Rotary cutter
AssigneeHydra Tools International PLC
InventorsPaul Adrian Reynolds, Philip Halstead
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Abstract
A rotary cutter includes an elongate body portion, a shank provided at one end of the body portion; a cutting head provided at the other end of the body portion, the head being fluted in one direction only by at least one flute of relatively short length provided in the cutting head, the flute having same-hand cutting and fluting directions; a relief providing transition surface located at a trailing end, relative to the shank, of a cutting portion of the at least one flute; a first gash face extending inwardly from a terminal end of a leading part of the at least one flute; and the first gash face being extended by a contiguous, secondary gash face on a rear face of the at least one flute.
Claims12
A rotary cutter comprising an elongate body portion, a shank provided at one end of said body portion;
- a cutting head provided at the other end of said body portion, said head being fluted in one direction only by at least one flute of relatively short length provided in said cutting head, said flute having same-hand cutting and fluting directions;
- a relief providing transition surface located at a trailing end, relative to said shank, of a cutting portion of said at least one flute;
- a first gash face extending inwardly from a terminal end of a leading part of said at least one flute;
- and said first gash face being extended by a contiguous, secondary gash face on a rear face of said at least one flute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.