Patent ID: 7390152
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: B23C,B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An attachment for a milling machine head having a longitudinal axis about which a cutting tool is normally rotated when working a workpiece, said attachment comprising: a coupling sleeve attachable to the milling machine head with the longitudinal axis of the coupling sleeve coaxial to said longitudinal axis of the milling machine head; a rotary cutter member within said coupling sleeve and rotatable with respect thereto about a rotary axis which is at a predetermined angle with respect to said longitudinal axis of the milling machine head; a shaft within said coupling sleeve and coupleable at one end to said milling machine head so as to be coaxial to said longitudinal axis of the milling machine head; a first bevel gear carried at the opposite end of said shaft; and a second bevel gear carried by said rotary cutter member and engageable with said first bevel gear to rotate said cutter member about the rotary axis at said predetermined angle with respect to said longitudinal axis of the milling machine head.