Patent ID: 6309291
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A46B,B24D

Abstract:
A cutter for being driven in rotation by a spindle, said cutter including:a housing including an annular wall having a cylindrical outer surface and defining a longitudinal center axis, a front face connected to said outer surface, a rear face connected to said outer surface and positioned in spaced relation to said front face by said annular wall, a cylindrical inner surface defining an arbor bore extending axially inwardly from said rear face towards said front face and coaxially aligned along said center axis, a cylindrical intermediate surface defining a counterbore extending from said front face towards said rear face and coaxially aligned along said center axis, said counterbore in communication with said arbor bore, a lock shoulder defined between said arbor bore and said counterbore, a rotation registration device supported by said rear face, a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial receiving bores extending substantially axially inwardly from said front face towards said rear. face, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial receiving bores extending substantially radially inwardly within annular wall;a plurality of brush assemblies slidably and removably received within a plurality of said receiving bores, each of said brush assemblies including a sleeve and a plurality of metal wire bristles fixed within said sleeve;a securing device operably connected to each of said brush assemblies for releasably securing said brush assemblies within said housing; anda plurality of cutting passageways, each of said passageways positioned intermediate a pair of said brush assemblies for facilitating the removal fo cut material away from said center axis of said housing.