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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Chad A. Swope, Bedford, PA (US);
William P. Prezlock, Bedford, PA (US);
Inventors:
Chad A. Swope, Bedford, PA (US);
William P. Prezlock, Bedford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cutting tool body that includes an elongate steel body, which has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The elongate steel body contains at the axial forward end thereof a cold-headed socket. The cold-headed socket has an axial forward open end, an axial rearward closed surface, and a side socket surface extending between the axial forward open end and the axial rearward closed surface. The side socket surface contains an undercut adjacent the axial rearward closed surface.