Patent ID: 8573098

Claim:
A cutting tool in fluid communication with a coolant source, the cutting tool comprising: a cutter body adapted to carry a cutting insert, the cutter body containing a cutter body coolant passage; an adapter containing a first adapter bore in fluid communication with the coolant source; a locking screw, the locking screw engaging the adapter so as to secure the cutter body to the adapter; a coolant volume being defined in a vicinity of a meeting of the cutter body, the adapter and the locking screw; the locking screw containing a locking screw bore in fluid communication with the first adapter bore, the locking screw further containing a peripheral locking screw bore passage in fluid communication with the coolant volume and the locking screw bore; the locking screw bore being in fluid communication with the cutter body coolant passage; and the coolant volume being in fluid communication with the cutter body coolant passage.