US Patent 10286455 Throw-away tip

There is provided a throw-away tip which includes a blade containing diamond and is excellent in chip processability. The throw-away tip comprises a body and a blade provided to the body and having a cutting edge, the blade containing 80% by volume or more of diamond, the blade having a land surface extending along the cutting edge, and a chip breaker having a recess located opposite to the cutting edge with the land surface therebetween, the recess having a side surface having an inclined surface that recedes continuously as a distance thereof from the land surface increases in magnitude and that has a shape identical to that of a portion of a side surface of a shape of a body of revolution.