# US 7,410,330 B1 · Cutter assembly

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- Number: US 7,410,330 B1
- Document ID: US7410330B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 11/747,926
- Filed: 2007-05-14
- Granted: 2008-08-12
- Earliest claimed: 2007-05-14
- Inventors: Shi-Ling Tsai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7410330B1

## CPC

- B23C 5/04: Plain cutters, i.e. having essentially a cylindrical or tapered cutting surface of substantial length (B23C5/10 takes precedence)
- B27G 13/005: {Tools composed of two or more rotating discs}
- B23C 2210/244: Milling cutters comprised of disc-shaped modules or multiple disc-like cutters
- Y10T 407/1815: Rotary file or round disc
- Y10T 407/191: Plural simultaneously usable separable tools in common seat or common clamp actuator for plural simultaneously usable tools
- Y10T 407/1926: Plural simultaneously usable separable tools in common seat or common clamp actuator for plural simultaneously usable tools
- Y10T 407/1942: Peripherally spaced tools
- Y10T 407/1952: Having peripherally spaced teeth
- B23C: MILLING (broaching B23D; broach-milling in making gears B23F; arrangement for copying or controlling B23Q)
- B27G: ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; TOOLS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS (tools for grinding B24D; sawing tools B27B33/00; tools for slotting or mortising machines B27F5/02; tools for the manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder or the like B27L11/00); SAFETY DEVICES FOR WOOD WORKING MACHINES OR TOOLS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The cutter assembly contains an axle having a number of parallel, equally spaced troughs along the axial direction, and a number of circular blade discs, each having a center hole threaded through by the axle. Each blade disc has a number of teeth along the circumference of the center hole corresponding and matching to the troughs of the axle. The blade disc has fewer blades than the teeth and the blade discs therefore can be mounted on the axle in different orientations so that their blades are spirally arranged. The axle of the cutter assembly has a fixed end and the blade discs can be sequentially installed to or removed from the other free end. The bearing at the free end has a smaller diameter so that the blade discs can be removed or installed directly passing through the bearing without removing it first.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cutter assembly, comprising:
an axle having a plurality of parallel troughs along the axial direction;
a plurality of blade discs, each having a plurality of blades along the rim, a center hole threaded through by said axle, and a plurality of teeth along the circumference of said center hole matching said troughs of said axle;
a ring fixedly mounted to a first end of said axle;
a nut removably mounted to a second end of said axle, said nut and said ring sandwiching said blade discs therebetween;
a pair of bearing mounted to said first and second ends of said axle, respectively, sandwiching said blade discs, said ring, and said nut therebetween; and
a pair of bearing seats surrounding said bearings;
wherein the diameter of said center holes of said blade discs is larger than the diameter of said bearings; and the diameter of the hole of said nut is larger than the diameter of said bearings.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cutter assembly according to claim 1, wherein the number of said blades is smaller than the number of said teeth of a blade disc.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cutter assembly according to claim 1, wherein a bearing seat comprises a top half and a bottom half; said bottom half is fixedly positioned; and said top half is removably joined to said bottom half to surround a bearing.