Patent · US Expired

Tool holder for hexagonal wrenches

US5938028A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1998
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25H3/04
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool holder includes a main body having a bottom wall and a number of substantially L-shaped separation walls formed on the bottom wall, thereby defining a substantially L-shaped receiving compartment between each two adjacent separation walls. Each separation wall includes a first section and a second section. A resilient retaining member is mounted on the first section of each separation wall. Each receiving compartment includes a relatively longer section and a relatively shorter section. A guiding wall is extended across two second sections respectively of two adjacent separation walls. The guiding wall includes a downwardly extending guiding surface that faces the bottom wall. The downwardly extending guiding surface is preferably arcuate and inclines downwardly toward the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes a guiding surface section that is located below the downwardly extending guiding surface of the guiding wall and inclines downwardly along a direction parallel to the extending direction of the downwardly extending guiding surface of the guiding wall. The main body further includes a retaining wall provided to the relatively shorter section of each receiving compartmen…

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