Open reel screwdriver tips holder
OwnerYi-Feng Liuinventor
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Abstract
An open reel screwdriver tips holder includes a lower cap and a corresponding upper cap. The lower cap has a shaft to couple with a spiral spring coupled with a rotary barrel on the outer side by fastening to a tail end of it. The rotary barrel has an outer wall fastening to a winding band which has a plurality of sleeves located on a surface to hold screwdriver tips and has a drawing head exposed outside an opening of the holder peripheral wall. The rotary barrel has a plurality of latch portions on an inner wall corresponding to a latch tray which has ratchet teeth on the top surface to engage with latch teeth on the bottom of the upper cap which has a pushbutton on the top to push the latch tray downwards so that the winding band can be retracted into the holder.
Claims5
An open reel screwdriver tips holder, comprising:
- a lower cap and an upper cap coupling together, the lower cap having a lower notch on a lower peripheral wall and a circular shaft in the center to couple with a spiral spring by fastening a head end of the spiral spring to the shaft, the shaft having a screw hole on the top thereof;
- the upper cap having an upper notch on an upper peripheral wall corresponding to the lower notch to form an opening, a center hole in the center, a recess on the top surface around the center hole, an indented ring above the recess at a greater diameter, and at least one latch tooth on a bottom wall of the top of the upper cap;
- a rotary barrel having an aperture in the center to couple on the shaft, an outer wall fastening to a tail end of the spiral spring, and at least one strut type latch portion on an inner wall thereof;
- a spiral winding band surrounding the rotary barrel and having a head end fastening to the rotary barrel and a tail end exposed outside the opening of the holder, and a plurality of sleeves on a surface thereof to hold screwdriver tips;
- a latch tray which is located above the rotary barrel and has at least one latch trough on the periphery to be coupled with the latch portion of the rotary barrel, a plurality of ratchet teeth on the top and a holding cavity in the center;
- a first elastic element which is located in the holding cavity and has a lower end pressing the rotary barrel and an upper end pressing a top wall of the holding cavity;
- a pushbutton which is located on the indented ring of the upper cap and has a plurality of longitudinal insertion struts on the bottom to run through the upper cap that respectively form a hook on a lower side directing outwards to latch the bottom wall of the top of the upper cap;
- a second elastic element which is located on the bottom of the pushbutton and extendable axially;
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- a fastening element running through the upper cap to fasten the screw hole of the lower cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.