surface of the bottom spacer element, inclines upward toward the rear to deflect water that has been sprayed onto the device to lubricate, cool and clean it, onto the next succeeding extenders and their associated cutting surfaces. The top spacer element receives a slideably replaceable cutting member base from said front direction, that may have a U-shaped mounting base and has a matrix element affixed to its top that is adapted to provide desired cutting surfaces.

Abstract: A one piece saw tooth insert for use in combination with a circular saw of the inserted bit type wherein said insert has a bit portion and a shank portion combined as a single piece, wherein the shank portion has a generally circular outer edge surface adapted to be received by a generally circular edge surface of said socket without any substantial deformation of said shank portion, and the bit portion has a generally circular outer edge surface adapted to be received by another circular edge surface on the socket, such that the bit portion is elastically deformed by being pivoted in the direction of the cutting edge of the insert to thereby lock the one piece insert in to the socket.

Abstract: A circular saw is provided with a disc and tooth holders mounted on the periphery of the disc, with each tooth holder having a pair of legs straddling the disc and fasteners such as bolts and nuts extending through the legs and discs for fastening the holder to the disc. A tooth head is provided with a shank in the form of a bolt which extends through a bore in the holder engaging the tooth head, and the shank and tooth head extend in a tangential axis with the periphery of the disc. Shoulders are provided on the body of the holder for abutting the tooth head.

Abstract: A circular saw is provided with a disc and tooth holders mounted on the periphery of the disc, with each tooth holder having a pair of legs straddling the disc and fasteners such as bolts and nuts extending through the legs and discs for fastening the holder to the disc. A tooth head is provided with a shank in the form of a bolt which extends through the bore in the holder engaging the tooth head, and the shank and tooth head extend in a tangential axis with the periphery of the disc. Shoulders and platforms are provided on the body of the holder for abutting the tooth head.

Abstract: A saw blade has a plurality of cutting members inserted into seatings in the blade body. The cutting members, in one example, are of sintered ceramic. A groove in one or both of the front and back surfaces of a cutting member cooperate with rib members on the blade body to give lateral location. The cutting members are gripped in the seatings, in one example by forcing over the front wall of a seating by driving in an oversize pin into an aperture at the bottom of a slot defining the front wall. In another example, cutting members and seatings have cooperating wedge formation to create a wedging action. A layer of synthetic resin adhesive is positioned between each cutting member and related seating. A very large reduction of noise during use occurs, and an increased productive life is obtained.

Abstract: A tree saw includes a frame adapted to be attached to the boom of a prime mover, a tree clamping mechanism on the frame, and a carriage assembly on the frame below the clamping mechanism. The carriage assembly includes a generally plate-like chassis, a generally U-shaped bulkhead upstanding from the chassis and providing a recessed base portion and forwardly-extending arm portions, and a slide mechanism on the arm portions. A rail mechanism on the frame receives the slide mechanism for reciprocating movement of the carriage assembly. A hydraulic cylinder assembly interconnects the bulkhead and frame for reciprocating the carriage assembly. An annular rim member rotatably mounted on the chassis has a geared inner circumference and a toothed outer circumference projecting forwardly of the base portion. A motor-driven pinion mechanism on the chassis engages the rim member inner circumference to rotate the rim member.

Abstract: A one piece saw tooth insert for use in combination with a circular saw of the inserted bit type wherein said insert has a bit portion and a shank portion combined as a single piece, wherein the shank portion has a generally circular outer edge surface adapted to be received by a generally circular edge surface of said socket without any substantial deformation of said shank portion, and the bit portion has a generally circular outer edge surface adapted to be received by another circular edge surface on the socket, such that the bit portion is elastically deformed by being pivoted in the direction of the cutting edge of the insert to thereby lock the one piece insert into the socket.