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US 9,956,623 B2Granted
Guide pad and cutter head for a cutting tool
AssigneeSandvik Intellectual Property AB
InventorPer Hansson
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Abstract
A guide pad for a cutting tool includes a sliding surface, which is convexly curved in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide pad. A channel-shaped recess is formed in the sliding surface that extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the guide pad and terminates before reaching an end of the sliding surface at an end of the guide pad.
Claims9
A guide pad for a cutting tool, the guide pad comprising:
- at least one main surface, opposed longitudinal side surfaces, opposed end surfaces, and a middle portion, the guide pad being formed with a smaller thickness at the middle portion than at the end surfaces;
- at least two sliding surfaces disposed on the at least one main surface, each sliding surface being convexly curved as viewed in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the guide pad;
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- a channel-shaped recess formed in each of the sliding surfaces, and extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the guide pad from the middle portion of the guide pad to a termination end, which is spaced from an end of a respective sliding surface at a respective end surface of the guide pad.
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