Patent ID: 8057131

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 bottom of the insert-receiving pocket having a mounting bore, 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 nose portion with a downward extending nub having a central axis forming an angle with respect to the plane of the tool holder body, the nose portion including a forward lower face, a rearward lower face and a pivot point between the forward lower face and the rearward lower face, the clamp including an aperture formed therethrough; 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.