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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1995
Karl Katbi, Troy, MI (US);
Brendan Brockett, Dearborn Hts., MI (US);
Valenite Inc., Madison Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
An indexable cutting insert having a polygonal body including top and bottom surfaces connected by a peripheral wall having sides and corners. In a generally diamond shaped embodiment, opposite corners and the adjacent sides form cutting edges at their junctures with the top surface, forming noses at the corners. A chip groove formed on the top surface includes a pair of cutting faces, sloping downwardly from respective sides to a radius blend juncture aligned with the nose and bisecting the adjacent sides. A pair of chipbreaker faces slope upward from respective ones of the cutting faces and backward from a ridge that connects the chipbreaker faces and is upwardly aligned with the juncture of the cutting faces. The chipbreaker faces preferably have a double curvature (1) outward from the ridge and (2) upward from radius blend junctures with their adjoining cutting faces. The upward curvature is preferably a radius that slopes upwardly at a declining rate with increasing distance from the respective cutting face junctures. A third cutting face at the nose adjoins the side connected faces preferably at a common angle. Various additional features are also disclosed.