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US 6,722,667 B2Granted
Workpiece connector for a power tool
AssigneeJore Corporation
InventorNathan Cantlon
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Abstract
A connector (20) having an assembly (28) adapted to releasably receive an end (33) of a workpiece (22).
Claims20
A workpiece connector for a handtool, the workpiece connector comprising:
- (a) a shaft having a longitudinally extending channel, the channel sized to selectively receive a stem portion of a workpiece;
- (b) a first collar slidably received on the shaft;
- (c) a locking assembly extending between the shaft and the first collar, the locking assembly positioned to be selectively displaced into locking engagement with a groove formed on the workpiece;
- (d) a centering assembly extending between the first collar and the shaft, the centering assembly simultaneously centering the workpiece within the shaft as the locking assembly is selectively displaced into locking engagement with the workpiece;
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- (e) a biased pin assembly disposed within the channel of the shaft, the biased pin assembly being biased to selectively eject the workpiece from within the channel when the locking assembly is displaced into an unlocked position, wherein the biased pin assembly includes a ball pin slidably disposed within the channel of the shaft on a spring and a plug having a first side in contact with the ball pin and a second side abutting one end of the workpiece when the workpiece is received within the channel.
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A workpiece connector for a handtool, the workpiece connector comprising:
- (a) a shaft having a longitudinally extending channel, the channel sized to selectively receive a stem portion of a workpiece;
- (b) a first collar slidably received on the shaft;
- (c) a locking assembly extending between the shaft and the first collar, the locking assembly positioned to be selectively displaced into locking engagement with a groove formed on the workpiece;
- (d) a centering assembly extending between the first collar and the shaft, the centering assembly simultaneously centering the workpiece within the shaft as the locking assembly is selectively displaced into locking engagement with the workpiece;
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- (e) a second collar slidably received on the shaft and coupled to the first collar for coordinated movement with the first collar during operation of the workpiece connector.
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A workpiece connector for a handtool, the workpiece connector comprising:
- (a) a shaft having a longitudinally extending channel, the channel sized to selectively receive a stem portion of a workpiece;
- (b) a first collar slidably received on the shaft;
- (c) a locking assembly extending between the shaft and the first collar, the locking assembly positioned to be selectively displaced into locking engagement with a groove formed on the workpiece, wherein the locking assembly comprises at least one ball reciprocally received within a cavity formed in the shaft, the ball being positioned for selective locking engagement with the groove of the workpiece;
- (d) a centering assembly extending between the first collar and the shaft, the centering assembly simultaneously centering the workpiece within the shaft as the locking assembly is selectively displaced into locking engagement with the workpiece;
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- (e) a biased pin assembly disposed within the channel of the shaft, the biased pin assembly being biased to selectively eject the workpiece from within the channel when the locking assembly is displaced into an unlocked position, wherein the biased pin assembly includes a ball pin slidably disposed within the channel of the shaft on a spring and a plug having a first side in contact with the ball pin and a second side abutting one end of the workpiece when the workpiece is received within the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.