Grooving or threading tool

• US 4,979,851 A
• Filed: 05/24/1990
• Issued: 12/25/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Valenite LLC (Sandvik AB)
• Original Assignee: GTE Valenite Corp. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Hunt, Carl E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Daniel W.
• Application Number:
  US07/527,679
• Time in Patent Office: 215 Days
• Field of Search: 408/141, 408/143, 408/144, 408/199, 408/200, 408/231, 408/233, 408/238, 408/239 R, 408/713, 408/239 A, 82/904, 407/46
• US Class Current: 408/143
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 27/007 for internal turning boring bars B23B29/02, boring heads B23B29/03; milling cutters B23C5/00; reamers B23D77/00
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 27/065 Thread-turning tools
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 82/904 Vibrating method or tool
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 407/1932 with means to fasten tool seat to holder
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/76 Tool-carrier with vibration-damping means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/78 Tool of specific diverse material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/90993 Screw driven means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/95 with tool-retaining means

Abstract

An elongated grooving or threading tool has a cutting section, an intermediate section including a devibrator body, and a rearward cemented carbide section which are, respectively, held together in axial alignment by a drawbolt which engages the cutting section and cemented carbide section for holding the intermediate section under compression.

Claims

1. An elongated grooving and threading tool of the type having a radially projecting cutting edge, said tool comprising a cutting section having an axially extending bore and a radially projecting cutting edge,

a hollow cylindrically shaped cemented carbide section having a cylindrically shaped axially aligned opening.

a cylindrically shaped intermediate section having an opening extending therethrough, said intermediate section positioned intermediate said cutting section and said cemented carbide section,

a first connection formed at the juncture of said intermediate section and said cutting section,

a second connection formed at the juncture of said intermediate section and said cemented carbide section,

said first and said second connection comprise a key and a keyway and a pair of first and second surfaces wherein each surface has a cross-sectional area, each cross-sectional area of said respective surfaces comprise about a major portion of the cross-sectional area of said respective cutting section, said intermediate section, and said carbide section,

a drawbar connected between said cutting section and said cemented carbide section for holding said sections in axial alignment along said axis, said drawbar being under tension for holding said intermediate section and said first and said second connections under a compressive force,

a cylindrically shaped enlarged means for centering said drawbar relative to the rearward section for preventing relative radial movement and permitting axial movement between the forward end of said drawbar and the rearward section, said cylindrically shaped enlarged means being adapted for providing a sliding precision fit between the drawbar and the rearward section within said hollow rearward section for preventing relative radial movement between the forward end of said drawbar and the rearward section, said cylindrically shaped enlarged means being at the juncture of said intermediate section and said cemented carbide section and extending rearwardly along the axial direction from the junction of the rearward section a distance sufficient to impart stiffness to said tool, and

at least one annular ring for dampening vibrations positioned around said draw bar in said intermediate section and positioned axially intermediate said cutting section and said carbide section.

2. An elongated grooving or threading tool according to claim 1 wherein said enlarged portion extends rearwardly a distance of from about one to about four diameters wherein said diameter corresponds to the diameter of said enlarged portion at said sliding precision fit.