Cutting tool assembly and replaceable cutting head for use therein
US6059492A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T408/9097
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cutting tool assembly for rotary cutting operations comprising a replaceable cutting head and a tool shank, having a common longitudinal axis and mating peripheral surfaces. The cutting head has a cutting head mounting portion at a trailing end thereof and the tool shank has a cutting head receiving portion at a front face thereof. The cutting head mounting portion and the cutting head receiving portion of the tool shank each have at least two coupling portions bound by associated peripheral surfaces of the cutting head and the tool shank and mating in shape and dimensions. Each coupling portion has a base surface, a torque transmission wall and a fixation wall, the fixation wall of each cutting head coupling portion having an angular extension smaller than a corresponding angular distance between adjacent extremities of the fixation walls of two different tool shank coupling portions. The cutting tool is assembled by initially disposing the cutting head mounting portion in such a manner relative to the cutting head receiving portion as to insert the fixation walls of the cutting head coupling portions between the respective fixation walls of the tool shank coupling portions, and…
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