Patent ID: 8388270

Claim:
A slotting cutter, comprising: a disc-like cutter body rotatable in a predetermined direction on a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the cutter body; a plurality of cutting insert receiving pockets formed about a perimeter of the body; a plurality of wedge receiving pockets formed about the perimeter of the cutter body; a cutting insert replaceably mounted in each insert receiving pocket of the cutter body; a clamping wedge replaceably mounted in each wedge receiving pocket of the cutter body; a cantilevered member disposed between each insert receiving pocket and a respective wedge receiving pocket, the cantilevered member including an undercut feature and a pair of slots extending radially inward with respect to the undercut feature toward the central axis of the cutter body, each slot having a width and a length, wherein a thickness, t 3 , of the cantilevered member along the entire length of the pairs of slots is greater than a thickness, t 2 , of the cantilevered member at the undercut feature.