| CPC B23B 29/043 (2013.01) [B23B 27/04 (2013.01); B23B 27/045 (2013.01); B23B 27/08 (2013.01); B23B 27/10 (2013.01); B23B 29/046 (2013.01); B23B 29/20 (2013.01); B23B 2205/02 (2013.01); B23B 2205/125 (2013.01); B23B 2210/08 (2013.01); B23B 2250/12 (2013.01); B23P 15/28 (2013.01)] | 31 Claims |

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1. A tool holder comprising:
a tool shank having a shank axis defining forward and rearward directions, and comprising:
opposing uppermost and lowermost shank surfaces which define upward and downward directions perpendicular to the shank axis;
first and second shank side surfaces which define first and second side directions perpendicular to the shank axis and the upward and downward directions;
a shank height (HS) measurable parallel to the upward and downward directions and perpendicular to the shank axis; and
a shank portion width (HD) measurable perpendicular to the upward and downward directions and the shank axis;
a tool head connected to and extending forward of the tool shank, the tool head having a rear surface; and
an insert seat or a blade pocket which is partially formed on both the tool head and the tool shank, and extends rearwardly of the tool head's rear surface, the insert seat or the blade pocket having a peripheral wall comprising a plurality of side wall portions and formed with a pocket opening;
wherein:
at least a portion of one of the side wall portions is located rearwardly of the tool head's rear surface.
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