Tool holder for modular tool
AssigneeOstium Group
InventorsLéopold BIBARD, Edgard SOQUENNE, Vincent RETAILLEAU
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Abstract
A tool holder for a modular tool is provided in which the tool holder may be releasably coupled to a working part such as a rasp, reamer or impactor. The coupling comprises a slot closed at both extremities, and widening to an entry aperture at one extremity, into which a keyed element of the tool may be inserted, and slid to the opposite extremity of the slot. The modular tool defines a securing pin channel through its body, terminating at the entry aperture such that a securing pin inserted into the channel block the entry aperture and locks the keyed element of the tool in place once inserted.
Claims15
A tool holder for a modular tool, said tool holder having a distal end and a proximal end disposed on a longitudinal axis, said tool holder comprising a first lateral slot disposed along a second axis, said second axis in the plane of the first axis and being at an angle of between 10 and 80 degrees to said longitudinal axis, said slot widening from top to bottom, said first slot widening to an entry aperture at the distal end of the first slot, said tool holder further comprising a securing pin channel extending though said tool holder and terminating in said entry aperture, such that a securing pin may be inserted through said pin channel so as to trap a keyed element inserted in the widened part of said first slot.
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