US 11,890,684 B2
Anvil with curved passage for cutting tool
Andreas J. Larsson, Arboga (SE); and Bjorn Gustafsson, Arboga (SE)
Assigned to SECO TOOLS AB, Fagersta (SE)
Filed by SECO TOOLS AB, Fagersta (SE)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,832.
Application 18/100,832 is a division of application No. 16/465,699, filed on May 31, 2019, granted, now 11,583,934.
Claims priority of application No. 16201718 (EP), filed on Dec. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158577 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B23B 27/10 (2006.01); B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01)
CPC B23B 27/10 (2013.01) [B22F 10/20 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); B23B 2205/16 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anvil for a cutting tool, the anvil comprising:
an anvil body having a curved passage that extends from an inlet opening in the anvil body to an outlet opening in the anvil body, wherein the anvil body includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a central axis extending between the top surface and the bottom surface; the side surface having at least three side surface portions and at least three corner portions, each corner portion of the at least three corner portions being disposed between respective pairs of side surface portions of the at least three side surface portions, at least one corner portion of the at least three corner portions including a surface that extends radially outward and protrudes from a respective pair of side surface portions of the at least three side surface portions, in a direction perpendicular to the central axis, such that in a top view virtual extensions of each of the respective pair of side surface portions are defined by straight lines within a periphery of the surface of the at least one corner portion of the anvil.