Patent ID: 11897161
Assignee: nan
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a shaper cutter head comprising: a body; a bored through the body; and a cutter secured to the body; wherein the body is configured to be releasably secured to a shaper spindle via the bore and when so assembled the body and the cutter extend along a longitudinal axis defined by the shaper spindle;
wherein along the longitudinal axis, the cutter comprises: a miter profile, a groove profile and a tongue profile for cutting a miter;
wherein the body comprises a portion comprising at least one recess, disposed at an axial position between the miter profile of the cutter and an end of the body; the at least one recess defining a flat indexing surface protruding radially outwards from a portion of the body, in relation to the longitudinal axis; and
wherein when the shaper cutter head is rotated about the longitudinal axis, the body defines a body sweep, such that in a side view of the shaper cutter head, the at least one recess is recessed from the body sweep and in an end view of the shaper cutter head, the flat indexing surface of the recess protrudes radially outward in relation to at least a portion of the body.