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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:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 1/12 ;
Abstract
The present invention is for providing a milling cutter which can provide for both an improvement in sharpness and a retention of cutting edge strength, while making the transverse cross-section an easily manufactured polygon shape. The milling cutter with a plurality of peripheral cutting edges ( ) has a polygon shape transverse cross-section. The polygon is a convex polygon with one more apex point ( ) existing between apex point pairs constituting the peripheral cutting edges with an apex angle greater than that of the apex points, and a longer side of the sides on either side of each of the peripheral cutting edges constitutes a rake face ( ), while a shorter side constitutes a relief face ( ).