Patent ID: 7153068

Claim:
A milling cutter having an axis of rotation and comprising: a generally disk-shaped cutter body comprising: two side surfaces and an outer peripheral surface therebetween, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to the two side surfaces; a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart cutting portions located around the outer peripheral surface of the cutter body; a central aperture in the cutter body; and at least two radially directed slots in the cutter body, each slot opening out to the central aperture; and a hub mounted on the disk-shaped cutter body, the hub comprising: two adapter members, one adapter member located on either side of the cutter body, each adapter member having an inner side wall and at least two holes formed in said inner side wall, the holes of one adapter member being aligned with the holes of the other adapter member and also being aligned with the slots formed in the cutter body, thereby forming pairs of aligned holes; and a pin connecting each pair of aligned holes to thereby secure the adapter members to the disk shaped cutter body, the pin passing through one of said slots formed in the cutter body, wherein: the two adapter members are mounted to the cutter body without the use of screws.