Patent ID: 6540448
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B23C,Y10T

Abstract:
A cutting tool holder comprising:a generally cylindrical cutting tool body having a central axis and adapted to be rotated in a predetermined direction about the axis, the body having a working end with an outer periphery; a plurality of seats formed in the tool body and spaced circumferentially about the outer periphery of the working end, each of the seats having a major seating surface with an outer periphery, having one or more minor seating surfaces about at least a portion of the outer periphery, and a central axis perpendicular to the major seating surface; wherein the seats are divided into two or more sets of seats, each set having one or more seats, and being set to a different rotational orientation about the central axis of the seat such that the one or more minor seating surfaces of each set are angled relative to the central axis of the cutting tool body and the angles being different between the sets.