Patent ID: RE43534

Claim:
A rigid holder blade comprising: a body portion; a base jaw integrally formed with said body portion; a clamping jaw having a leading portion, said clamping jaw being integrally formed with said body portion and being resiliently and displaceable relative to said base jaw; an insert receiving slot having a leading portion and a trailing portion, said slot being defined between said clamping jaw and said base jaw and being adapted to receive an exchangeable cutting insert; a displacement surface formed in said clamping jaw, said displacement surface being spaced apart from said insert receiving slot and located substantially on said clamping jaw leading portion; and a supporting surface provided on said body portion, said supporting surface being spaced apart from said displacement surface; the arrangement being such that a displacing force applied between said supporting and displacement surfaces to move said surfaces relative to each other results in an outwardly directed resilient pivotal displacement of said clamping jaw relative to said base jaw.