Impact tool anvil with improved durability
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorJacob P. Schneider
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Abstract
An anvil is for use with an impact tool. The anvil includes an impact receiving portion having a lug configured to be impacted to rotate the anvil about an axis, a drive portion opposite the impact receiving portion, and a shank extending between the impact receiving portion and the drive portion. The drive portion is configured for coupling to a tool bit. The shank includes a necked portion having a reduced diameter. The necked portion is located adjacent the drive portion and between the impact receiving portion and the drive portion.
Claims19
An anvil for use with an impact tool, the anvil comprising:
- an impact receiving portion having a lug configured to be impacted to rotate the anvil about an axis;
- a drive portion opposite the impact receiving portion, the drive portion configured for coupling to a tool bit;
- and
- a shank extending between the impact receiving portion and the drive portion,
- wherein the shank includes a necked portion having a reduced diameter, the necked portion located adjacent the drive portion and between the impact receiving portion and the drive portion,
- wherein the necked portion includes a shoulder on a side of the necked portion opposite the drive portion,
- wherein a tool bit is configured to couple to the drive portion, and
- wherein the tool bit is configured to contact the shoulder.
An anvil for use with an impact tool, the anvil comprising:
- an impact receiving portion having a lug configured to be impacted to rotate the anvil about an axis;
- a drive portion opposite the impact receiving portion, the drive portion including
- a first side having a first portion and a second portion angled relative to the first portion,
- a second side adjacent the first side, and
- a beveled surface between the first side and the second side, the drive portion configured for coupling to a tool bit;
- and
- a shank extending between the impact receiving portion and the drive portion,
- wherein the second portion of the first side is positioned between the first portion of the first side and the beveled surface.
An anvil for use with an impact tool, the anvil comprising:
- an impact receiving portion having a lug configured to be impacted to rotate the anvil about an axis;
- a drive portion opposite the impact receiving portion, the drive portion including a side having a depression, the depression extending through an end of the side opposite the impact receiving portion, the drive portion configured for coupling to a tool bit, the depression configured to be spaced apart from the tool bit;
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- a shank extending between the impact receiving portion and the drive portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.