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US 12,134,175 B2Granted
Universal quick-change adapter
OwnerDaniel Irvin Hurt, Justin Irvin Hurtinventors
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Abstract
A universal adapter to facilitate the easy and efficient of exchange of needle scaler and chisel accessories associated with an air tool receiver/coupler, the adapter including a sleeve with a spring and a spacer, an adapter carrying an O-ring, and an anvil member in contact with the base of a plurality of needles is disclosed herein.
Claims19
A universal adapter comprising an adapter member, an anvil member including a stem portion, and a sleeve;
- wherein the adapter member further comprises a major collar portion, a minor collar portion, and a stem connecting the major collar portion to the minor collar portion, wherein the major collar portion, the stem, and the minor collar portion combine to define an outer diameter of a continuous, internal adapter member bore extending therethrough, the minor collar portion extending external of the sleeve and configured for quick-connect coupling with a pneumatic air tool, wherein the continuous, internal adapter member bore defines a major collar portion bore diameter, a minor collar portion bore diameter, and a stem bore diameter, the major collar portion bore diameter is greater than one of the minor collar portion bore diameter or the stem bore diameter, and the major collar portion bore diameter is configured to receive a portion of the stem portion of the anvil member therein, wherein the stem portion of the anvil member is configured to be inserted within the adapter member bore via the major collar portion bore diameter, and wherein the anvil member is configured to move between a first position wherein a portion of the stem portion of the anvil member protrudes from the adapter member bore, and a second position wherein no portion of the stem portion of the anvil member protrudes from the adapter member bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.