BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
For a better understanding of the present invention and to show how the same may be carried out in practice, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a reamer in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of the reamer, taken in the plane of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective bottom view of a cutting head;
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of a shank, taken in the plane of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a perspective top view of an adaptor;
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the adaptor taken in the plane VI-VI in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a perspective top view of a retaining element;
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the retaining element taken in the plane VIII-VIII in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a perspective top view of the adaptor and retaining element;
FIG. 10 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of a tool holder, taken in the plane of FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view of the reamer taken along the line M-M in FIG. 2 showing a positive position of the adaptor in relation to the retaining element,
FIG. 12 is a cross sectional view of the reamer taken along the line M-M in FIG. 2 showing a neutral position of the adaptor in relation to the retaining element; and
FIG. 13 is a cross sectional view of the reamer taken along the line M-M in FIG. 2 showing a negative position of the adaptor in relation to the retaining element.
Patent Application
20070196188
