Profile milling cutter for circular milling

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A CYLINDRICAL MILLING CUTTER HEAD HAVING TWO END FACES AND A PERIPHERY, THE PERIPHERY OF THE CUTTER HEAD DEFINING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE RECESSES EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID END FACES TO THE OTHER END FACE AND SAID TRANSVERSE RECESSES BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIPHERY OF THE CUTTER HEAD; AT LEAST TWO HARD METAL CUTTER PLATES SPACEDLY ARRANGED IN EACH OF THE TRANSVERSE RECESSES, EACH CUTTER PLATE HAVING THE SHAPE OF A SQUARE PRISM, AND THE CUTTER PLATES BEING TRANSVERSELY STAGGERED IN SAID RECESSES IN RELATION TO THE CUTTER PLATES IN ADJACENT ONES OF SAID RECESSES SO THAT THE CUTTER PLATES IN A SUCCESSION OF RECESSES EXTEND CONTINUOUSLY FROM ONE OF SAID END FACES TO THE OTHER END FACE, ONE OF THE CUTTER PLATES IN EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE RECESSES EXTENDING TO ONE OF SAID END FACES; A BEARING BLOCK MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE RECESSES AND SUPPORTING ALL OF THE CUTTER PLATES IN EACH RECESS OF THE CUTTER HEAD IN A RADIAL DIRECTION; A HOLDER FOR THE CUTTER PLATES IN EACH RECESS, EACH HOLDER HAVING A SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR A TRAILING FACE OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID CUTTER PLATES AND ANOTHER SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR LATERALLY POSITIONING THE RESPECTIVE CUTTER PLATE IN THE TRANSVERSE RECESS; AND A CLAMPING WEDGE MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE CUTTER HEAD ADJACENT EACH CUTTER PLATE AND HOLDING THE SAME IN POSITION AGAINST SAID SUPPORTING SURFACES.