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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Glenn Morrison, Tarrs, PA (US);
Jeffrey Francis Kovac, Loyalhanna, PA (US);
Assignee:
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 5/00 (2006.01); B23C 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 5/2269 (2013.01); B23C 5/2273 (2013.01); B23C 2210/16 (2013.01); Y10T 407/2284 (2015.01);
Abstract
A cutting tool includes a pocket with a top wall, a bottom wall, a side wall and a rear wall. The cutting tool has an insert cartridge and a wedge clamp. The threaded member exerts a force vector in a radial direction when threaded into the wedge clamp to place the cutting tool in a locked condition, and the wedge clamp exerts a force vector into the body of the cutting tool radially inward of an adjacent pocket, thereby reducing deflection of the adjacent pocket when the cutting tool is placed in the locked condition.