Patent ID: 6471450
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A countersink cage for controlling a countersink cutter to penetrate to a predetermined depth through a curved surface along a cutting axis, the countersink cutter having a rotating cutter body, the countersink cage comprising:a top cage member having a top aperture formed for receiving the rotating cutter body axially therethrough, the top cage member being selectively engageable to the countersink cutter along the rotating cutter body; a bottom cage member rotatably engaged to and axially fixed to the top cage member, the bottom cage member having a bottom aperture in alignment with the top aperture for receiving the rotating cutter body axially therethrough; and two contact members extending from the bottom cage member sized and configured to contact the curved surface when the rotating cutter body penetrates therethrough along the cutting axis to the predetermined depth.