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US 6,551,037 B2Granted
Removable chuck
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsRobert H. Gifford, Richard J. Heavel, Alfred H. Judge
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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.
Claims12
A removable drill chuck for a hand drill comprising:
- a collar for connecting with a rotatable spindle of the hand drill, said collar including a retention member extending from said collar;
- a chuck adapted to receive a plurality of different tool bits coupled with said collar;
- a locking member adapted for coupling with a spindle, said locking member including a receiving member for coupling with said collar extending member, and a separate rotatable member coupled with said receiving member, said rotatable member movable between two positions, wherein in a first position said rotatable member enables coupling of said extending member and said receiving member and in a second position said rotatable member locks said extending member in said receiving member.
A hand tool comprising:
- a hand tool having a rotatable spindle;
- a removable chuck having a collar for connecting with said rotatable spindle, said collar including a retention member extending from said collar and a cutout on said collar enabling passage of a tool bit;
- a chuck coupled with said collar;
- a locking member coupled with said spindle, said locking member including a receiving member for coupling with said collar extending member, and a separate rotatable member coupled with said receiving member, said rotatable member movable between two positions, wherein in a first position said rotatable member enables coupling of said extending member and said receiving member and in a second position said rotatable member locks said extending member in said receiving member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.