Patent ID: 8956086
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A toolholder assembly, comprising: a toolholder body having a coolant passage for delivery of coolant fluid; a cutting insert seated within a recess of the body, the cutting insert including at least one flank face, a top face, a bottom face, a cutting edge formed at an intersection between the at least one flank face and the top face, and an insert orifice extending between the top face and the bottom face that aligns with the coolant passage of the body; a lock pin at least partially disposed within the insert orifice, the lock pin including a lock pin orifice in fluid communication with the coolant passage of the body, the lock pin orifice having an outlet port to allow coolant fluid flowing through the lock pin orifice to exit through the outlet port; and a lock pin ring disposed about the lock pin, the lock pin ring including a coolant port in fluid communication with the outlet port of the lock pin to allow coolant fluid flowing through the lock pin orifice to exit through the coolant port of the lock pin ring in a direction of a cutting area of the cutting insert.