Cutting tool insert and holder assembly

Claim 1

A TOOL INSERT AND HOLDER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUPERIMPOSED CLAMPING BLOCKS HAVING AN OUTWARDLY OPEN SOCKET THEREBETWEEN FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF INSERTS DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE EDGE CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP, AND A WEDGE CLAMP MOUNTED IN SAID SOCKET FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF WEDGING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID INSERTS, SAID SOCKET HAVING A POCKET FOR THE INSERTS FOR RECEIVING THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM WITH ONE FACE EXPOSED, THE OPPOSED WALL OF THE SOCKET BEING ANGLED AND CONVERGING INWARDLY TOWARD THE FIRST WALL, SAID WEDGE CLAMP HAVING A SURFACE FOR ENGAGING THE FACE OF THE INSERT AND AN OPPOSED ANGLED SURFACE FOR COOPERATING WITH SAID ANGLED WALL, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WALL CLAMP IN AND OUT OF THE SOCKET TO VARY THE WEDGING ACTION ON SAID TOOL INSERTS, SAID POCKET BEING DIVIDED INTO CHAMBERS COMPLEMENTAL TO THE SHAPE OF THE INSERTS, SAID WEDGE CLAMP INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL WEDGE MEMBERS FOR INDEPENDENTLY ENGAGING THE FACES OF THE RESPECTIVE INSERTS, SAID INSERTS HAVING OPPOSED TRIANGULAR ENDS, SAID CHAMBERS BEING TRIANGULAR FOR RECEIVING ONE END AND BEING FORMED IN ONE OF SAID BLOCKS, SAID BLOCK HAVING OUTWARDLY EXTENDING TRIANGULAR SHELVES WHICH UNDERLIE THE OPPOSED OUTER TRIANGULAR ENDS OF SAID INSERTS.