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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Ruy Frota De Souza, Latrobe, PA (US);
Leonid B. Sharivker, Naharia, IL;
Sergei Boulakhov, Naharia, IL;
Christoph Gey, Zirndorf, DE;
Yosi Harush, Kiryat Mozkin, IL;
Alan Bookheimer, Greensburg, PA (US);
Uzi Levy, Kibbutz Matzuva, IL;
Stephen Michael George, Greensboro, NC (US);
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Abstract
A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter of generally cylindrical shape disposed about a central longitudinal axis. The cutter has a first end having an active fluted portion and an opposite second end, the second end having a male threaded portion disposed thereabout. The cutting tool further includes a shank of generally cylindrical shape disposed about the central longitudinal axis, the shank having a recessed female threaded portion formed in a first end. The male threaded portion includes a number of threads disposed at a first pitch and the female threaded portion includes a number of threads disposed at a second pitch different than the first pitch. The cutter and the shank are selectively coupled via threaded engagement of the male threaded portion and the female threaded portion.