Patent ID: 8813614
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B23B,B25B,B25F,B25G

Abstract:
1. A multi-bit tool including a housing incorporating at least two tool storage recesses, a bore and a drive socket portion axially aligned with the bore, each recess providing a storage location for a tool bit, a sleeve axially located to permit rotation in the bore of the housing, the sleeve including a flange portion and a slot portion, a bolt slidably located in the sleeve between a bit loading position and a working position, the bolt having a claw, a bolt flange portion and a drive input portion, the claw being provided to accommodate a drive end of a tool bit and provide axial location of the tool bit relative to the bolt, the flange portion including at least one eccentric protrusion extending radially from the bolt flange to engage with the end of one of said at least two recesses to provide rotational location of the bolt relative to the housing, the drive input portion of the bolt receiving drive input to the tool, the bolt flange portion transferring the drive from the bolt to the housing to thereby transmit the drive input to the drive socket portion of the housing.