Patent attributes
A boring bit includes a shank and a drilling head coupled to the shank. The drilling head includes a center tip and a pair of flanges. Each flange includes a cylindrical sidewall section, a cutting edge extending radially outward from the center tip to the sidewall section, a bottom face extending radially outward from the shank to the sidewall section, a rake face extending axially from the cutting edge to the bottom face, a rearward edge extending radially outward from the shank to the sidewall section and defining a boundary of the bottom face opposite the rake face, a spur extending axially from the sidewall section, and a chip channel defined at least in part by the sidewall section. The sidewall section of each flange extends through a sweep angle from the cutting edge to the rearward edge. The sweep angle is between about 30 degrees and about 60 degrees.
