BORE CUTTER

Abstract

First and second bore blade portions are provided on the outer periphery of a rotary shaft at intervals in the circumferential direction with a rotation axis as the center. A first bore blade portion has a continuous blade and a second bore blade portion has a discontinuous blade having protruding blade edges and indented blade edges, which are alternately provided. The distance in the radial direction of the protruding blade edges is set so as to be greater than or equal to the distance in the radial direction of a continuous blade, and the distance in the radial direction of indented blade edges is set so as to be smaller than the distance in the radial direction of the continuous blade. Accordingly, the cutting resistance of the bore cutter can be reduced.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The features of the present invention that are believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention, together with objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description of the presently preferred embodiments together with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1A is a front view showing a bore cutter according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is a rear view showing the cutter of FIG. 1A;

FIG. 1C is a side view showing the cutter of FIG. 1A;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view showing the cutter of FIG. 1A; and

FIGS. 3A and 3B are views for illustrating the operation of the cutter of FIG. 1A.

Claims

1. A bore cutter, comprising: a rotary shaft having a rotation axis, wherein first and second bore blade portions are provided on an outer periphery of the rotary shaft at intervals in a circumferential direction with said rotation axis at the center,wherein the first bore blade portion has a continuous blade which is formed by providing a continuous first blade edge in such a manner that the first blade edge extends along said rotation axis, and.wherein the second bore blade portion has a discontinuous blade which is formed by providing a second blade edge in an uneven form in such a manner that the second blade edge extends along said rotation axis.

2. The cutter according to claim 1, wherein said second blade edge includes a protruding blade edge and an indented blade edge which are alternately provided in the longitudinal direction of the second blade edge,wherein said protruding blade edge is formed in such a manner that a distance between said rotation axis and said protruding blade edge is greater than or equal to the distance between said rotation axis and said first blade edge, andwherein said indented blade edge is formed in such a manner that a distance between said rotation axis and said indented blade edge is smaller than the distance between said rotation axis and said first blade edge.

3. The cutter according to claim 2, wherein said continuous blade and said discontinuous blade are alternately placed in the circumferential direction.

4. The cutter according to claim 3, wherein the number of said continuous blade and the number of said discontinuous blade are both one.

5. The bore cutter according to claim 3, wherein said continuous blade and said discontinuous blade are placed at equal angular intervals in the circumference.