Peripheral cutting tool utilizing stick blades
AssigneeThe Gleason Works
InventorsHermann J. Stadtfeld, Benjamin D. Church
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Abstract
A low profile peripheral cutter (18) with stick blades (6). The cutter comprises a cutter body (30) and a flexible clamping disk (20) to clamp all blades wherein the flexible clamping disc includes a slot (24) between each cutting blade (6) in order to provide a plurality of blade clamping web wings (26) each of which acts like a deflection beam to hold the blades in position. Preferably, each web wing (26) covers one stick blade (6) and each web wing comprises two contacting pads (36, 38) to press each blade into its seating surface (44, 46) thereby holding the blade in position.
Claims15
A flexible clamping disk for a cutting tool in which one or more cutting blades are positionable, said flexible clamping disk being rotatable about an axis and comprising:
- an outer surface, an inner surface, a periphery and a center, the clamping disk being rotatable about an axis of rotation extending through said center,
- a plurality of slots spaced about the clamping disk and extending inwardly from said periphery, said plurality of slots defining a plurality of clamping web wings with a single clamping web wing being defined between two successive slots.
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