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US 2006/0123957 A1Published application
Quick release device for releasing screw bit from socket
OwnerChih-Ching Hsieninventor
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Abstract
A quick release bit socket assembly includes a socket and a screw bit is removably inserted in a first recess in a first end of the socket. A second recess is defined in a second end of the socket and a passage is in communication between the first and second recesses. A push rod includes a head and a shank which extends through the first recess, the passage and is inserted in the second recess. A spring is mounted to the shank and biased between the head and an inside of the first recess. The screw bit can be quickly pushed out from the second passage by pushing the push rod toward the screw bit.
Claims4
A quick release bit socket assembly comprising:
- a socket having a first recess defined in a first end thereof, a second recess defined in a second end of the socket and a passage being in communication between the first and second recesses;
- a push rod including a head and a shank connected to the head, a spring mounted to the shank which extends through the first recess, the passage and is inserted in the second recess, the spring biased between the head and an inside of the first recess;
- a push bar transversely and movably extending through the socket and having a reception recess defined radially in an outer surface thereof, the head of the push rod engaged with the reception recess, the push rod being pushed toward the second recess when the push bar is transversely moved, and
- a screw bit removably inserted in the second recess and being positioned by a positioning device in the second recess, the screw bit being pushed out from the second recess when the push rod is pushed toward the screw bit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.