Patent ID: 8317435

Claim:
A cutting insert, comprising: a pair of generally parallel, opposite front faces; a pair of side faces connecting the front faces to one another; a pair of end faces connecting the side faces and the front faces to each other; and a plurality of convex edge surfaces, each convex edge surface merging with a respective front face and a respective end face; and a cutting edge formed at an intersection between each convex edge surface and each side face, wherein each of the front faces includes a pair of angled surfaces extending between the side faces across an entire width of the cutting insert, each angled surface extending inward from a respective convex edge surface towards each other, and wherein each of the front faces further includes a pair of bevel faces extending along a respective side face and connecting the pair of angled surfaces to each other, and wherein each of the front faces further includes a pair of planar support surfaces extending between the pair of angled surfaces, the pair of bevel faces and a fastening hole of the cutting insert.