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US 7,758,286 · App. 11/692,641 · Granted Jul 20, 2010

Insert-indexable tool

Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,758,286
App. No.
11/692,641
Granted
Jul 20, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insert-indexable tool includes a holder and a head member having an insert mount seat for clamping an insert. The head member includes a first jaw having a clamping face and a second jaw having a base face, the clamping face and the base face opposing each other to provide an insert mount seat. A clamping screw having a shaft portion and a pressing portion is disposed in a distal portion of the holder and is inclined with respect to an extending direction of the insert mount seat to extend gradually toward an inside of the holder. The holder is provided with a threaded hole engageable with the shaft portion of the clamping screw. The first jaw is provided with a spot facing accommodating the pressing portion of the clamping screw, and a center axis of the spot facing and an axis of threaded hole obliquely intersect each other.

Claims (17)

1. An insert-indexable tool comprising:

a holder; and

a head member having an insert mount seat by which an insert having a cutting edge is to be clamped, and mounted on a distal portion of the holder, wherein

the head member includes a first jaw having a clamping face and a second jaw having a base face, the clamping face and the base face opposing each other in a clamping direction so as to constitute the insert mount seat,

a clamping screw having a shaft portion and a pressing portion that is a plane perpendicularly intersecting an axis of the shaft portion is disposed in the distal portion of the holder in such a manner that, in a view facing toward the distal portion of the holder along an extending direction of the insert mount seat, the clamping screw is inclined with respect to the extending direction of the insert mount seat and extends gradually toward an inside of the holder while extending from the first jaw toward the second jaw,

the holder is provided with a threaded hole having an axis and engageable with the shaft portion of the clamping screw,

the first jaw is provided with a spot facing having a center axis and a bottom face perpendicularly intersecting the center axis, and accommodating the pressing portion of the clamping screw, and

the center axis of the spot facing and the axis of threaded hole obliquely intersect each other in a view facing toward the distal portion of the holder along the extending direction of the insert mount seat in such a manner that an acute angle formed between the clamping direction and the axis of the threaded hole is greater than an acute angle formed between the clamping direction and the center axis of the spot facing.

2. The insert-indexable tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the clamping screw is inclined with respect to the extending direction of the insert mount seat in such a manner that the clamping screw extends gradually away from the distal portion of the holder while extending from the first jaw toward the second jaw.

3. The insert-indexable tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the axis of the threaded hole and the center axis of the spot facing are in parallel with each other or coincide each other as viewed from a direction perpendicular to both of the extending direction of the insert mount seat and the clamping direction.

4. The insert-indexable tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the head member includes a first mount face and a second mount face extending in directions intersecting each other as viewed in the clamping direction,

the distal portion of the holder includes a first receiving face abutting the first mount face and a second receiving face abutting the second mount face,

the first receiving face and the second receiving face are respectively provided with a first fixing threaded hole and a second fixing threaded hole into which fixing screws inserted into the first mount face and the second mount face are screwed, and

the head member is fixed to the holder by the fixing screws.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2007
From: NAGAYA, HIDEHIKO; ASO, NORIO; IMAI, YASUHARU
To: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019104/0566 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-181189 · Jun 30, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080003068A1 · Jan 3, 2008