(under subclass 57) Device wherein the tool has a cutting edge at its axial tip, and wherein the closed, tube-like passageway includes a port at the tip of the tool.
(1) Note. The port of a passageway visible in an elevation taken along the tool-axis toward the tool is considered to be at the tip of the tool.
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204+, for a tool having a passageway extending to the tip thereof, which passageway is to receive an undisturbed core of the workpiece.