Patent ID: 9511421
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B23B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder, the clamp assembly comprising: a clamp; the clamp having a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp; a coolant plate having a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface, the top plate surface containing a recess wherein the recess receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate; the bottom plate surface containing a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert; a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate; wherein the recess comprising a first notch, and wherein the first notch having a first notch central longitudinal axis, and the coolant plate having a coolant plate central longitudinal axis; and further including a second notch having a second notch central longitudinal axis, and the first notch central longitudinal axis and the second notch central longitudinal axis each being disposed at a notch disposition angle to the coolant plate central longitudinal axis.