Patent ID: 6511268
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B23B,B25B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool bit holder for use with a tool, th tool bit holder for holding a reversible tool bit, the tool bit holder comprising;a tool bit holler body; a shank provided on the tool bit bolder body, the shank for mounting the tool bit holder onto the tool; a tool bit socket provided on the tool bit holder body, the socket for receiving the reversible tool bit; a locking collar engaging the reversible tool bit and preventing removal of the reversible tool bit from the tool bit socket; and a stabilizing sleeve slidingly telescopingly mounted on the tool holder body and movable between a first position in which the stabilizing sleeve is extended over the locking collar and the tool bit to stabilize a workpiece engaged by the tool bit and a second position in which the stabilizing sleeve is retracted from the reversible tool bit.