Patent ID: 6732617
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B25B,B25G,Y10T

Abstract:
A replaceable tip for a tool comprising, in combination, the tool having a hollow end,a transverse opening formed in the hollow end of the tool, a locking pin disposed in the transverse opening, the locking pin having a mid-portion and two enlarged opposite ends, the ends of the locking pin extending outwardly from the transverse opening in the end of the tool, a sleeve in which the end of the tool is received, the sleeve having a cammed inner surface, the opposite ends of the locking pin contacting the cammed inner surface of the sleeve, the replaceable tip having a body having a first end and a second opposite end, the first end having a work member formed thereon, the second end having a locking keeper formed thereon, the body of the replaceable tip being received within the sleeve wherein the locking keeper engages the mid-portion of the locking pin, wherein rotating the sleeve in a first direction engages one of the enlarged ends of the locking pin with the locking keeper and locks the replaceable tip on the end of the tool and rotating the sleeve in a second opposite direction, disengages the enlarged ends of the locking pin from the locking keeper, wherein the replaceable tip may be removed and replaced.