Patent · US Expired

toolholder

US6176649A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/25
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A toolholder (1) for clamping a cutting insert (6), the toolholder including a rigid base jaw (2), an upper clamping jaw (3) defining with the base jaw a longitudinally extending insert receiving slot for releasably receiving the cutting insert in a predetermined position, the upper clamping jaw tapering towards a leading nose portion (12) so shaped and dimensioned to initially urge the cutting insert to the predetermined position prior to its clamping in the insert receiving slot.

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