(under subclass 13) Process which includes a step of shifting the tool intermediate successive cutting steps to rearrange or readjust the tool with respect to the work.
(1) Note. The mere movement of the tool toward and from the work in its normal cutting cycle has not been considered reorienting. The reorientation is superimposed upon the tool stroke, resulting in such additional movements as a change from the previously normal path of the tool during the tool feeding cycle, and inversion of the tool, or an indexing of the tool.
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35+, for process which includes reorienting the work between cuts.
215+, for apparatus for imparting a plurality of motions to a tool during its cutting cycle.
556+, for tool positioning means synchronized with the cutting stroke.
