Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
An indexable cutting insert assembly to be removably disposed in a prepared recess in a toolholder which comprises: (a) a ploygonal insert of hard cutting material having conjunctive side walls lying in planes intersecting each other at predetermined angles and parallel to the axis of the insert and having at least one face surface normal to said walls and said axis, and spaced inwardly of said walls, (b) a peripheral dike surrounding said face surface having a cutting land with an outer cutting edge at the side walls and extending inwardly to an inner edge and having a secondary wall dropping precipitously within the inner edge to provide a retaining wall, and (c) a chip breaker insert selectively positionable within said retaining wall having outer walls to fit complementally within said retaining wall and provided with a surface above at least one of said outer walls to serve as a chip breaker surface in cooperation with a cutting land on said insert.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
An indexable cutting insert assembly to be removably disposed in a prepared recess in a toolholder which comprises: (a) a ploygonal insert of hard cutting material having conjunctive side walls lying in planes intersecting each other at predetermined angles and parallel to the axis of the insert and having at least one face surface normal to said walls and said axis, and spaced inwardly of said walls, (b) a peripheral dike surrounding said face surface having a cutting land with an outer cutting edge at the side walls and extending inwardly to an inner edge and having a secondary wall dropping precipitously within the inner edge to provide a retaining wall, and (c) a chip breaker insert selectively positionable within said retaining wall having outer walls to fit complementally within said retaining wall and provided with a surface above at least one of said outer walls to serve as a chip breaker surface in cooperation with a cutting land on said insert.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
An indexable cutter assembly as defined in claim 1 in which said chip breaker inset has at least one exposed edge adjacent an insert cutting edge angled upwardly and away from said cutting edge to serve as a chip breaker surface in conjunction with said secondary wall on said insert.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
An indexable cutter assembly as defined in claim 1 in which said chip breaker insert has at least one corner angled upwardly and away from a corner of said insert to serve as a chip breaker surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
An indexable cutting insert assembly as defined in claim 1 in which said peripheral dike is formed on each face of said insert.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
An indexable cutting insert assembly as defined in claim 4 which includes a support anvil in the form of a polygonal insert having outer walls to fit complementally within the retaining wall of said insert on a bottom side as positioned in a tool to serve as a support for said insert and having a thickness greater than the vertical depth of said peripheral dike.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
An assembly as defined in claim 5 in which said support anvil has a surrounding ledge and flange dimensioned similarly to said insert to seat against the walls of an insert holder and to project outwardly to protect the bottom cutting edges of an assembled insert.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An indexable cutting insert as defined in claim 1 in which said land lies in a plane parallel to said faces to serve as a negative rake cutting edge surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
An indexable cutting insert as defined in claim 1 in which said land lies in a plane tilted relative to the axis of the insert from said cutting edge to serve as a cutting edge and surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
An indexable cutting insert as defined in claim 1 in which said land lies in a plane tilted downwardly toward the center of the insert from said cutting edge to serve as a positive rake cutting edge and surface.