Patent ID: 6390739
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B23B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A power drivable chuck for receiving and clamping a shank having at least one axial groove formed in the periphery thereof extending to a free end of the shank, and having a transaxial groove formed in a side wall, along an intermediate portion, of the axial groove, which comprises:a body having an opening therein for receipt of the shank; the opening of the body formed with a wall; at least one axial rib formed on and extending inward from the wall of the opening of the body for receipt of the axial groove of the shank; a locking element located within the opening of the body; means, responsive to the insertion of the free end of the shank into the opening of the body, for facilitating the directing of the locking element into the axial groove of the body to allow the shank to be moved further into the opening; and means, responsive to an alignment of the locking element with the transaxial groove, for directing the locking element into the transaxial groove to lock the shank with the chuck.