Patent ID: 6939090

Claim:
A cutting tool comprising: a tool body having a distal end; and a plurality of tips mounted to the distal end of the tool body, each tip of the plurality of tips comprising a plate of substantially quadrilateral shape, the plate having a first corner having a corner angle of less than 90° and an adjacent second corner having a corner angle of less than 90°, wherein at least one of the first corner and the second corner is arranged to project along an outer periphery of the distal end of the tool body, wherein: each tip of the plurality of tips has two opposing cutting edges defined as long cutting edges and another two opposing cutting edges defined as short cutting edges; one of the long cutting edges in a first of the plurality of tips projecting towards the distal end of the tool body is defined as a first front peripheral cutting edge and one of the short cutting edges in the first of the plurality of tips is defined as a first outer peripheral cutting edge; and one of the short cutting edges in a second of the plurality of tips projecting towards the distal end of the tool body is defined as a second front peripheral cutting edge and one of the long cutting edges in the second of the plurality of tips is defined as a second outer peripheral cutting edge.