Patent ID: 8465232

Claim:
A cutting tool ( 10 ), comprising: a shank portion ( 18 ); a head portion ( 20 ) comprising an insert pocket ( 24 ), the insert pocket having a cutting insert ( 26 ) releasably retained therein, and a coolant conveying member ( 34 ), positioned adjacent the head portion, to provide coolant fluid to a cutting area, the coolant conveying member comprising: a member body ( 36 ) configured to receive and convey coolant fluid through a fluid passage ( 38 ) formed therein; and a nozzle ( 40 ), engaged to the member body, to convey and jet out therethrough coolant fluid received from the fluid passage, wherein the nozzle is shiftable relative to the member body between: a first position in which the nozzle extends outwardly and forwardly from the member body so as to at least partially extend over a clamping component ( 32 ) that secures the cutting insert in place; and a second position in which the nozzle is retracted in the fluid passage, such that at least a portion of the nozzle that extends outwardly from the member body in the first position is accommodated in the fluid passage in the second position, and no portion of the nozzle extends over the clamping component; wherein: the nozzle is stabilized in the first position by a continuous flow of coolant fluid therethrough, forcing the nozzle outwardly and forwardly from the member body.