1. A cutting tool, comprising:
a clamping component for fastening to a tool holder, said clamping component having first and second clamping surfaces converging toward one another in a direction of one side thereof and a change in shape to a roofage in a direction of another side thereof;
a rod-shaped neck component tapered in cross section relative to said clamping component and adjoining a side of said clamping component;
a cutting component coupled to said neck component, and having a cutting edge on an outer end thereof extending in a cutting edge plane and a face adjoining said cutting edge in a direction of said neck component; and
first and second reinforcing ribs on said neck component extending transversely to said cutting edge plane and tapering and converging toward said cutting component, said reinforcing ribs being positioned diametrically opposite one another relative to said neck component and having greatest widths thereof at transition points thereof to said clamping component, each of said reinforcing ribs being formed by grinding of said neck component and having two different concave grinding patterns with different radii of curvature in a direction of said cutting component.
2. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said grinding patterns have greater radii of curvature in the direction of said cutting component than in the direction of said clamping component.
3. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said cutting component comprises a free surface positioned on a foremost end thereof in a machining direction and tilted backward from a vertical by a first angle.
4. A cutting tool according to claim 3 wherein
said first angle is 5 degrees.
5. A cutting tool according to claim 3 wherein
said free surface is tilted backward from said cutting edge by a second angle.
6. A cutting tool according to claim 5 wherein
said second angle is 8 degrees.
7. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said face is tilted backward from a horizontal in a machining direction by a tilt angle.
8. A cutting tool according to claim 7 wherein
said tilt angle is 5 degrees.
9. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said cutting edge has a free end with a supporting surface in a machining direction, extending parallel to said machining direction and projecting beyond said neck component by an amount of an excess.
10. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said clamping surfaces converge toward one another in a direction of a bottom of said clamping component; and
said roofage is semicircular and is in a direction of a top of said clamping component.
11. A cutting tool according to claim 10 wherein
a coolant feed channel extends parallel to a machining direction in an area of said clamping component bounded by said clamping surfaces.
12. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said neck component recedes farther into said clamping component as said neck component transitions into said clamping component than at a point said coolant feed channel opens onto a diametrically opposite side.
13. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said roofage is a convex projection on said clamping component.
14. A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein
said grinding patterns define curved surfaces facing radially outwardly relative to a longitudinal axis of said neck component.
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. An injection apparatus for applying a pesticide to and beneath a surface, the injection apparatus comprising:
a handle;
a manifold head attached to the handle, the manifold head having at least one inlet and at least one internal passage in fluid communication with the at least one inlet;
a high pressure nozzle in fluid communication with the at least one internal passage in the manifold head and adapted for emitting a discharge stream of pesticide for subsurface injection of the pesticide; and
a low pressure nozzle for applying a pesticide to the surface;
the manifold head having a substantially planar contact member having a contact surface for contact with the surface beneath which the pesticide is applied, the contact member having a first opening in the contact surface in fluid communication with the high pressure nozzle and a second opening in the contact surface in fluid communication with the low pressure nozzle.
2. The injection apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the low pressure nozzle is in fluid communication with the at least one internal passage in the manifold head.
3. The injection apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the high pressure nozzle and the low pressure nozzle are concentrically arranged.
4. The injection apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the manifold head comprises a plurality of high pressure nozzles and a plurality of low pressure nozzles.
5. The injection apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the high pressure nozzle is operable independent of the low pressure nozzles.
6. The injection apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the manifold head comprises a plurality of low pressure nozzles, the manifold head having a plurality of second openings in the contact surface wherein the plurality of openings are spaced about a periphery of the contact surface of the contact member.
7. The injection apparatus as set forth in claim 2 in combination with a supply of pesticide, the manifold head being coupled to the handheld application tool and in fluid communication with the supply of pressurized pesticide.
8. The combination as set forth in claim 7 wherein the supply of pesticide comprises a supply of insecticide.
9. The combination as set forth in claim 8 wherein the supply of insecticide comprises a supply of termiticide.
10. The injection apparatus set forth in claim 1 wherein the contact member is a single-piece contact member.
11. An injection apparatus for applying a pesticide beneath a surface, the injection apparatus comprising:
a handle;
a manifold head attached to the handle, the manifold head having at least one inlet and at least one internal passage in fluid communication with the at least one inlet;
a high pressure nozzle in fluid communication with the at least one internal passage in the manifold head and adapted for emitting a discharge stream of pesticide for subsurface injection of the pesticide to define an injection area;
a nozzle configured for disposing a marker material onto the surface to indicate the injection area in which the pesticide was injected; and
a contact member having a contact surface for contacting the surface beneath which the pesticide is applied, the contact member having a first opening in the contact surface in fluid communication with the high pressure nozzle, and a second opening in the contact surface in fluid communication with said nozzle configured for disposing a marker material onto the surface.
12. The injection apparatus set forth in claim 11 wherein the contact member is a single-piece contact member.
13. An injection apparatus for treating soil adjacent a structure with pesticide, the apparatus comprising a plurality of first high pressure nozzles, a plurality of second high pressure nozzles, and a contact member having a substantially planar contact surface for contacting the soil during operation of the apparatus, the contact member having a plurality of first openings in the contact surface, each first opening being associated with a respective one of the first high pressure nozzles, and a plurality of second openings in the contact surface, each second opening being associated with a respective one of the second high pressure nozzles, the first high pressure nozzles and the respective first openings being configured for emitting a first discharge stream of pesticide for injection of the pesticide into the soil, the first discharge streams collectively defining an outer injection zone, the second high pressure nozzles and the respective second openings being configured for emitting a second discharge stream of pesticide into the soil, the second discharge streams collectively defining a central injection zone, the central injection zone being disposed within the outer injection zone.
14. The injection apparatus set forth in claim 13 wherein the contact member is a single-piece contact member.
15. An injection apparatus comprising:
a handle;
a reservoir mounted on the handle for holding a pesticide concentrate;
a mixing device mounted on the apparatus for mixing the pesticide concentrate with a carrier liquid to form a pesticide solution;
a manifold head attached to the handle, the manifold head having at least one inlet and at least one internal passage in fluid communication with the at least one inlet; and
a nozzle in fluid communication with the at least one internal passage in the manifold head and adapted for subsurface injection of the pesticide solution.
16. The injection apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the mixing device is mounted on the manifold head.
17. The injection apparatus according to claim 15 further comprising a dosing device mounted on the handle for dosing the pesticide concentrate from the reservoir to the mixing device.
18. The injection apparatus according to claim 17 wherein the dosing device is adjustable for adjusting the amount of pesticide concentrate dosed to the mixing device.
19. The injection apparatus according to claim 15 further comprising a pressure accumulator mounted on the handle.
20. The injection apparatus set forth in claim 15 wherein the contact member is a single-piece contact member.