Cutting tool and method of manufacturing machined product using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11065691-B2
Application number	US-201716326393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2017
Priority date	Aug 19, 2016
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A cutting tool may include a holder including a pocket, a cutting insert located at the pocket, a clamp member configured to fix the cutting insert to the pocket, and a flow path including an inflow port and an outflow port. The clamp member may include a screw and a clamp. The flow path may further include a first flow path located in the holder, a second flow path located in the clamp, and a third flow path that is a pipe connecting the first flow path and the second flow path and including a first end part located in the first flow path and a second end part located in the second flow path.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cutting tool, comprising:
a holder having a shape extending from a first end to a second end and comprising a pocket located at a side of the first end;
a cutting insert located at the pocket;
a clamp member configured to fix the cutting insert to the pocket; and
a flow path comprising an inflow port and an outflow port,
wherein
the holder further comprises a screw hole and a first surface located closer to a side of the second end than the screw hole and inclined downward as going farther from the cutting insert,
the clamp member comprises a screw configured to engage with the screw hole and a clamp,
the clamp comprises a through hole where the screw is inserted, a front end configured to engage with the cutting insert, and a second surface configured to come into contact with the first surface,
the flow path further comprises a first flow path located in the holder, a second flow path located in the clamp, and a third flow path that is a pipe connecting the first flow path and the second flow path,
the pipe comprises a first end part located in the first flow path and a second end part located in the second flow path,
the first flow path comprises a first coupling part comprising a first coupling port where the first end part is inserted,
the first flow part further comprises a first step part,
the second flow path comprises a second coupling part comprising a second coupling port where the second end part is inserted,
the second coupling part further comprises a second step part, and
inner diameters of the first step part and the second step part are smaller than an outer diameter of the pipe.

2. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first annular sealing member configured to be fitted to an outer peripheral part of the first end part; and
a second annular sealing member configured to be fitted to an outer peripheral part of the second end part.

3. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the clamp further comprises a protrusion protruding downward, and
the second coupling part is located in the protrusion.

4. The cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the second coupling part further comprises a third region extending from a side of the second coupling port into the clamp, and a fourth region having a cylindrical shape and located farther from the second coupling port than the third region,
an inner diameter of the third region becomes smaller as going farther from the second coupling port, and
an inner diameter of the fourth region is smaller than an inner diameter of the second coupling port.

5. The cutting tool according to claim 4 , wherein
the second coupling part further comprises a fifth region having a cylindrical shape and located closer to the second coupling port than the third region, and
an inner diameter of the fifth region is equal to the inner diameter of the second coupling port and greater than an outer diameter of the pipe.

6. The cutting tool according to claim 4 , wherein
the second coupling part further comprises a sixth region having a cylindrical shape and located farther from the second coupling port than the fourth region, and
an inner diameter of the sixth region is smaller than an outer diameter of the pipe.

7. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the second coupling part has a cylindrical shape, and the second step part is located along a semiperiphery of the second coupling part.

8. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the first coupling part comprises a first region extending from the first coupling port into the holder, and
the first region comprises a first portion whose inner diameter becomes smaller as going farther from the first coupling port.

9. The cutting tool according to claim 8 , wherein
the first region further comprises a second portion having a cylindrical shape and located closer to the first coupling port than the first portion,
the first coupling port is located at the second portion, and
an inner diameter of the second portion is greater than an outer diameter of the pipe.

10. The cutting tool according to claim 8 , wherein
the first coupling part further comprises a second region having a cylindrical shape and located farther from the first coupling port than the first region, and
an inner diameter of the second region is smaller than an outer diameter of the pipe.

11. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a straight line connecting a center of the screw and the front end is orthogonal to an upper edge of the first surface.

12. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the second flow path comprises a first opening that opens into the front end as the outflow port.

13. The cutting tool according to claim 12 , wherein
an inner diameter of the first opening in a direction orthogonal to a central axis of the through hole is greater than an inner diameter of the first opening in a direction parallel to the central axis.

14. The cutting tool according to claim 12 , wherein
the second flow path comprises a third portion comprising the first opening and a fourth portion located farther from the first opening than the third portion, and
a cross-sectional area of the fourth portion is greater than a cross-sectional area of the third portion.

15. The cutting tool according to claim 14 , wherein
a cross-sectional shape of the third portion is an approximately elliptical shape in which an inner diameter in a direction orthogonal to a central axis of the through hole is greater than an inner diameter in a direction parallel to the central axis, and
a cross-sectional shape of the fourth portion is an approximately circular shape.

16. The cutting tool according to claim 14 , wherein
a length of the fourth portion is greater than a length of the third portion.

17. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the second flow path comprises a fifth portion, as going farther away from the front end, that is inclined and leading away from a straight line that connects a central axis of the through hole and the front end.

18. The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the second flow path comprises a sixth portion inclined upward as going farther from the front end.

19. A method of manufacturing a machined product, comprising:
rotating a workpiece;
bringing the cutting tool according to claim 1 into contact with the workpiece being rotated; and
moving the cutting tool away from the workpiece.

20. A cutting tool, comprising:
a holder having a shape extending from a first end to a second end and comprising a pocket located at a side of the first end;
a cutting insert located at the pocket;
a clamp member configured to fix the cutting insert to the pocket; and
a flow path comprising an inflow port and an outflow port,
wherein
the holder further comprises a screw hole and a first surface located closer to a side of the second end than the screw hole and inclined downward as going farther from the cutting insert,
the clamp member comprises a screw configured to engage with the screw hole and a clamp,
the clamp comprises a through hole where the screw is inserted, a front end configured to engage with the cutting insert, and a second surface configured to come into contact with the first surface,
the flow path further comprises a first flow path located in the holder, a second flow path located in the clamp, and a third flow path that is a pipe connecting the first flow path and the

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Nagae Shin

Classifications

• B23B27/16

  with exchangeable cutting bits {or cutting inserts}, e.g. able to be clamped · CPC title

• B23B27/10 Primary

  Cutting tools with special provision for cooling {(drills with lubricating or cooling equipment B23B51/06; features relating to lubricating or cooling of milling cutters B23C5/28; arrangements or devices for cooling or lubricating tools or work B23Q11/10)} · CPC title

• B23B29/12

  Special arrangements on tool holders · CPC title

• B23B2250/12

  Cooling and lubrication · CPC title