Cutting tool with internal fluid delivery system
AssigneeIscar, Ltd.
InventorLEONID AMSTIBOVITSKY
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Abstract
A cutting tool has an internal cutting tool fluid delivery system. The cutting tool has a tool body and a fluid delivery head coupled thereto by a solid coupling member with a continuous male thread. The tool body includes a body coupling bore and the head includes a head coupling bore which communicates with the body coupling bore. At least one of the body and head coupling bores includes a circumferentially interrupted female thread which has a longitudinal thread axis and a radial outer thread boundary. The or each coupling bore having the female thread includes a thread passage which extends along the thread axis. In an axial cross section of the female thread, the thread passage extends both inside and outside the radial outer thread boundary.
Claims21
A cutting tool (10) having a fluid delivery system (13), comprising a tool body (12) and a fluid delivery head (14) coupled thereto by a solid coupling member (16) having a continuous male thread (32),
- the tool body (12) comprising a body coupling bore (42),
- the fluid delivery head (14) comprising a head coupling bore (70) communicating with the body coupling bore (42),
- at least one of the body coupling bore (42) and head coupling bore (70) comprising a circumferentially interrupted female thread (52) having a longitudinal thread axis (C) and a radial outer thread boundary (56),
- wherein
- the or each coupling bore comprising a female thread (52) is in communication with a thread passage (58) which extends along the thread axis (C) and interrupts the female thread (52) in the circumferential direction, and
- in an axial cross section of the female thread (52), the thread passage (58) extends both inside and outside the radial outer thread boundary (56).
A cutting tool (10) comprising:
- a tool body (12) comprising a body coupling bore (42) having a bore axis (B);
- a circumferentially interrupted female thread (52) formed in the body coupling bore (43), the female thread having a longitudinal thread axis (C) and a radial outer thread boundary (56);
- at least one thread passage (58) formed in the tool body (12) and extending along the thread axis (C), the at least one thread passage (58) in communication with the body coupling bore (42) and interrupting the female thread in the circumferential direction;
- and
- a body passage (44) formed in the tool body (12) and in fluid communication with the at least one thread passage (58).
A cutting tool (10) comprising:
- a tool body (12) comprising a body coupling bore (42) having a bore axis (B);
- a fluid delivery head (14) coupled to the tool body (12) by a coupling member (16) having a continuous male thread (32), the head coupling bore (70) communicating with the body coupling bore (42);
- a circumferentially interrupted female thread (52) formed in the head coupling bore (70), the female thread having a longitudinal thread axis (C) and a radial outer thread boundary (56);
- at least one thread passage (58) formed in the fluid delivery head (14) and extending along the thread axis (C), the at least one thread passage (58) in communication with the head coupling bore (70) and interrupting the female thread (52) in the circumferential direction;
- and
- a body passage (44) formed in the tool body (12) and in fluid communication with the fluid delivery head (14) via the at least one thread passage (58).
A method of supplying coolant fluid in a cutting tool (10) comprising:
- a tool body (12) comprising a cutting portion (18) and a body coupling bore (42) having a bore axis (B);
- a fluid delivery head (14) coupled to the tool body (12) by a coupling member (16), the head coupling bore (70) communicating with the body coupling bore (42);
- and
- a body passage (44) formed in the tool body (12) and in fluid communication with the body coupling bore (42);
- the method comprising:
- pumping coolant through the body fluid passage (44) into the body coupling bore (42);
- splitting the coolant into multiple fluid paths, each of which travels past the coupling member (16) and none of which travel through the coupling member (16);
- reuniting the multiple fluid paths in the fluid delivery head (14);
- and
- after reuniting the multiple fluid paths, directing the coolant in the direction of the cutting portion (18).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.