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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin M Ward, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory A Phillips, LaGrange, KY (US);
Manfred W Schmidt, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Credo Tool Company, Woodburn, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83835 ; 83663 ; 144218 ; 144235 ;
Abstract
A tool having a body with two broad sides and a margin along which a cutting edge extends, and discrete, discontinuous protrusions from at least one of said broad sides, spaced from said cutting edge and from one another. The protrusions can take the form of concave dimples with a ridge on their perimeter or convex dimples with a smooth outermost surface, with or without complementary concave dimples, which preferably, but not necessarily, have ridges on their perimeters.