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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Jeremiah E. Halley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jeffery J. Luner, Collinsville, IL (US);
Keith Young, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Philip V. Bayly, St. Louis, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A force balanced irregular pitch reamer is provided that is particularly well suited for precision operations requiring small tolerances. More specifically, a reamer is provided having a shank, a body portion, and a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly therefrom. The teeth are spaced at non-uniform intervals around the body portion, wherein each tooth includes a cutting surface and rake face, and defines a rake angle between the rake face and an imaginary line extending from the central or longitudinal axis of the reamer to the cutting surface. In operation, the reamer is rotated about its central axis and is plunged into a formed hole sized slightly smaller than the reamer such that the reamer engages the workpiece and produces a smooth finished hole. Each tooth generates a cutting force with determinable magnitude and direction to define cutting force vectors. Advantageously, the reamer of the present invention includes teeth having rake angles cooperatively formed such that the cutting force vectors are substantially offset by one another, thus balancing the reamer and providing a finished hole that is substantially free from any lobes and is properly sized.