Stump cutting tool assembly
AssigneeGreen Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorLeonard D. Puch
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Abstract
A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel includes at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel, at least one cutting tooth mounted circumferentially and removably to the at least tool holder, the at least one tool holder including a wheel portion extending circumferentially along the cutting wheel and a tool portion extending axially at an angle to a plane of the wheel portion, the tool portion having an aperture extending circumferentially therethrough and the at least one cutting tooth including a shank and an insert attached to the shank.
Claims21
A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel comprising:
- at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel;
- at least one cutting tooth having a substantially continuous unobstructed front face and a substantially continuous unobstructed rear face mounted circumferentially and removably to said at least one tool holder;
- said at least one tool holder comprising a wheel portion extending circumferentially along the cutting wheel and a tool portion extending axially at an angle to a plane of said wheel portion, said tool portion having an aperture extending circumferentially therethrough;
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- means mounting said cutting tooth to said tool holder including a shank attached to said rear face of said cutting tooth, said shank comprising an elongated portion extending through said aperture and an insert attached to said shank.
A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel comprising:
- at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel and having an aperture extending circumferentially therethrough;
- at least one cutting tooth having a substantially continuous unobstructed front face and a substantially continuous unobstructed rear face, an insert and means mounting said cutting tooth to said tool holder including a shank attached to said rear face of said cutting tooth, said shank comprising an elongated portion extending through said aperture, said insert having a recess on one surface thereof and terminating prior to a periphery of said insert to provide flats on a cutting edge thereof.
A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel comprising:
- at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel;
- at least one cutting tooth having a substantially continuous unobstructed front face and a substantially continuous unobstructed rear face mounted circumferentially and removably to said at least one tool holder;
- said at least one tool holder comprising a wheel portion extending circumferentially along the cutting wheel and a tool portion extending axially at an angle to a plane of said wheel portion, said tool portion having an aperture extending circumferentially therethrough;
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- means mounting said cutting tooth to said tool holder including a shank attached to said rear face of said cutting tooth, said shank comprising an elongated portion extending through said aperture and an insert attached to said shank.
A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel comprising:
- at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel;
- at least one cutting tooth having a substantially continuous unobstructed front face and a substantially continuous unobstructed rear face mounted circumferentially and removably to said at least one tool holder;
- said at least one tool holder comprises a wheel portion extending circumferentially along the cutting wheel and a tool portion extending axially at an angle to a plane of said wheel portion;
- said tool portion having an aperture extending therethrough and a first shoulder at one end of said aperture;
- means mounting said cutting tooth to said tool holder including a shank attached to said rear face of said cutting tooth, said shank comprising an elongated portion extending through said aperture and an insert attached to said shank;
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- said shank having a plurality of second shoulders disposed circumferentially thereabout, each of said second shoulders cooperating with said first shoulder to said tool portion for indexing said cutting tooth.
A stump cutting tool assembly for a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel comprising:
- at least one tool holder removably secured to the cutting wheel;
- at least one cutting tooth having a substantially continuous unobstructed front face and a substantially continuous unobstructed rear face mounted circumferentially and removably to said at least one tool holder;
- said at least one tool holder comprises a wheel portion extending circumferentially along the cutting wheel and a tool portion extending axially at an angle to a plane of said wheel portion;
- said tool portion having an aperture extending therethrough and means mounting said cutting tooth to said tool holder including a shank attached to said rear face of said cutting tooth said shank comprising an elongated portion extending through said aperture and an insert attached to said shank;
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- a quick change retention means for retaining said shank to said tool portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.