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US 2006/0049587 A1Published application
Tool connector
OwnerWebster Cornwellinventor
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Abstract
A tool connector (20) includes a shaft (22) and a collar (24). The shaft has a first shaft contact surface (70) and a second shaft contact surface (74). The collar is slidably coupled to the shaft to reciprocate the tool connector between a locked position and first and second unlocked positions.
Claims18
A tool connector, comprising:
- (a) a shaft having first and second shaft contact surfaces in opposed disposition along a length of the shaft;
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- (b) a collar coupled to the shaft to selectively reciprocate the tool connector between a locked position and first and second unlocked positions.
A tool connector, comprising:
- (a) a shaft adapted to receive an accessory, the shaft having first and second shaft contact surfaces;
- (b) a collar disposed on the shaft;
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- (c) a biasing member disposed between the first and second shaft contact surfaces and operatively contacting the collar.
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A tool connector, comprising:
- (a) a shaft adapted to receive an accessory, the shaft having first and second shaft contact surfaces;
- (b) a collar disposed on the shaft;
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- (c) means for biasing disposed between the first and second shaft contact surfaces and operatively associated with the collar.
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A tool connector, comprising:
- (a) a shaft defining a socket adapted to releasably receive an accessory, the shaft having a first shaft contact surface and a second shaft contact surface;
- (b) a biasing member disposed on the shaft, wherein the biasing member is moveably disposed between the first and second shaft contact surfaces;
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- (c) a collar coupled to the shaft and adapted for reciprocating movement between a locked position and first and second unlocked positions.
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A tool connector, comprising:
- (a) a shaft having an end adapted to releasably receiving an accessory, the shaft having a first contact surface and a second contact surface;
- (b) a biasing member associated with the shaft, the biasing member having a first contact surface and a second contact surface;
- (c) a collar having a first contact surface and a second contact surface, the collar being positionable between a locked position, a first unlocked position, and a second unlocked position relative to the shaft;
- (d) wherein when the collar is in the locked position, the first biasing member contact surface is in contact with the first shaft contact surface and the first collar contact surface, and the second biasing member contact surface is in contact with the second shaft contact surface and the second collar contact surface;
- (e) wherein when the collar is in the first unlocked position, the first biasing member contact surface is in contact with the first collar contact surface, and the second biasing member contact surface is in contact with the second shaft contact surface;
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- (f) wherein when the collar is in the second unlocked position, the first biasing member contact surface is in contact with the first shaft contact surface, and the second biasing member contact surface is in contact with the second collar contact surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.