Fixing member and cutting tool

Abstract

The present invention provides a fixing member that presses and fixes a cutting insert disposed on an insert mounting part of a tool body, the fixing member including: a fixing member body that has a pressing part for pressing the cutting insert; a fitting protrusion that is provided so as to protrude from a bottom part of the fixing member body, the fitting protrusion being fitted in a fitting hole formed in the tool body; and an engagement recess formed in a peripheral surface of the fitting protrusion, the engagement recess being engaged with a leading end of a fastening screw which is screwed into an internal thread that communicates with the fitting hole of the tool body, wherein the fitting protrusion is drawn into the fitting hole by the fastening screw that engages with the engagement recess, whereby the pressing part presses and fixes the cutting insert.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.