Holder for a rechargeable tool

In a holder for a rechargeable tool portion, said tool portion containing a rechargeable battery, means for line-powered operation and means for battery-powered operation, said holder being structured to releasably hold said tool portion and being associated with a cable connectable electrically with a current source, each of said rechargeable battery and said means for line-powered operation being electrically connectable to the current source via the cable, and said tool portion being removable from the holder for said battery-powered operation by said means for battery-powered operation, the improvement wherein said holder is structured to enclose and provide a reset for a lower portion of said tool portion and has a plurality of spring contacts, said spring contacts being located to cooperate with said tool portion so said means for line-powered operation and said rechargeable battery of said tool portion are electrically connectable with said current source via said cable when said tool portion sits in said holder, and wherein said holder has a first leg extending longitudinally along a larger part of one side of said tool portion when said tool portion is engaged with said holder, a second leg pivotally connected to said first leg and acting as a supporting limb, and a spreading spring connected to said second leg so as to urge said second leg from said first leg into a spread position, said second leg being provided with a plurality of catches engagable in said tool portion when said second leg is placed against said first leg, so that said holder is changeable against the action of said spreading spring from a first configuration, in which said second leg is spread from said first leg by said spreading spring so that said tool portion can stand in said holder on a supporting surface and said rechargeable battery is connectable electrically with said current source for charging said rechargeable battery;

• to a second configuration, in which said second leg is engaged by said catches in said tool portion and said means for line-powered operation is connectable with said current source, so that said tool portion with said holder and attached cable can be used for said line-powered operation.