Patent ID: 6273082
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B23D,B24D,B28D,C22C

Abstract:
A cutting tool comprising a core, a working edge of said core and a plurality of cutting members structurally independent of said core and shaped to be fixed to said core, each of said cutting members being cut out from a corrugated sheet of an abrasive material comprising a sintered retaining matrix material having a plurality of abrasive particles embedded therein, said particles including agglomerates of individual abrasive particles and being orderly distributed in a non-random pattern in the matrix material by means of a mesh material, and each of said cutting members being fixed to and arranged along said working edge of said core for engaging a workpiece and cutting a kerf therein having a bottom and opposed sides, said core having first and second sides extending perpendicular to and on either side of said edge, each of said cutting members having at least a portion extending beyond at least one of said first and second sides of said core in a direction normal thereto and being fixed to said core so that the members engage opposed sides of the kerf and act as gauge keeping members, said cutting members further including a stock removal portion for engaging the bottom of said kerf, said cutting members being fixed to said core so that the stock removal portion of said members has a width extending along the working edge of said core, the effective total width of said stock removal portion of the cutting members being substantially equal to the width of said kerf.