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US 2014/0178137 A1Published application
Tool holder with nubs for clamping a cutting insert with notches
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorsJohn Julius Baca, JR., Ashwin Dwarakaesh Murali, Kent Peter Mizgalski
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Abstract
A tool holder includes a tool holder body with an insert-receiving pocket and a clamp for clamping a cutting insert. The clamp includes a pair of downwardly extending nubs that engage a pair of notches in the cutting insert when the clamp is brought into pressing engagement with the insert, thereby securely clamping the cutting insert in the insert-receiving pocket of the tool holder.
Claims4
A cutting insert comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- a first side;
- a second side;
- a third side parallel to the first side;
- a fourth side parallel to the second side;
- a first corner at an intersection between the first and second sides;
- a second corner opposite the first corner at an intersection between the third and fourth sides;
- a third corner at an intersection between the first and fourth sides;
- a fourth corner opposite the third corner at an intersection between the second and third sides;
- a first notch formed in the first corner;
- a second notch formed in the second corner,
- wherein the first notch includes a first forward surface, a first rearward surface and a first root between the first forward surface and the first rearward surface, and
- wherein the second notch includes a second forward surface, a second rearward surface and a second root between the second forward surface and the second rearward surface, and
- wherein the first and second roots are intersected by a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cutting insert and intersecting the third and fourth corners of the cutting insert.
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