Rotatable cutting bit

Claim 2

A rotatable cutting bit comprising a head portion, a shank portion depending from said head portion along a longitudinal axis, said head portion having a socket at the forward end, a hard insert having coaxially aligned and integral sections, said sections comprising a base section, a tip section, and an intermediate section contiguous said base and tip section, said base being fixedly mounted in said socket and having a first diameter, said tip section being conically shaped and having a maximum second diameter, said intermediate section having a maximum third diameter, said second and third diameters each being less than said first diameter, said intermediate section and said base forming a fillet at the juncture thereof whereby said base forms a shoulder with said intermediate section.

Claim 3

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 1 wherein said intermediate section has a frusto-conical shape and tapers outwardly from the junction with the tip section to the junction with the base section.

Claim 4

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 2 wherein substantially all of said intermediate section projects forwardly of the forward end of said head portion.

Claim 5

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 1 wherein said tip section tapers outwardly at an included angle of from about 83 degrees to about 93 degrees.

Claim 6

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 4 wherein said intermediate section extends forwardly along the longitudinal axis from the base section to the tip section a distance of from about 0.25 to about 0.31 inches.

Claim 7

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 5 wherein the base section extends along the longitudinal axis a distance of from about 0.05 to about 0.11.

Claim 8

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 4 wherein said first diameter is from about 0.6 to about 0.66 inches.

Claim 9

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 6 wherein said second diameter is from about 0.38 to about 0.44 inches.

Claim 10

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 6 wherein said intermediate section tapers outwardly from said conical section to said base section at an included angle of from about 17 to about 23 degrees.

Claim 11

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 6 wherein said insert is fixedly held to said head portion by brazing, said braze flowing over and around said base section.

Claim 12

A rotatable cutting bit comprising a head portion, a shank portion depending from said head portion along a longitudinal axis, said head portion having a socket at the forward end, a hard insert having coaxially aligned and integral sections, said sections comprising a base section, a tip section, and an intermediate section contiguous said base and tip section, said base being fixedly mounted in said socket and having a first diameter of from about 0.6 to about 0.66 inches, said tip section having a maximum second diameter being from about 0.38 to about 0.44 inches and being conically shaped with an included angle of from about 83 degrees to about 93 degrees, said intermediate section having a maximum third diameter, said second and third diameters each being less than said first diameter, said intermediate section and said base forming a fillet at the junction thereof whereby said base forms a shoulder with said intermediate section.

Claim 13

A rotatable cutting bit comprising a head portion, a shank portion depending from said head portion along a longitudinal axis, said head portion having a socket at the forward end, a hard insert having coaxially aligned and integral sections, said sections comprising a base section, a tip section, and an intermediate section contiguous said base and tip section, said base being fixedly mounted in said socket and having a first diameter of from about 0.6 to about 0.66 inches, said tip section having a maximum second diameter being from about 0.38 to about 0.44 inches and being conically shaped with an included angle of from about 83 degrees to about 93 degrees, said intermediate section having a maximum third diameter, said second and third diameters each being less than said first diameter, said intermediate section and said base forming a fillet at the junction thereof whereby said base forms a shoulder with said intermediate section.

Claim 14

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 11 wherein said intermediate section has a fusto-conical shape tapering outwardly from the junction with the tip section to the junction with the base section at an included angle of about 17 to about 23 degrees.

Claim 15

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 11 wherein said intermediate section extends forwardly along the longitudinal axis from the base section to the tip section, a distance of from about 0.25 to about 0.31 inches.

Claim 16

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 11 wherein the base section extends along the longitudinal axis a distance of from about 0.05 to about 0.11.

Claim 17

A rotatable cutting bit according to claim 11 wherein said insert is fixedly held to said head portion by brazing, said braze flowing over and around said base sections.