Patent ID: 8157487

Claim:
A cutting tool comprising: a cutter body having at least one cartridge pocket in which a cartridge is releasably retained; an adjustment screw having an axis of screw rotation (B) and comprising an annular recess and a threaded portion; a protuberance protruding from the cartridge, the protuberance being snugly fitted in the annular recess thereby coupling the adjustment screw to the cartridge, the adjustment screw threadingly communicates with the cutter body, whereby screw rotation of the adjustment screw in opposite senses about the axis of screw rotation (B) results in the bidirectional adjustment of the position of the cartridge in the direction of the axis of screw rotation (B), wherein: the cartridge is secured to the cartridge pocket by a cartridge bushing; the cartridge has a cutting insert pocket; and a cutting insert is secured to the cutting insert pocket by a securing screw which is located in a cutting insert through bore and threadingly received in the cartridge bushing.