# US 9,868,162 B2 · Machining head, holder and exchangeable tip cutting tool

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- Number: US 9,868,162 B2
- Document ID: US9868162B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/388,622
- Filed: 2013-03-27
- Published: 2015-03-05
- Granted: 2018-01-16
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-29
- Assignees: Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
- Inventors: Katsutoshi Maeda; Makoto Baba
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9868162B2

## CPC

- B23C 5/109: {with removable cutting inserts}
- B23B 31/1122: {using cylindrical threads}
- B23C 5/006: {Details of the milling cutter body}
- B23C 5/10: Shank-type cutters, i.e. with an integral shaft
- B23C 2210/02: Connections between the shanks and detachable cutting heads
- B23C 2210/03: Cutting heads comprised of different material than the shank irrespective of whether the head is detachable from the shank
- B23C 2240/32: Connections using screw threads
- Y10T 407/1906: including holder [i.e., head] having seat for inserted tool
- Y10T 407/1924: Specified tool shape
- Y10T 407/1948: with cutting edge entirely across end of tool [e.g., router bit, end mill, etc.]
- B23C: MILLING (broaching B23D; broach-milling in making gears B23F; arrangement for copying or controlling B23Q)
- B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An exchangeable tip cutting tool in which breakage of the threaded section and breakage of the thread ridges during installation of the machining head and under increased cutting load during cutting are limited and which is capable of performing machining with high efficiency; and a machining head and a holder to be used in the exchangeable tip cutting tool.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An exchangeable tip cutting tool comprising:
a machining head including:
a cutting edge section at the tip thereof;
a male threaded fastening section comprising:
a tapered part with no threads formed; and
a male threaded section to be screwed to a holder provided with a female threaded fastening section, the male threaded fastening section being provided at the rear of the cutting edge section in an axial direction; and
a notch to be attached to the holder, a notch being provided between the cutting edge section and the male threaded fastening section; and
a holder including:
a female threaded fastening section comprising:
a tapered part with no threads formed; and
a female threaded section to which the machining head provided with the male threaded fastening section is screwed, wherein
a thread ridge of the male threaded section of the machining head comprises:
a flank surface of a pressure flank;
a flank surface of a clearance flank; and
a crest surface and a root surface connecting two types of flank surfaces, wherein a flank angle of the pressure flank is provided to be larger than a flank angle of the clearance flank, and the pressure flank is on a side facing the cutting edge section and the clearance flank is on an opposite side facing away from the cutting edge section;
a thread ridge of the female threaded section of the holder comprises:
a screwing surface of a pressure flank;
a screwing surface of a clearance flank; and
a crest screwing surface and a root screwing surface connecting the two types of screwing surfaces, the screwing surface of the pressure flank and the clearance flank, and the crest and the root screwing surfaces corresponding to the flank surface of the pressure flank, the flank surface of the clearance flank, and the crest and the root surfaces connecting the two types of flank surfaces of the male threaded fastening section respectively, wherein an angle of screwing surface of the pressure flank is provided to be larger than an angle of screwing surface of the clearance flank;
the machining head is made of cemented carbide and integrally molded from the tip thereof to the male threaded fastening section;
the holder is made of steel;
the tapered part, which is provided on the side of the notch of the male threaded fastening section, is formed in a linear tapered shape on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical part with a taper angle of 0.1° or more and 5.0° or less, the outer diameter of the cylindrical part being decreased toward the tip of the male threaded fastening section;
the tapered part, which is provided on the side of the opening part of the female threaded fastening section, is formed in a linear tapered shape on the inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical part with a taper angle of 0.1° or more and 5.0° or less, the inner diameter of the tapered part being increased toward the opening part of the female threaded fastening section; and
the tapered part of the machining head and the tapered part of the holder make surface contact, and an end face of the notch and an end face of the holder make surface contact.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The exchangeable tip cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein,
the machining head has the flank angle of the pressure flank which is 35° or more and 60° or less, the flank angle of the clearance flank which is 0° or more and 25° or less, one pitch of a thread ridge which is 15% or more and 30% or less of the nominal diameter of the male threaded fastening section, and widths of the crest surface and the root surface connecting the two types of flank surfaces each of which is 15% or more and 30% or less of one pitch of a thread ridge when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the tool axis; and
the holder has the angle of screwing surface of the pressure flank which is 35° or more and 60° or less, the angle of screwing surface of the clearance flank which is 0° or more and 25° or less, one pitch of a thread ridge which is 15% or more and 30% or less of the nominal diameter of the male threaded fastening section, and the widths of the crest and the root screwing surfaces connecting the two types of screwing surfaces each of which is 15% or more and 30% or less of one pitch of a thread ridge when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the tool axis.