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Granted Patent B2
US 12,233,467 · App. 18/065,305 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Hole saw

Inventors: Max R. Sawa (Palatine, IL); Geoffrey R. Piller (Grafton, WI); Kenneth D. Peterson (Little Suamico, WI); Travis J. DuMez (Port Washington, WI); James Ernest Pangerc (Pewaukee, WI)
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
B23B51/0467B23B51/0426B23B51/0466B23B2260/072Y10T408/895
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Patent No.
US 12,233,467
App. No.
18/065,305
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hole saw includes a cylindrical body having a sidewall with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The cylindrical body includes a gullet formed in the sidewall between a leading surface, a trailing surface, and a bottom surface of the sidewall. The gullet defines a central longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends of the sidewall that is obliquely oriented relative to a rotational axis of the hole saw such that the gullet is angled from the first end to the bottom surface in a direction toward a cutting direction of the hole saw. The gullet has a dimension measured parallel to the rotational axis between the first end of the sidewall and the bottom surface of the gullet that is greater than 1.5 inches. The hole saw includes a cutting tooth coupled to the first end of the sidewall adjacent the gullet.

Claims (18)

1. A hole saw movable about a rotational axis in a cutting direction to cut into a workpiece, the hole saw comprising: a cylindrical body including a sidewall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the cylindrical body also including a gullet formed in the sidewall between a leading surface, a trailing surface, and a bottom surface of the sidewall, the gullet extending through the first end of the sidewall and defining a central longitudinal axis, the cylindrical body further including a support aperture adjacent the gullet, the support aperture entirely surrounded by the sidewall, wherein the gullet defines an area, wherein the support aperture defines an area, and wherein the area of the gullet is greater than the area of the support aperture; and a cutting tooth coupled to the first end of the sidewall adjacent the gullet, wherein the support aperture defines a longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to the rotational axis, and wherein an entirety of the support aperture is positioned closer than the bottom surface of the sidewall to the second end, wherein the support aperture includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface parallel to the second end of the sidewall.

2. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the support aperture has an oblong shape.

3. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the support aperture is positioned directly between the gullet and the second end of the sidewall.

4. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the support aperture is positioned behind the trailing surface of the gullet relative to the cutting direction.

5. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the support aperture is positioned in front of the leading surface of the gullet relative to the cutting direction.

6. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the gullet is one of one or more gullets in the cylindrical body, and wherein the support aperture does not circumferentially overlap with any of the one or more gullets.

7. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the central longitudinal axis intersects the support aperture.

8. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the central longitudinal axis is obliquely oriented relative to the rotational axis.

9. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the central longitudinal axis is parallel with the rotational axis.

10. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the support aperture is one of a plurality of support apertures in the cylindrical body.

11. The hole saw of claim 1 , wherein the sidewall is a one-piece sidewall.

12. A hole saw movable about a rotational axis in a cutting direction to cut into a workpiece, the hole saw comprising:

a cylindrical body including a one-piece sidewall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the cylindrical body also including a gullet formed in the one-piece sidewall between a leading surface, a trailing surface, and a bottom surface of the one-piece sidewall, the gullet extending through the first end of the one-piece sidewall, the cylindrical body further including a support aperture formed in the one-piece sidewall, the support aperture spaced apart from the first end and the second end, the support aperture providing a support surface that is offset from the bottom surface to help leverage and remove a workpiece plug from the cylindrical body; and

a cutting tooth coupled to the first end of the one-piece sidewall adjacent the gullet,

wherein the gullet defines an area, wherein the support aperture defines an area, and wherein the area of the gullet is greater than the area of the support aperture,

wherein the support aperture includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface parallel to the second end of the one-piece sidewall and positioned closer than the bottom surface of the one-piece sidewall to the second end, the second surface parallel to the second end of the one-piece sidewall and positioned closer than the bottom surface of the one-piece sidewall to the second end.

13. The hole saw of claim 12 , wherein the gullet defines a central longitudinal axis, and wherein the central longitudinal axis intersects the support aperture.

14. The hole saw of claim 12 , wherein the gullet defines a central longitudinal axis, and wherein the central longitudinal axis does not intersect the support aperture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2023
From: SAWA, MAX R.; PILLER, GEOFFREY R.; PETERSON, KENNETH D.; DUMEZ, TRAVIS J.; PANGERC, JAMES ERNEST
To: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
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Continuity (4)
Division 16910166 · Jun 24, 2020
Division 15863253 · Jan 5, 2018
Provisional Application 62443317 · Jan 6, 2017
Related Publication 20230110578A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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