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US 8,573,706 B2Granted
Cutting tool with nozzle for spraying water on a cutter bit
AssigneeESCO Windber Inc.
InventorsGeorge Albert Parrott, William P. Sulosky
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Abstract
A cutting tool has a holder block and a sleeve. The sleeve includes a shank and an enlarged flange at an end of the shank. The sleeve shank is received in a hole in the holder block, with the flange against a surface of the holder block and the sleeve shank facing the holder hole wall. A first fillet extending between the holder bore wall and a second fillet extending between the sleeve shank and sleeve flange cooperatively form an annular flow passage for flow of water from the holder into the sleeve.
Claims7
An assembly comprising:
- a holder block and a sleeve;
- the holder block comprising a first flow passage, an outer periphery wall, a bore wall defining a first hole in the block wherein the first hole opens in the outer periphery wall, and a first fillet joining the bore wall and the outer periphery wall;
- the sleeve comprising a shank, a flange at an end of the shank, the flange having a shoulder, a second fillet joining the shank and flange, a nozzle bore in the flange, a second hole for receiving a cutter bit, and a second flow passage fluidly connected to the nozzle bore;
- the sleeve shank is received in the first hole of the holder block so that the sleeve shank faces the holder bore wall, the sleeve flange shoulder is entirely outside of the holder block, and the shoulder butts against and overlays the outer periphery wall;
- the first and second fillets cooperatively defining an annular flow passage there between, each of the first and second flow passages having an opening facing the annular flow passage to flow water from the first flow passage and through the annular flow passage to the second flow passage.
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An assembly comprising:
- a holder block and a sleeve;
- the holder block comprising a first flow passage, a bore wall defining a first hole in the block, an outer periphery wall, and a first fillet joining the bore wall and the outer periphery wall;
- the sleeve comprising a shank, a flange at an end of the shank, a second fillet joining the shank and flange, a nozzle bore in the flange, a second hole for receiving a cutter bit, and a second flow passage fluidly connected to the nozzle bore;
- the sleeve shank received in the first hole of the holder block, the sleeve shank facing the holder bore wall, the sleeve flange overlaying the holder periphery wall;
- the first and second fillets cooperatively defining an annular flow passage there between, each of the first and second flow passages having an opening facing the annular flow passage to flow water from the first flow passage and through the annular flow passage to the second flow passage, wherein at least one of the first and second fillets has a radius of curvature that varies along the at least one fillet.
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An assembly comprising:
- a holder block and a sleeve;
- the holder block comprising a first flow passage, a bore wall defining a first hole in the block, an outer periphery wall, and a first fillet joining the bore wall and the outer periphery wall;
- the sleeve comprising a shank, a flange at an end of the shank, a second fillet joining the shank and flange, a nozzle bore in the flange, a second hole for receiving a cutter bit, and a second flow passage fluidly connected to the nozzle bore;
- the sleeve shank received in the first hole of the holder block, the sleeve shank facing the holder bore wall, the sleeve flange overlaying the holder periphery wall;
- the first and second fillets cooperatively defining an annular flow passage there between, each of the first and second flow passages having an opening facing the annular flow passage to flow water from the first flow passage and through the annular flow passage to the second flow passage, wherein the annular flow passage includes a radially inner portion adjacent the sleeve shank and a radially outer portion away from the sleeve shank, the first flow passage opening offset with respect to the annular flow passage and opens into the radially outer portion of the annular flow passage without opening into the radially inner portion of the annular flow passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.