Tool holder

A tool holder for a power tool formed as a hammer selected from the group consisting of a drill hammer, a chisel hammer, and both, the tool holder comprising a striking mechanism for strikingly driving a tool;

• a base body;
• a drive part on which said base body is releasably mounted;
• at least one locking body for releasably mounting said base body on said drive part;
• a component having a throughgoing passage in which said at least one locking body is arranged;
• a securing body which radially fixes said at least one locking body in its engaging position;
• an actuating element for unlocking said securing body from its locking position to an unlocking position which radially releases said at least one locking body;
• at least one holding element which holds said at least one locking body in the unlocking position of said securing body in said throughgoing passage, said holding element being lowered or lowerable into said component having said throughgiong passage and being overrun by said securing body.