Patent ID: 7185797

Claim:
A rail assembly supporting a blanking tool insert on an outer frame for a lower blanking tool of a carton die cutting machine, comprising: an elongated insert receiving element including an upper wall and a lower wall that define a cavity therebetween receiving a portion of the blanking tool insert therein, the elongated insert receiving element further including a mounting leg depending from the lower wall; a clamp piece connectable to the outer frame and defining a vertically extending inner face, an opposite vertically extending outer face engageable with the outer frame, and a bore extending between the inner face and the outer face; and a jaw element operatively connected to the clamp piece so as to define a clamping cavity between the jaw element and the outer face of the clamp piece, the jaw element being movable between a clamping position for retaining the leg of the insert receiving element in the clamping cavity and a release position.