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US 6,079,716 AGranted
Removable chuck
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsWilliam G. Harman, Jr., Dale K. Wheeler
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Abstract
A removable chuck has a chuck member for holding a drill bit. Also, a mechanism is coupled with the chuck body to retain the chuck body to a drill spindle. The retention mechanism, in a first position, retains the chuck on the drill spindle and in a second position the chuck is enabled to be removed from the spindle.
Claims10
A removable chuck comprising:
- a sleeve for connecting with a rotating spindle;
- a chuck coupled with said sleeve;
- a locking mechanism for retaining said sleeve on the rotating spindle, said locking mechanism comprising a locking member for seating in a recess in the spindle, said locking member movable from a first position, coupling the sleeve with the spindle recess, to a second position, where said locking member is out of the spindle recess;
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- said locking member biasing between said first position, where said sleeve is locked with said spindle, to said second position, enabling said sleeve to be removed from the spindle.
2 more elements
A hand tool comprising:
- a hand tool having a rotatable spindle, said spindle including a recess;
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- a removable chuck, said removable chuck comprising:
- a sleeve for connecting with the rotating spindle;
- a chuck coupled with said sleeve;
- a locking mechanism for retaining said sleeve on the rotating spindle, said locking mechanism comprising a locking member for seating in a recess in the spindle, said locking member movable from a first position, coupling the sleeve with the spindle recess, to a second position, where said locking member is out of the spindle recess;
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- said locking member biasing between said first position, where said sleeve is locked with said spindle, to said second position, enabling said sleeve to be removed from the spindle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.