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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Bradfield, Columbia City, IN (US);
Robert Sullivan, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Torque-Traction Technologies, Inc., Holland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23F 1/06 ; B23F 2/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23F 1/06 ; B23F 2/122 ;
Abstract
A cutter blade for use with a face hob type cutter for producing the teeth of spiral bevel and hypoid gear members by a continuous index, face hobbing process comprises a cutter blade shank having a cutting member provided at one end thereof. The cutting member includes a tooth side cutting edge having a given axial pressure angle, and a tooth topland cutting edge. The tooth topland cutting edge of the cutting member simultaneously forms a topland surface of the tooth of the gear member as the tooth is cut by the tooth side cutting edge of the cutting member.