Patent ID: 8506213

Claim:
A cutting insert comprising: a top side; an underside which is opposite the topside at a distance of a cutting body thickness running in a z direction; two longitudinal sides which run in an x direction; two narrow sides which run generally in a y direction; and at least one cutting edge which is formed between one of the longitudinal sides and one of the narrow sides and which extends over approximately the entire cutting body thickness, wherein two diagonally opposite cutting edges are provided, wherein the cutting edges run obliquely toward the underside, wherein a rake face running between the top side and the underside is provided in the longitudinal side facing the respective cutting edge, wherein a supporting surface inclined toward the underside is provided between the top side and the respective longitudinal side, and wherein at least one of the narrow sides runs obliquely at an inclination angle relative to a plane defined by the x direction and the z direction.