US 5,332,339 AGranted

Throw-away cutting tool

AssigneeMitsubishi Materials Corporation

InventorsMasaaki Nakayama, Masayuki Okawa, Junichi Saito, Tatsuo Arai

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Abstract

A throw-away cutting tool is disclosed. The tool body of the cutting tool consists of a rod-like shank and a bit mounting component arranged at the front end of the shank. The shank is made of cemented carbide, and is formed with a mounting wall extending toward the front end of the tool body. The bit mounting component is made of steel or sintered metal, and is formed with a bit mounting seat defined by a bottom wall and side walls. In the above cutting tool, high resistance against the cutting force produced by cutting operation can be obtained and separation of the shank and the bit mounting component can be prevented; and high rigidity of the tool body is ensured, the damping capacity of the tool body is increased, and therefore vibration and chatter of the cutting tool can be effectively prevented.

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Dependent claims

A through-away cutting tool comprising:

a tool body having a front end and a rear end, said tool body having a rod-like shank made of cemented carbide and a bit mounting component made of at least one of steel and sintered metal arranged at the front end of said tool body, said shank having a mounting wall extending toward the front end of the tool body, said bit mounting component being in the shape of a plate having an upper face and a lower face;
a bit mounting seat formed at the front end of the bit mounting component and having a bottom wall recessed from the upper face;
an indexable cutter insert being mounted to the bit mounting seat;
a protrusion projecting from said lower face of the bit mounting component;
a tapped hole formed in the protrusion at the bottom wall of the bit mounting seat;
a hole formed at the mounting wall of the shank and arranged so as to fit to the protrusion;
wherein said bit mounting component being secured to the shank adhering the lower face thereof to the mounting wall of the shank and fitting the protrusion in the hole so as to bear cutting force exerted on the indexable cutter insert by the mounting wall.

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A throw-away cutting tool comprising:

a tool body having a front end and a rear end, said tool body having a rod-like shank made of cemented carbide and a bit mounting component made of at least one of steel and sintered metal arranged at the front end of said tool body, said shank having a mounting wall extending toward the front end of the tool body, said bit mounting component being in the shape of a plate having an upper face, a lower face and side faces peripherally lying between the upper face and the lower face;
a bit mounting seat formed at the front end of the bit mounting component;
an indexable cutter insert being mounted to the bit mounting seat;
a side wall rising from the mounting wall of the shank;
wherein said bit mounting component is fixed to the shank adhering the lower face thereof to the mounting wall and adhering at least one of the side faces to the side wall of the shank so as to bear cutting force exerted on the indexable cutter insert by the mounting wall
said bit mounting component comprising:
a tapped through hole extending in the direction of the thickness of the bit mounting component, said front end of the shank comprises a through hole coaxially arranged with respect to the tapped hole of the bit mounting component mounted to the shank;
a hollow clamping means having a male screw formed on the periphery outer surface thereof and a female screw formed on the inner side wall thereof;
said hollow clamping means being inserted into the through hole and being secured to the tapped through hole, so that the bit mounting component being secured to the shank, said indexable cutter insert is secured by a clamping screw inserted therein and secured to the female screw of the hollow clamping means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.