Patent ID: 6315488
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A01B,B25G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A coupling device for connecting a handle part and a tool part, the coupling comprising:a plug having a main portion, an end portion, and a notched portion between the main portion and the end portion;a socket having a proximal base end, a body portion extending from the base end, an axial, plug receiving bore opening through a distal end of the body portion, and a locking member between the base end and the plug receiving bore; andthe locking member including a leaf spring cantilevered axially on one side of the body portion of the socket and supporting a latch bar to engage the notched portion of the plug when the plug is inserted through the open end of the plug receiving bore, the latch bar being spaced from the leaf spring replaced so that the end portion of the plug passes between the latch bar and the leaf spring when the plug is inserted through the open end of the plug receiving bore with an located on another side of the socket.