Patent ID: 6745850
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B25D,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool holder (2) for an electrically powered hammer comprising:a tube-like tool holder body (66) which can be fitted to or formed at the front of the hammer and having a forward end for non-rotatably receiving a shank (3) of a tool or bit wherein said forward end is formed with a single axially extending slot (10); a single locking body (54) extending through said slot for releasably engaging an axially extending closed groove (88) formed in a tool fitted in said forward end of the tool holder body (66); and a locking member (52) which extends around the tool holder body and in a locked position locks the locking body in a radially inward position in which the locking body is engageable with the groove in the tool and in a release position allows the locking body to move into a radially outward position to allow a tool to be inserted into or removed from the forward end of the tool holder body; wherein the locking member (52) is shiftable in a direction transverse to the fore-aft axis of the tool holder body to allow the locking body to move into a radially outward position.