Patent ID: 7927047

Claim:
A multi-cartridge cutting tool, comprising: a body including at least four cartridge-receiving pockets, each cartridge-receiving pocket including a pair of side walls, a bottom wall and a back wall; an insert-receiving cartridge adapted to be mounted to each cartridge-receiving pocket; and a cutting insert adapted to be mounted to a respective insert-receiving cartridge, a first group of cutting inserts comprises one-half of the cutting inserts adjacent to each other, and a second group of cutting inserts comprises the other one-half of the cutting inserts, wherein each cutting insert in the first group is located diagonally opposite to a cutting insert in the second group; wherein cutting edges of the cutting inserts in the first group are each located at different axial and radial distances from a central, longitudinal axis of the body and the cutting edges of the cutting inserts in the second group are located at different axial and radial distances from the central, longitudinal axis of the body, and wherein a cutting edge of at least one of the cutting inserts of the first group is located at the same axial distance as a cutting edge of at least one of the cutting inserts of the second group.