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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Kenneth Monyak, Abingdon, VA (US);
Daniel Mouthaan, Williamsburg, MI (US);
Joseph Fader, Abingdon, VA (US);
Kenneth Monyak, Abingdon, VA (US);
Daniel Mouthaan, Williamsburg, MI (US);
Joseph Fader, Abingdon, VA (US);
Sandvik Intellectual Property AB, Sandviken, SE;
Abstract
A tool pick including a head portion, a larger diameter shoulder positioned rearwardly adjacent to the head portion and joined to the head portion at a junction, and a shank extending rearwardly with respect to the shoulder. Two or more fins extend generally radially outward from the head portion and the shoulder, each fin having an outer surface sloping outwardly and rearwardly from the head portion and a pair of side surfaces, a rear end of each fin being located rearward of the junction between the head portion and the shoulder, the fins defining a maximum diameter of at least about 105% of the diameter of the shoulder such that the outer surface of the fin at an axial position aligned with the junction is located radially outward with respect to the junction.