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US 2015/0298230 A1Published application
Dual-Hand Cutter Head For Gear Manufacture
AssigneeThe Gleason Works
InventorJoseph A. Courtney
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Abstract
A cutter head (40) having cutting blade positioning slots (50, 52) wherein a portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (42) for right-hand cutting and another portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (46) for left-hand cutting.
Claims12
A cutter head for a gear cutting tool, said cutter head being generally disc-shaped and rotatable about an axis, said cutter comprising:
- a plurality of cutting blade positioning slots arranged in said cutter head;
- wherein a first portion of said plurality of blade positioning slots are oriented to accommodate cutting blades whereby said cutter head is operable for right-hand cutting, and wherein a second portion of said plurality of cutting blade position slots are oriented to accommodate cutting blades whereby said cutter head is operable for left-hand cutting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.