Patent ID: 9616585
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B23C,B23D,B26D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A slitting tool basic body having opposing first and second side surfaces connected by a peripheral edge, and further comprising: a disc-shaped body portion having an axis of rotation (A at least one cutting portion extending from the body portion and connected thereto by a neck section thereof, the at least one cutting portion having a head portion provided with a relief portion and a rake portion; a groove separating the body portion from the cutting portion and having a peripheral opening that is rotationally forward of the neck section in a side view of the body portion along the axis of rotation (A a threaded biasing bore formed in the cutting portion and opening out to the second groove surface, the biasing bore having a biasing axis extending through a center thereof; and a biasing surface formed on the first groove surface and located within a plan view of the biasing bore, the biasing surface being obliquely oriented relative to the biasing axis at the intersection thereof; wherein: the biasing bore is formed rotationally forward of the relief portion, in said side view; and a biasing screw occupies the biasing bore and contacts the biasing surface, the biasing screw being the only element located in the groove and contacting both the first groove surface and the second groove surface, the threaded biasing bore is the only threaded bore opening out to the groove.