Patent ID: 7547163

Claim:
A tool holder for releasably securing an insert, comprising: a tool holder body including an insert-receiving pocket formed at a forward end thereof and having a bottom and at least one side wall for receiving the insert, the tool holder body further including a clamp-securing bore having a central axis forming an angle with respect to a plane of the tool holder body; a clamp arranged on the tool holder body, the clamp including a top surface, a forward lower face and a rearward lower face, and an aperture formed therethrough, the clamp including a nose portion with a downward extending nub; and a clamp screw capable of being inserted through the aperture of the clamp and at least partially received in the clamp-securing bore of the tool holder body to bring the clamp into pressing engagement with the insert, the clamp screw including a head portion, a shoulder and a threaded portion; and a ring disposed about the shoulder of the clamp screw, wherein only the nub of the nose portion of the clamp engages a rearward inside surface of a mounting bore of the insert when the clamp is brought into pressing engagement with the insert, and wherein only the forward lower face of the nose portion engages a top surface of the insert when the clamp is brought into pressing engagement with the insert.