Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090067927 | Road milling drum having an adjustable width - A road milling drum assembly that is for use with a road milling machine. The road milling drum includes a core portion carrying a first road planing bit assembly wherein the core portion detachably connects to the road milling machine. The first road planing bit assembly has a first milling width. The assembly further including one of the following components selected from the group of: (1) a protective cover that detachably connects to the core portion and the road milling machine; or (2) a milling extension segment carrying a second road planing bit assembly wherein the milling extension segment detachably connects to the core portion and the road milling machine. The second road planing bit assembly has a second milling width wherein the road milling drum has a milling width equal to the sum of the first milling width and the second milling width. | 03-12-2009 |
20090071042 | Grader blade with tri-grade insert assembly on the leading edge - A grader blade includes a grader blade body that has a recess in a bottom edge, and a tri-grade insert assembly is received within the recess. The tri-grade insert assembly includes a leading insert, a mediate insert and a trailing insert. The leading insert has an impact wear resistance and fracture wear resistance greater than the mediate insert and the trailing insert. The trailing insert has an abrasion wear resistance and down-pressure wear resistance greater than the leading insert and the mediate insert. The mediate insert has an impact wear resistance and fracture wear resistance greater than the trailing insert and an abrasion wear resistance and down-pressure wear resistance greater than the leading insert. | 03-19-2009 |
20090090524 | CORNER WEAR PROTECTION FOR SEEDING TOOLS - A wear protection insert for an agricultural seeding tool having at least one angled edge on its lower base. The insert is made from wear resistant material shaped at an angle preferably ranging from about 135 to 175 degrees to form a doglegged corner component to improve the wear resistance of the soil slicing edge to the seeding tool. | 04-09-2009 |
20100038955 | BIT HOLDER BLOCK WITH NON-ROTATING WEAR SLEEVE - A block and non-rotating wear sleeve for holding a cutting tool used with mining and construction is disclosed. A key is used to intersect with notches in the wear sleeve and block at a rear face of the wear sleeve and block to prevent rotational movement between the wear sleeve and block. Locating the key and notches at the rear face provides an easily manufactured anti-rotation means which is also sheltered from the most of the abrasion experienced by the block and wear sleeve. | 02-18-2010 |
20100052407 | ROTATABLE CUTTING TOOL WITH SUPERHARD CUTTING MEMBER - A rotatable cutting tool that is useful for impingement upon a substrate and is adapted to be rotatably retained within the bore of a holder. The rotatable cutting tool includes an elongate cutting tool body, which has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end, as well as a socket at the axial forward end thereof. The rotatable cutting tool also includes a hard cutting member that is affixed to the cutting tool body within the socket. The hard cutting member has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The hard cutting member has a superhard axial forward portion at the axial forward end thereof wherein the superhard axial forward portion has a maximum transverse dimension. The hard cutting member further has a hard axial rearward portion contiguous with and axial rearward of the superhard axial forward portion. The hard axial rearward portion has a maximum transverse dimension. The ratio of the maximum transverse dimension of the superhard axial forward portion to the maximum transverse dimension of the hard axial rearward portion ranges between about 0.35 and about 0.45. | 03-04-2010 |
20110114774 | Impact Crusher Wear Components Including Wear Resistant Inserts Bonded Therein - A wear component for use in an impact crusher having a forward depression on the face of the wear component which is exposed to aggregate wear. Wear resistant inserts, for example cemented tungsten carbide inserts, are bonded within the forward depression to prevent rapid abrasion of the wear component. Joints are formed between wear resistant inserts and joints are also formed between wear resistant inserts and the wear component. Bonding material fills the joints to further secure the wear resistant inserts and to prevent crack propagation. | 05-19-2011 |
20110162756 | INDEXABLE STUMP CUTTER TOOTH - A bi-directional pocket member that retains a stump cutter tooth. The pocket affixes to a selected wheel side surface of a driven wheel, which has a first wheel side surface and a second wheel side surface. The pocket member has a pocket body, which has a first pocket edge, a second pocket edge, a first pocket side surface, a second pocket side surface, a radial inward pocket portion and an integral radial outward pocket portion. The radial inward pocket portion contains attachment bores used to operatively attach the pocket member to the driven wheel. The radial outward portion contains a retention bore used to retain the stump cutter tooth. | 07-07-2011 |
20120012229 | INDEXABLE STUMP CUTTER TOOTH - A stump cutter assembly that has a driven wheel with first and wheel side surfaces, and a first stump cutter tooth assembly operatively attaches to the first wheel side surface and a second stump cutter tooth assembly operatively attaches to the second wheel side surface. The first stump cutter tooth assembly includes a first stump cutter tooth and a first bi-directional pocket member that non-rotatably retains the first stump cutter tooth. The second stump cutter tooth assembly includes a second stump cutter tooth and a second bi-directional pocket member that non-rotatably retains the second stump cutter tooth. The first stump cutter tooth assembly is in general transverse alignment with the second stump cutter tooth assembly. | 01-19-2012 |
