Patent ID: 9381582
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B23C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A milling tool comprising: a tool body having a longitudinal axis and a first end; a plurality of flutes provided in the tool body and extending to the first end of the tool body; a plurality of cutting edges, each cutting edge being associated with a respective one of the plurality of flutes, wherein each cutting edge is substantially identical to each other one of the plurality of cutting edges except that at least one but not all of the cutting edges is a recessed cutting edge and at least one but not all of the cutting edges is a non-recessed cutting edge, each recessed cutting edge beginning at a non-zero distance from the first end of the tool body and each non-recessed cutting edge extending to the first end of the tool body, each of the plurality of cutting edges is disposed at an intersection of its associated flute and an associated land; a plurality of teeth disposed on each of the plurality of cutting edges; and a land associated with each recessed cutting edge, each land having a substantially planar recess therein extending from the beginning of the recessed cutting edge to the first end of the tool body, wherein each recessed cutting edge has one or more less teeth near the first end of the body than the non-recessed cutting edge to form the substantially planar recess.