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Tool device with reversible drill bit/screw bit

US6511268B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2000
Grant dateJan 28, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/95
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool holder comprising an elongated connector means having a first end and a second end, where the elongated connector means has a central longitudinal hole, of a cross-section corresponding to a cross-section of a mounting portion of the tool bit, at the first end, and a tool mount at the second end, and a first sleeve arranged to reciprocally slide over the connector means between a first end position and a second end position, the first sleeve having a third end facing the tool bit and a fourth end facing the hand tool. The connector means has a substantially cylindrical tubular first collar arranged on the connector means adjacent the first end, the first collar having an inner diameter which is cooperating with an outside diameter of the connector means, to allow the first collar to rotate on the connector means, the first collar further having a first recess to hold a first locking ball, and a second recess and a third recess arranged on an outer surface of the connector means adjacent the first end, the first locking ball being movable between the second recess and the third recess by rotation of the first collar, and the first locking ball being held in the first recess d…

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