Drill bit for drilling rock

• US 6,702,047 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2002
• Issued: 03/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CERATIZIT Austria GmbH (Flatlake Privatstiftung)
• Original Assignee: CERATIZIT Austria GmbH (Flatlake Privatstiftung)
• Inventors: Huber, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): NEUDER, WILLIAM P
• Application Number:
  US10/179,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20030000745A1
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 175/427, 175/435, 175/323, 761/082, 761/086
• US Class Current: 175/427
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 2226/75 Stone, rock or concrete working of stone B28D
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 2251/085 Discontinuous or interrupted cutting edges
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 2251/14 Configuration of the cutting part, i.e. the main cutting edges
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 51/02 Twist drills

Abstract

The drill bit is particularly suitable for drilling rock. An elongated shank carries at least one cutting insert at one end. Cutting edges are formed by adjoining flanks and rake faces which enclose a wedge angle γ. The rake faces, between marginal segments at the circumference of the drill bit and segments at the center of the drill bit have one or more recesses which run right into the adjacent flanks. These recesses reduce the wedge angle γ, at least in a longitudinal section extending directly up to the cutting edges, relative to the remaining cutting-edge segments. In this way, an improved drilling capacity with good resistance to chipping of the cutting edges is achieved.

Claims

1. A drill bit, comprising:

an elongated shank defining a rotary axis D of the drill bit and having at least one cutting insert at an end thereof;

said cutting insert having at least one front-end cutting edge extending from a periphery to said rotary axis D of the drill bit, said cutting edge being formed by a rake face, lying ahead of said cutting edge in a direction of rotation of said drill bit, and a flank, lying behind said cutting edge in the direction of rotation of the drill bit, the rake face and the flank face adjoining one another and enclosing a wedge angle γ

with one another;

said rake face having formed therein at least one recess between a marginal segment at the periphery of the drill bit and a center segment at a center of the drill bit, said recess running into the adjacent said flank and reducing the wedge angle γ

defining said cutting edge, at least in a longitudinal section extending directly up to the cutting edge, relative to the wedge angle γ

at the remaining said cutting-edge segments.

2. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein said cutting insert is configured for drilling rock.

3. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein the wedge angle γ

₁ adjoining said recesses and reduced by said recesses has a value in a range from 50°

to 70°

, and the wedge angle γ

along the remaining said cutting-edge segments has a value in a range from 80° and

100°

.

4. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein the marginal segment at the periphery of the drill bit has a length within a range of about 37% to 45% of a cutting insert thickness, and the center segment at the center of the drill bit has a length within a range of about 9% to 11% of a drill bit diameter.

5. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein said recess is one of a plurality of recesses, and a length of rake-to-face segments between the individual said recesses lies within a range of approximately 7% to 13% of a cutting insert thickness.

6. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein said recess is formed with a flat center region having rounded portions running out laterally and downward, and a rake angle α

in a center region of said recess is about 90°

.

7. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein said recess merges from said cutting insert right into an end section of said drill bit shank for accommodating said cutting insert.

8. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein said cutting insert has two front-end cutting edges enclosing a tip angle δ

of about 130°

with one another.

9. The drill bit according to claim 1, wherein said cutting insert has two front-end cutting edges, each cutting edge is divided into two different segments, and the respectively adjoining central cutting-edge segments of said two front-end cutting edges enclose a tip angle δ

₁ of about 130°

with one another, and the two circumferential cutting-edge sections enclose a tip angle δ

₂ of more than 130°

with one another.

10. The drill bit according to claim 9, wherein said two circumferential cutting-edge sections enclose a tip angle δ

₂ of more than 150°

with one another.

11. A cutting insert for a drill bit, comprising:

a cutting insert body formed with a rotary axis D and a periphery;

said cutting insert body being formed with at least one front-end cutting edge extending from said periphery to said rotary axis D;

a rake face formed on said cutting insert body ahead of said cutting edge in a direction of rotation of said cutting insert body, and a flank behind said cutting edge in the direction of rotation, said rake face and said flank face adjoining one another along said front-end cutting edge and enclosing a wedge angle γ

with one another;

said rake face having formed therein at least one recess between a marginal segment at said periphery and a center segment at a center of said cutting insert body, said recess reducing the wedge angle γ

defining said cutting edge, at least in a longitudinal section extending directly up to the cutting edge, relative to the wedge angle γ

at remaining said cutting-edge segments.