Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
207 words
A cutting plate of polygonal cross-sectional shape and including a chip-breaker on at least one of its working faces, said plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a plurality of side surfaces defining said polygonal shape, at least one cutting point on a cutting point plane generally parallel to and below said upper surface, at least two cutting surfaces each defined by at least one conical surface with an axis perpendicular to said cutting point plane, said cutting point including a cutting edge at said cutting plane and comprising a surface generated by an arc of a curve adjacent an intersection between two of said side surfaces, two of said cutting surfaces in the region of said cutting point being joined along an arc of a curve bisecting said cutting point in a plane perpendicular to said cutting point plane wherein a discontinuity is provided by the angle of said two cutting surfaces decreasing as each of said conical cutting surfaces approaches said arc of a curve bisecting said cutting point, and the juncture of said side surfaces and said cutting surfaces comprising a cutting edge defined by a plane Qα connecting two cutting points, which plane Qα defines a portion of said polygonal shape.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
207 words
A cutting plate of polygonal cross-sectional shape and including a chip-breaker on at least one of its working faces, said plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a plurality of side surfaces defining said polygonal shape, at least one cutting point on a cutting point plane generally parallel to and below said upper surface, at least two cutting surfaces each defined by at least one conical surface with an axis perpendicular to said cutting point plane, said cutting point including a cutting edge at said cutting plane and comprising a surface generated by an arc of a curve adjacent an intersection between two of said side surfaces, two of said cutting surfaces in the region of said cutting point being joined along an arc of a curve bisecting said cutting point in a plane perpendicular to said cutting point plane wherein a discontinuity is provided by the angle of said two cutting surfaces decreasing as each of said conical cutting surfaces approaches said arc of a curve bisecting said cutting point, and the juncture of said side surfaces and said cutting surfaces comprising a cutting edge defined by a plane Qα connecting two cutting points, which plane Qα defines a portion of said polygonal shape.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A plate according to claim 1 wherein the cutting edge comprises a single arc of a curve, such that ψ' 1 = ψ" 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A plate according to claim 2 wherein the ratio of the clearance and cutting angles (ρ/θ) ≃ 1/1 when ψ' 1 = ψ" 1 = 45°.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A plate according to claim 3 wherein angles ρ and θ are determined by the angle at the apex β of the cones.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A plate according to claim 2 wherein the ratio of the clearance and cutting angles (ρ/θ) < 1/1 when ψ' 1 = ψ" 1 = 45°.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A plate according to claim 2 wherein the ratio of the clearance and cutting angles (ρ/θ) > 1/1 when ψ'1 = ψ" 1 < 45°.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A plate according to claim 1 wherein the cutting edge comprises two curve arcs, generated by two cones with the same angle at the apex β, and such that ψ' 1 = ψ" 1 and ψ' 2 = ψ" 2.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A plate according to claim 7 wherein the ratio of the clearance and cutting angles (ρ/θ) ≃ 1/1 when ψ" 1 = ψ" 2 = 45°.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A plate according to claim 7 wherein the ratio of the clearance and cutting angles (ρ/θ) < 1/1 when ψ" 1 = ψ" 2 > 45°.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A plate according to claim 7 wherein the ratio of the clearance and cutting angles (ρ/θ) > 1/1 when ψ" 1 = ψ" 2 < 45°.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
A plate according to claim 1 wherein the cutting edge comprises two curve arcs generated by two cones with the same angle at the apex β, and such that ψ' 1 is greater than ψ" 1 and ψ' 2 is greater than ψ" 2.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
A plate according to claim 1 wherein the cutting edge comprises two curve arcs, generated by two cones with the same angle at the apex β, and such that ψ' 1 is less than ψ" 1 and ψ' 2 is less than ψ" 2.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
A plate according to claim 1 wherein the cutting edge comprises n curve arcs generated by n cones.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
A plate according to claim 13 wherein the points connecting the curve arcs of the type Co are located in the plane Qγ and such that ψ' 1 = ψ" 1, ψ' 2 = ψ" 2 . . . and ψ' n = ψ" n.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
A plate according to claim 13 wherein the intermediate connecting points of the type B1 located between the two cutting points are placed above the plane Qγ and such that ψ' 1 and ψ' n are less than ψ" 1 and ψ" n.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
A plate according to claim 1 wherein a hollow zone is formed in the cutting point, the lowest point in the hollow zone being located in the plane which bisects the cutting point.