Patent ID: 7637701

Claim:
A tool for chip removing machining, comprising: a basic body having an insert seat defined by a center and in the form of a connecting surface, in which there is included an elongate and female or male primary engagement means spaced apart from the center, and a replaceable cutting insert having at least one chip-removing main edge, which is spaced apart from a center of the cutting insert, and from which a clearance surface extends toward a transition to an underside in the form of a connecting surface, in which an elongate and male or female secondary engagement means is included, which is positioned nearer the transition than the center of the cutting insert, and includes a flank that is pressable against a support surface included in the primary engagement means of the connecting surface of the basic body, wherein the secondary engagement means is the only active engagement means of the cutting insert in an imaginary triangle between the center of the cutting insert and opposite ends of the transition, and wherein the flank has a cross section-wise convex shape.