Cutting tool having insert pocket with cantilevered member
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorsLewis Ray Morrison, Ravishankar Iyer, Scott Patrick Rusnock
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Abstract
A cutting tool (has a central, longitudinal axis and a tool body including an insert pocket with a bottom wall, a rear wall and at least one side wall. A cantilevered member is machined from the tool body so as to be integrally formed with the tool body. The cantilevered member extends from one of the walls of the insert pocket. An adjustment screw exerts a force against the cantilevered member to selectively adjust a position of a cutting insert mounted on the cantilevered member with respect to the central, longitudinal axis of the cutting tool. A method for selectively adjusting a position of the cutting insert is also disclosed.
Claims11
A cutting tool having a central, longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a tool body including an insert pocket with a bottom wall, a rear wall and at least one side wall;
- a cantilevered member extending from one of the walls of the insert pocket;
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- an adjustment screw for exerting a force against the cantilevered member to selectively adjust a position of a cutting insert mounted on the cantilevered member,
- wherein the cantilevered member includes a top support wall, a bottom support wall opposite the top support wall, and a rear support wall, and
- wherein said adjustment screw is threaded into a threaded bore extending into the rear wall of the pocket and defining a positive axial angle with respect to an x-axis of the cutting tool and a positive radial angle with respect to a y-axis of the cutting tool.
A combination cutting tool and cutting insert, comprising:
- a cutting tool having a central, longitudinal axis comprising:
- a tool body including an insert pocket with a bottom wall, a rear wall and at least one side wall;
- a cantilevered member extending from one of the walls of the insert pocket, the cantilevered member including a top support wall, a bottom support wall opposite the top support wall, and a rear support wall;
- an adjustment screw for exerting a force against the cantilevered member;
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- a cutting insert mounted on the cantilevered member, comprising:
- a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of side surfaces, each side surface including a first pair of chip grooves and a second pair of chip grooves extending perpendicular to the first pair of chip grooves;
- a plurality of primary wiper cutting edges formed at an intersection between each of the first pair of chip grooves and the top and bottom surfaces,
- wherein the adjustment screw exerts a force against the cantilevered member to selectively adjust a position of the primary wiper cutting edges of the cutting insert with respect to the central, longitudinal axis of the cutting tool, and
- wherein said adjustment screw is threaded into a threaded bore extending into the rear wall of the pocket and defining a positive axial angle with respect to an x-axis of the cutting tool and a positive radial angle with respect to a y-axis of the cutting tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.