20130026810 | Cutting Tool Assembly with Protective Member - A cutting tool assembly for use in impinging earth strata includes a holder containing a bore having an axial forward end, and the holder having a forward surface surrounding the bore at the axial forward end of the bore. The assembly also includes a cutting tool being rotatably contained within the bore of the holder, and the cutting tool having a rearwardly facing shoulder. The assembly further includes a protective member positionable between the cutting tool and the holder. The protective member has a first surface adjacent the rearwardly facing shoulder of the cutting tool and a second surface adjacent to the forward surface of the holder, wherein the first surface has a first hardness that is greater than a second hardness of the second surface. In one aspect, the second surface of the protective member is in direct contact with the forward surface of the holder. In another aspect, the first surface of the protective member is in direct contact with the rearwardly facing shoulder of the cutting tool. | 01-31-2013 |
20130300183 | Multi-Faced Cutting Tool - A rotatable cutting tool for use in impinging earth strata includes a cutting tool body having a central longitudinal axis, the cutting tool body including a head portion, a shank portion axially rearward of the head portion and a hard cutting tip affixed to the head portion of the cutting tool body. The head portion includes a first head section adjacent to an axial forward end of the head portion, wherein the first head section includes a plurality of first side faces such that adjacent first side faces meet to form a corresponding plurality of first common edges. The head portion further includes a second head section adjacent to an axial rearward end of the head portion, the second head section having a plurality of second side faces wherein adjacent second side faces meet to form a corresponding plurality of second common edges. | 11-14-2013 |
20140318871 | ROTARY DRILL BIT WITH CUTTING INSERT HAVING EDGE PREPARATION - A rotary drill bit for engaging an earth strata material includes an elongate drill bit body having an axial forward end and an axial rearward end, and a cutting insert attached to the axial forward end of the elongate drill bit body. The cutting insert has an elongate insert body rotatable about a central axis and includes a pair of symmetrical halves symmetrical about the central axis, each symmetrical half including a leading face, a top surface having a relief surface, a T-land surface extending between the leading face and the relief surface and a cutting edge formed at the intersection of the T-land surface and the relief surface. The cutting edge can have a negative axial rake angle. The relief surface can include a primary relief surface and a secondary relief surface. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318872 | TWO PRONG ROTARY DRILL BIT WITH CUTTING INSERT HAVING EDGE PREPARATION - A two-prong rotary drill bit for engaging an earth strata material includes a drill bit body having an axis of rotation, the drill bit body having a head portion at an axial forward end and a shank portion at an axial rearward end, the head portion having two mounting arms offset from the axis of rotation of the drill bit body. The two-prong rotary drill bit also includes a cutting insert attached to each mounting arm at the axial forward end of the drill bit body. Each cutting insert includes a leading face facing in the direction of rotation, a top surface having a relief surface, a T-land surface extending between the leading face and the relief surface of the top surface and a cutting edge formed at the intersection of the T-land surface and the relief surface of the top surface. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319261 | STUMP GRINDING CUTTER BIT WITH CUTTING INSERT HAVING EDGE PREPARATION - A stump grinding cutter bit includes a non-rotatable shank portion, a head portion integrally formed with the non-rotatable shank portion and including a tip region distal from the non-rotatable shank portion, and a cutting insert mounted at the tip region of the head portion. The cutting insert includes: a body having a top surface, a leading face, an opposing trailing face, a first side and a second side; a T-land surface extending between the leading face and the top surface and extending between the leading face and the first side and second side; and a cutting edge formed at the intersection of the T-land surface and the top surface and at the intersection of the T-land surface and the first side and the second side. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319897 | FLAT CUTTER BIT WITH CUTTING INSERT HAVING EDGE PREPARATION - A flat cutter bit for engaging an earth strata material includes a non-rotatable shank portion, a head portion integrally formed with the non-rotatable shank portion and including a tip region distal from the non-rotatable shank portion, and a cutting insert mounted at the tip region of the head portion. The cutting insert includes a body having an angled leading face, a top surface having a relief surface, a T-land surface extending between the angled leading face and the relief surface of the top surface and a cutting edge formed at the intersection of the T-land surface and the relief surface of the top surface. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319898 | RADIAL CUTTER BIT WITH CUTTING INSERT HAVING EDGE PREPARATION - A radial cutter bit includes a non-rotatable shank portion, a head portion including a tip region distal from the non-rotatable shank portion, and a cutting insert mounted at the tip region of the head portion. The cutting insert includes a body having a leading face, an opposing trailing face, a first side and a second side. The leading face has a central face portion, a first side face portion extending toward the first side of the body and a second face portion extending toward the second side of the body. The cutting insert further includes a top surface having a relief surface, a T-land surface extending between at least a portion of the leading face and the relief surface of the top surface and a cutting edge formed at the intersection of the T-land surface and the relief surface of the top surface. | 10-30-2014 |