What is claimed is:
1. A shank for a cutting tool, comprising:
a cutting edge holding member; and
a shaft member having a tip end joined to a rear end of the cutting edge holding member,
one of the rear end of the cutting edge holding member and the tip end of the shaft member having a conical protrusion, and the other thereof having a conical recess engaged with the conical protrusion.
2. A shank according to claim 1, wherein the shaft member is made of a carbide material having a high rigidity, and the cutting edge holding member is made of a metal having a better machinability than that of the carbide material.
3. A shank according to claim 2, wherein the conical protrusion is formed on the tip end of the shaft member, and the conical recess is formed in the rear end of the cutting edge holding member.
4. A shank according to claim 1, wherein the cutting edge holding member and the shaft member are joined to each other by means of either one of brazing and an adhesive.
5. A shank according to claim 1, wherein a hole is formed in a bottom portion of the recess.
6. A shank according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion is shaped into a frustum of cone so that there is a space between a flat end face of the protrusion and a bottom portion of the recess.
7. A shank according to claim 6, wherein the flat end face of the protrusion is 0.3 mm or greater in diameter.
8. A shank according to claim 1, wherein the shank is 5.0 mm or smaller in diameter at a joint between the rear end of the cutting edge holding member and the tip end of the shaft member.
9. A shank according to claim 1, wherein the conical protrusion and recess have a vertex angel of 60 to 120 degrees.
10. A shank according to claim 1, wherein the cutting tool is designed for boring or drilling.
11. A cutting tool, comprising:
a shank including a cutting edge holding member and a shaft member having a tip end joined to a rear end of the cutting edge holding member, one of the rear end of the cutting edge holding member and the tip end of the shaft member having a conical protrusion, and the other thereof having a conical recess engaged with the conical protrusion; and
a throw-away tip fixed to a tip end of the cutting edge holding member.
12. A shank for a cutting tool, comprising:
a cutting edge holding member; and
a shaft member having a tip end joined to a rear end of the cutting edge holding member,
one of the rear end of the cutting edge holding member and the tip end of the shaft member having a protrusion provided with a portion circumferentially tapered down toward a protrusion end, and the other thereof having a recess engaged with the protrusion.
13. A shank according to claim 12, wherein the cutting edge holding member is made of a material having a better machinability than that of the shaft member.
14. A shank according to claim 13, wherein the shaft member is made of a carbide material.
15. A shank according to claim 13, wherein the protrusion is formed on the tip end of the shaft member, and the recess is formed in the rear end of the cutting edge holding member.
16. A shank according to claim 12, wherein the tapered portion is circular in cross section.
17. A shank according to claim 12, wherein the protrusion has a flat end face of 0.3 mm or greater in diameter.
18. A shank according to claim 17, wherein there is a space between the flat end face of the protrusion and a bottom portion of the recess.
19. A shank according to claim 12, wherein a hole is formed in a bottom portion of the recess.
20. A cutting tool, comprising:
a shank including a cutting edge holding member and a shaft member having a tip end joined to a rear end of the cutting edge holding member, one of the rear end of the cutting edge holding member and the tip end of the shaft member having a protrusion provided with a portion circumferentially tapered down toward a protrusion end, and the other thereof having a recess engaged with the protrusion; and
a throw-away tip fixed to a tip end of the cutting edge holding member.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A display controller comprising:
a target data acquisition section that acquires target data to be subjected to predetermined processing;
an extraction section that extracts, based on the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section, from a plurality of objects to be displayed, objects to be displayed associated with predetermined setting items relevant to the case where predetermined processing is applied to the target data;
a relevance information acquisition section that acquires information concerning the relevance between setting items associated with the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section and predetermined processing applied to the target data; and
a control section that displays, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition section, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than 1) ring-like areas, in which an (x\u22121)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x\u22121)th area and, at the same time, displays the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section inside the first area ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to be performed for the target data;
a setting information acquisition section that acquires information concerning setting contents about the setting items corresponding to the plurality of objects to be displayed that have been displayed in the first to n-th substantially ring-like areas, wherein the control section displays, based on the information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, the target data to be displayed inside the first area in a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.
2. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the predetermined setting items relevant to the case where predetermined processing is applied to the target data are setting items that can be used when the predetermined processing is applied to the target data.
3. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the control section displays the target data to be displayed inside the first area at a resolution that allows a user to visually confirm a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.
4. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the target data is image data, and
the predetermined processing is predetermined image processing.
5. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
in the case where the target data is image data composed of a plurality of pages, the control section displays a list corresponding to a predetermined number of pages of the image data immediately inside the first area.
6. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the control section arranges a plurality of objects to be displayed in a given substantially ring-like area such that an object to be displayed having the highest relevance is located at a predetermined uppermost position (which is positioned above the center of the circular ring-like area) in the circular ring-like area and, starting from the uppermost position, residual objects to be displayed are arranged clockwise in the order of their relevance.
7. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the substantially ring-like area is a substantially circular ring-like area.
8. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the control section locates the display area on the left side or upper side relative to the center position of the entire screen.
9. The display controller according to claim 1, wherein
the objects to be displayed include characters or icons.
10. An image processing apparatus comprising:
the display controller according to claim 1;
an operation input section that receives a user’s input operation made based on the content displayed by the display controller; and
an image processing section that performs predetermined image processing based on the input received by the operation input section.
11. A display control method comprising:
acquiring target data to be subjected to predetermined processing;
extracting, based on the target data acquired by the target data acquisition step, from a plurality of objects to be displayed, objects to be displayed associated with predetermined setting items relevant to the case where the predetermined processing is applied to the target data;
acquiring information concerning the relevance between setting items associated with the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction step and the predetermined processing applied to the target data; and then
controlling, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition step, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction step in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than 1) ring-like areas, in which an (x\u22121)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside an x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x\u22121)th area and, at the same time, displaying target data acquired by the target data acquisition step inside the first area ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to be performed for the target data;
acquiring information concerning the setting contents about the setting items corresponding to the objects to be displayed that have been displayed in the first to n-th substantially ring-like areas,
displaying, based on the information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, the target data to be displayed inside the first area in a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.
12. The display control method according to claim 11, wherein
the predetermined setting items relevant to the case where the predetermined processing is applied to the target data are setting items that can be used when the predetermined processing is applied to the target data.
13. The display control method according to claim 11, comprising:
acquiring information concerning the setting contents about the setting items corresponding to the objects to be displayed that have been displayed in the first to n-th substantially ring-like areas, wherein
the control step displays, based on the information acquired by the setting information acquisition step, the target data to be displayed inside the first area in a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.
14. The display control method according to claim 13, wherein
the control step displays the target data to be displayed inside the first area at a resolution that allows a user to visually confirm a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.
15. The display control method according to claim 13, wherein
in the case where the target data is image data composed of a plurality of pages, the control step displays a list corresponding to a predetermined number of pages of the image data immediately inside the first area.
16. The display control method according to claim 11, wherein
the target data is image data, and
the predetermined processing is predetermined image processing.
17. The display control method according to claim 11, wherein
the control step arranges a plurality of objects to be displayed in a given substantially ring-like area such that an object to be displayed having the highest relevance is located at a predetermined uppermost position (which is positioned above the center of the circular ring-like area) in the circular ring-like area and, starting from the uppermost position, residual objects to be displayed are arranged clockwise in the order of their relevance.
18. The display control method according to claim 11, wherein
the substantially ring-like area is a substantially circular ring-like area.
19. The display control method according to claim 11, wherein
the control step locates the display area on the left side or upper side relative to the center position of the entire screen.
20. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a display controller including:
a target data acquisition section that acquires target data to be subjected to predetermined processing,
an extraction section that extracts, based on the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section, from a plurality of objects to be displayed,
objects to be displayed associated with predetermined setting items relevant to the case where predetermined processing is applied to the target data,
a relevance information acquisition section that acquires information concerning the relevance between setting items associated with the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section and predetermined processing applied to the target data, and
a control section that displays, based on the information acquired by the relevance information acquisition section, the objects to be displayed extracted by the extraction section in the display area constituted by the first to n-th (n is an integer number more than 1) ring-like areas, in which an (x\u22121)th (x is an integer from 2 to n) area is located inside the x-th area, such that objects to be displayed having higher relevance than those to be displayed in the x-th area are displayed in the (x\u22121)th area and, at the same time, displays the target data acquired by the target data acquisition section inside the first area ahead of execution of the predetermined processing to the be performed for the target data; and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
a setting information acquisition section that acquires information concerning setting contents about the setting items corresponding to the plurality of objects to be displayed that have been displayed in the first to n-th substantially ring-like areas, wherein the control section displays, based on the information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, the target data to be displayed inside the first area in a state where the predetermined processing according to the setting contents is reflected on the target data.