Cartridge for Cutting Tools and Associated Tool Assembly

A cartridge for a cutting tool comprising:

• a cartridge main body having a cartridge main body first end, a cartridge main body second end, a radial cartridge floor, a first terminal wall, a second terminal wall, an insert pocket, a radial cartridge floor, a cartridge main body passageway, and a cartridge main body recess;
• each of the first terminal wall and the second terminal wall disposed on the cartridge main body second end;
• the insert pocket extending from the cartridge main body second end toward the cartridge main body first end and having an axial pocket wall, a radial pocket wall, and an insert pocket floor, the axial pocket wall extending from the first terminal wall, toward the cartridge main body first end, and to the insert pocket floor, the axial pocket wall disposed at a first angle relative to the radial cartridge floor substantially equal to 90 degrees, the radial pocket wall extending from the second terminal wall, toward the cartridge main body first end, and to the insert pocket floor, the radial pocket wall disposed at a second angle relative to the radial cartridge floor between 0 degrees and 20 degrees, the insert pocket floor disposed at a third angle relative to the radial cartridge floor substantially equal to 90 degrees;
• the cartridge main body passageway disposed between the cartridge main body first end and the insert pocket floor;
• and
• the cartridge main body recess extending from the insert pocket floor and toward the cartridge main body first end.

A tool assembly comprising:

• a tool body rotatable around a tool body central axis, the tool body having a tool body first end, a tool body second end, a tool body periphery, a tool body central recess, a cartridge pocket, and a chip pocket, the tool body central recess extending from the tool body second end toward the tool body first end, the cartridge pocket extending from the tool body periphery and to the tool body central recess, the chip pocket extending from the cartridge pocket and toward the tool body first end;
• a bearing housing attached to the tool body, the bearing housing having a bearing housing central axis, a bearing housing first end, a bearing housing second end, a bearing housing central passageway, and a bearing housing projection extending into the bearing housing central passageway;
• a first bearing disposed within the bearing housing between the bearing housing projection and the tool body;
• and
• a second bearing disposed within the bearing housing between the bearing housing projection and the bearing housing second end.