Patent ID: 9180523
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A parting and grooving tool comprising: a toolholder and a cutting insert, the toolholder including a toolholder body having a main body portion and an elastic clamping arm, the main body portion and the clamping arm defining an insert-receiving pocket, the pocket having a top surface formed by the clamping arm and a bottom surface formed by the main body portion for contacting a top and a bottom surface of the cutting insert, respectively, wherein the toolholder body includes a second arm, the second arm and the clamping arm defining a slot, a threaded hole extends through the second arm to the slot, the toolholder including a screw having threads that mate with threads in the threaded hole so that the clamping arm is movable into and out of contact with the top surface of the insert, wherein an axis of the threaded hole is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the insert-receiving pocket and wherein the axis of the threaded hole intersects the cutting insert, and wherein the threaded hole extends from a top surface of the second arm to a bottom surface of the second arm, the bottom surface of the second arm defining a top surface of the slot.