Patent ID: 6457914
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool holder for releasably securing an insert having a mounting bore formed therethrough, comprising:(a) a tool holder body including an insert-receiving pocket formed at a forward end thereof and having a bottom and at least one side wall for receiving the insert, the bottom of the insert-receiving pocket having an internally threaded mounting bore, the tool holder including an internally threaded clamp-securing bore formed between an inclined surface and the insert-receiving pocket; (b) a clamp arranged on the tool holder body, the clamp including a lower face with a nose portion and at least one pad, the clamp having a threaded aperture formed therethrough; and (c) a clamp screw inserted into the threaded aperture of the clamp, the clamp screw having a threaded portion capable of being threaded onto the internally threaded clamp-securing bore of the tool holder body and the threaded aperture of the clamp to bring the clamp into pressing engagement with the insert, wherein the nose portion of the clamp only engages a rearward inside surface of the mounting bore of the insert and each at least one pad of the clamp only engages a top surface of the insert rearward of the mounting bore when the clamp is brought into pressing engagement with the insert.