Holder for head replacement-type cutting tool and head replacement-type cutting tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10124422-B2
Application number	US-201114351885-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2011
Priority date	Oct 17, 2011
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool is provided with a holder main body and a tubular coupling member 3 which is housed in an attachment hole formed on the holder main body and made of a metal material lower in hardness than the holder main body. A recessed part is formed on an inner circumferential face of the attachment hole, the coupling member is engaged with the recessed part by firmly attaching the outer circumferential face thereof on the inner circumferential face of the attachment hole, and the coupling member is provided with an attachment screw part which is screwed into a head-side screw part formed at the replacement-type cutting head.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool in which a replacement-type cutting head having a cutting part is to be attached to an attachment hole of the holder in a detachable manner to constitute a head replacement-type cutting tool,
the holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool comprising:
a holder main body; and
a tubular coupling member which is housed in the attachment hole formed in the holder main body and made of a metal material with a lower hardness and higher in ductility than the holder main body, wherein
a fitting part, formed at an opening part side of the attachment hole, is formed in a circular shape, a center of which is at the central axis of the attachment hole in a cross section orthogonal to the central axis, and in which an attachment part formed on the replacement-type cutting head is fitted into,
an engaging part is formed at a deeper part side of the attachment hole than the fitting part and is formed in a circular shape, a center of which is at the central axis of the attachment hole in a cross section orthogonal to the central axis, and in which is housed an engaged part of the coupling member,
a recessed part is formed on an inner circumferential face of the engaging part of the attachment hole,
the coupling member is engaged with the recessed part so that an outer circumferential face of the engaged part of the coupling member is firmly attached to the inner circumferential face of the engaging part of the attachment hole, by plastically deforming the engaged part so as to increase in diameter of the engaged part, the outer circumferential face of the engaged part of the coupling member being pressed to the inner circumferential surface of the engaging part of the attachment hole for the length of the engaged part,
the coupling member is provided with an attachment screw part which is to be screwed into a head-side screw part formed on the replacement-type cutting head, and
the attachment screw part is an inwardly facing female thread part, and in the coupling member, a range at which the female thread part is formed overlaps on a range at which the outer circumferential face of the engaged part is firmly attached on the inner circumferential face of the engaging part of the attachment hole in a direction of the central axis of the attachment hole, and
in the state that the replacement-type cutting head is attached, a leading end face of the holder main body is firmly attached to a rear end face of the cutting part, and an inner circumferential face of the fitting part is firmly attached to an outer circumferential face of the attachment part.

2. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the recessed part is an irregular surface whose maximum height roughness Rz is 5 μm or more to 200 μm or less, and the coupling member is such that the outer circumferential part of the engaged part is at least partially allowed to undergo plastic deformation so as to run along the irregular surface, thereby the outer circumferential face of the engaged part is firmly attached on the inner circumferential face of the engaging part of the attachment hole and engaged with the recessed part.

3. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the recessed part is provided with at least one of a wall part which faces a hole bottom of the attachment hole and a wall part which faces in a circumferential direction around the central axis of the attachment hole.

4. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein
a recessed site having a wall face whose cross section orthogonal to the central axis of the attachment hole is formed in the shape of a straight line is formed at the deepest part of the attachment hole, and there is formed on the coupling member a detent part which has a side face capable of being in contact with the wall face so as to be opposed thereto and which is housed at the recessed site.

5. A head replacement-type cutting tool comprising:
the holder according to claim 2 ; and
a replacement-type cutting head which is attached to the attachment hole of the holder such that the head-side screw part is screwed into the attachment screw part.

6. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the recessed part is provided with at least one of a wall part which faces a hole bottom of the attachment hole and a wall part which faces in a circumferential direction around the central axis of the attachment hole.

7. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 6 , wherein
a recessed site having a wall face whose cross section orthogonal to the central axis of the attachment hole is formed in the shape of a straight line is formed at the deepest part of the attachment hole, and there is formed on the coupling member a detent part which has a side face capable of being in contact with the wall face so as to be opposed thereto and which is housed at the recessed site.

8. A head replacement-type cutting tool comprising:
the holder according to claim 6 ; and
a replacement-type cutting head which is attached to the attachment hole of the holder such that the head-side screw part is screwed into the attachment screw part.

9. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the fitting part is formed in a tapered shape which gradually increases in inner diameter moving toward the opening part of the attachment hole.

10. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
an inclination angle with respect to the central axis of the fitting part formed in a tapered shape is in a range of 1° to 20°.

11. The holder for a head replacement-type cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a recessed site having a wall face whose cross section orthogonal to the central axis of the attachment hole is formed in the shape of a straight line is formed at the deepest part of the attachment hole, and there is formed on the coupling member a detent part which has a side face capable of being in contact with the wall face so as to be opposed thereto and which is housed at the recessed site.

12. A head replacement-type cutting tool comprising:
the holder according to claim 1 ; and
a replacement-type cutting head which is attached to the attachment hole of the holder such that the head-side screw part is screwed into the attachment screw part.

Assignees

• Azegami Takayuki
• Kimura Yoshihiko
• Abe Taro
• Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Inventors

• Azegami Takayuki
• Kimura Yoshihiko
• Abe Taro

Classifications

• Y10T407/1908

  Face or end mill · CPC title

• B23C2265/08

  Conical · CPC title

• B23B31/1122 Primary

  using cylindrical threads · CPC title

• B23C2210/03

  Cutting heads comprised of different material than the shank irrespective of whether the head is detachable from the shank · CPC title

• B23C5/10 Primary

  Shank-type cutters, i.e. with an integral shaft · CPC title