Patent ID: 7520698

Claim:
A cutting tool for producing gears and other toothed articles comprising: a tool holder having an axis of rotation, an innermost end mountable to a machine spindle and an outermost end; a two-sided cutting blade positioned in said outermost end of said tool holder, said cutting blade having a blade body, a first cutting end and a second cutting end with each cutting end having one or more toothed-shaped cutting profiles, the one or more toothed-shaped cutting profiles on said first end being spaced by an axial offset amount from the one or more toothed-shaped cutting profiles on said second cutting end, said two-sided cutting blade further comprising a locator slot having a predetermined shape, wherein said tool holder includes an outer surface with said first cutting end and said second cutting end projecting outwardly from said outer surface, said tool holder including a locator slot in said outermost end, said cutting blade being positioned in the tool holder whereby the locator slot of said cutting blade and the locator slot of the tool holder form a continuous locator slot in said outermost end, said cutting tool further comprising a clamping cover releasably secured to and covering said outermost end of the tool holder, said clamping cover having a locator key positioned in said continuous locator slot to secure the cutting blade in the tool holder.