Patent ID: 6585457
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B23F,Y10T

Abstract:
A hob cutter, comprising:a body portion having a first end and a second end, the body portion lying along a longitudinal axis; a cutting portion defining a first part of the body portion, the cutting portion having a first end and a second end, the first end of the cutting portion adjacent the first end of the body portion; an abrading portion defining a second part of the body portion, the abrading portion having a first end and a second end, the second end of the abrading portion adjacent the second end of the body portion, wherein the second end of the cutting portion is contiguous with the first end of the abrading portion; helical teeth continuously arranged within the cutting portion and the abrading portion from the first end of the cutting portion to the second end of the abrading portion; and, a longitudinal gash in the cutting portion, the gash extending through the teeth in the cutting portion and ending at the second end of the cutting portion.