US 12,304,021 B2
Determining tool and shape determining method
Katsubumi Iida, Tokyo (JP); and Hirotoshi Hoshikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by DISCO CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,995.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-126525 (JP), filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032327 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B23Q 17/20 (2006.01); B23Q 17/09 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 17/20 (2013.01) [B23Q 17/0995 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A determining tool for use in determining a shape of a tip end of a machining tool that machines a workpiece held on a table while the machining tool moves relatively to the table, the determining tool comprising:
a bottom surface adapted to be held on the table; and
a flat slanting surface inclined to the bottom surface and oriented across a direction in which the machining tool moves relatively to the table, the flat slanting surface being adapted to be cut through by the tip end of the machining tool.