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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Moldino Tool Engineering, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Katsutoshi Maeda, Yasu, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yokokawa, Yasu, JP;
MOLDINO Tool Engineering, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ball end mill according to the present invention includes an end mill body which is formed in a shaft shape, a plurality of convex arcuate end cutting edges which are disposed on a tip portion of the end mill body at intervals around an axis and form a hemispherical shape such that a rotational locus around the axis has a center on the axis, and a plurality of gashes which are respectively disposed to be adjacent to the plurality of end cutting edges in an end mill rotation direction around the axis. The plurality of end cutting edges includes a first end cutting edge longest among the plurality of end cutting edges, a second end cutting edge which is adjacent to the first end cutting edge in the end mill rotation direction and a third end cutting edge which is adjacent to the second end cutting edge in the end mill rotation direction.