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US 6,695,321 B2Granted
Quick-connect mechanism
AssigneeMaxtech Manufacturing Inc.
InventorsSanjeev Bedi, Kailash C. Vasudeva
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Abstract
A holder having a quick-connect mechanism actuated by inserting a single- or double-ended tool bit, the tool bit engaging means to force deflection of retaining means, where the retaining means actuate means for engaging the tool bit, and released by manual operation of the retaining means, whereby the tool bit is pushed out from the holder so that the user can operate the tool bit holder using one hand only.
Claims4
A holder for a tool bit, the holder comprising:
- a body having mounting means for securing a proximal end of said body to a driving tool, and an axial hole at a distal end thereof for receiving said tool bit, at least a portion of said axial hole having at least a portion of its cross-section corresponding to a corresponding cross-section of said tool bit when said tool bit is installed in said axial bole;
- a locking means engaging at least a portion of said tool bit when said tool bit is installed in said axial hole;
- a collar mounted around at least a portion of said body, slidable along said body between a bit-locking position and a bit-unlocking position, moving said collar from said bit-locking position freeing said bit from engagement by said locking means;
- a spring mounted said body and said collar to bias said collar towards said bit-locking position;
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- a transition element projecting into said axial hole, said transition element arranged to be contained by said bit upon insertion, said transition element acting against said collar to above said collar towards said bit-locking position as said bit is inserted into said axial hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.