Patent · US Expired

Insert for thread cutting

US5059069A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 9, 1990
Grant dateOct 22, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/235
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thread cutting insert comprises a block having along one edge thereof a plurality of teeth for successively cutting a thread in a workpiece. The teeth are of successively increasing heights from a first to a last of the teeth. The first tooth has a smoothly convexly curved cutting edge, and the remaining teeth have a multi-sided cutting edge defined by three sides of a trapezoid.

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