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US 2004/0163507 A1Published application
Punch holder and storage tool
OwnerMark A. Vovesinventor
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Abstract
A punch holder with an elongated handle with an enclosed compartment at one end. The enclosed compartment is frusto-shaped having a flat headed end, tapered side walls, and additionally has a plunger that is associated with a spring that yieldingly urges the plunger into the closed compartment. The elongated hollow handle also has a side handle secured to one end of the plunger and slidably disposed within the hollow handle such that the side handle can be used to control the plunger so that a punch may be inserted through the compartment and held in place by the plunger.
Claims3
A punch holder, comprising,
- an elongated hollow handle having a forward end with an enclosed compartment having a shape to receive and engage the shank of an elongated punch,
- a plunger slidably mounted in the handle and having a forward end in the enclosed compartment,
- a spring associated with the plunger yieldingly urging the plunger into the enclosed compartment,
- an elongated slot in the handle, and
- a handle secured by one end to the plunger and extending outwardly through the slot to permit manual grasping thereof to pull the plunger rearwardly against the spring to release a punch shank from engagement with the plunger, or to permit the placement of a punch within the enclosed compartment in the path of a forward end of the plunger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.