Drill plate with a clamping attachment in a base body

1. A drilling tool cutting insert adapted to be clamped in a rotatably driven drilling tool base body, the base body having a mounting groove formed in an end thereof defined by a pair of clamping jaws, each of the jaws having a bore therethrough, one of the bores being threaded, the bores for receiving a mounting screw for clamping said cutting insert in the mounting groove, each of the jaws having a stop face and a centering face on the stop face at an acute angle to the stop face, said cutting insert comprising: a plate-shaped cutting element having a first end, a second opposite end, and a bore therethrough for receiving the mounting screw, said first end of said cutting element having a pair of mutually opposing cutting edges, said element having a chip face extending from each said cutting edge to said second end of said element and having a stop face and a centering fin with a centering face located between said chip face and said stop face, said centering face at an acute angle to said stop face, said cutting element centering faces adapted to engage with the centering faces on the jaws of the base body to center said cutting insert in the base body, said cutting element centering faces and the centering faces on the jaws of the base body being the sole means of centering said cutting insert in the base body.

2. The cuffing insert of claim 1 wherein said centering fins extend between said bore and said second end of said cuffing element.

3. The cuffing insert of claim 1 wherein said centering faces of said centering fins are approximately perpendicular to an axis of said bore of said cuffing element.

4. The cuffing insert of claim 1 wherein said second end of said cuffing element is adapted to be pressed against a bottom of the mounting groove of the base body when the mounting screw is tightened in the base body.

5. The cuffing insert of claim 4 wherein each of the bores of the clamping jaws has a corresponding bore axis, the bore axes being arranged with a mutual radial offset.

6. The cuffing insert of claim 1 wherein the stop faces of the clamping jaws are oriented approximately parallel to each other.

7. The cuffing insert of claim 6 wherein the stop faces are formed diametrically opposed with respect to said centering fins.

8. The cuffing insert of claim 1 wherein said centering faces on said centering fins taper conically from said second end of said element toward said first end of said element and wherein the centering faces on the jaws of the base body are identically formed.

9. A drilling tool comprising: a drilling tool cutting insert, and a rotatably driven drilling tool base body, said base body having a mounting groove formed in an end thereof defined by a pair of clamping jaws, each of said jaws having a bore therethrough, one of said bores being threaded, said bores for receiving a mounting screw for clamping said cutting insert in said mounting groove, each of said jaws having a stop face and a centering face on said stop face at an acute angle to said stop face, said cutting insert comprising: a plate-shaped cutting element having a first end, a second opposite end, and a bore therethrough for receiving the mounting screw, said first end of said cutting element having a pair of mutually opposing cutting edges, said element having a chip face extending from each said cutting edge to said second end of said element and having a stop face and a centering fin with a centering face located between said chip face and said stop face, said centering face at an acute angle to said stop face, said cutting element centering faces adapted to engage with said centering faces on said jaws of said base body to center said cutting insert in said base body, said cutting element centering faces and the centering faces on the jaws of the base body being the sole means of centering said cutting insert in the base body.

10. The drilling tool of claim 9 wherein said centering fins extend between said bore and said second end of said cuffing element.

11. The drilling tool of claim 9 wherein said centering faces of said centering fins are approximately perpendicular to an axis of said bore of said cuffing element.

12. The drilling tool of claim 9 wherein said second end of said cuffing element is pressed against a bottom of said mounting groove of said base body when the mounting screw is tightened in said base body.

13. The drilling tool of claim 12 wherein each of said bores of said clamping jaws has a corresponding bore axis, said bore axes being arranged with a mutual radial offset.

14. The drilling tool of claim 9 wherein said stop faces of said of said clamping jaws are oriented approximately parallel to each other.

15. The drilling tool of claim 14 wherein said stop faces are formed diametrically opposed with respect to said centering fins.

16. The drilling tool of claim 9 wherein said centering faces on said centering fins taper conically from said second end of said element toward said first end of said element and wherein said centering faces on said jaws of said base body are identically formed.