Patent ID: 7059809

Claim:
A cutting tool, comprising: a clamping component for fastening to a tool holder, said clamping component having first and second clamping surfaces converging toward one another in a direction of one side thereof and a change in shape to a roofage in a direction of another side thereof; a rod-shaped neck component tapered in cross section relative to said clamping component and adjoining a side of said clamping component; a cutting component coupled to said neck component, and having a cutting edge on an outer end thereof extending in a cutting edge plane and a face adjoining said cutting edge in a direction of said neck component; and first and second reinforcing ribs on said neck component extending transversely to said cutting edge plane and tapering and converging toward said cutting component, said reinforcing ribs being positioned diametrically opposite one another relative to said neck component and having greatest widths thereof at transition points thereof to said clamping component, each of said reinforcing ribs being formed by grinding of said neck component and having two different concave grinding patterns with different radii of curvature in a direction of said cutting component.