Tool handle having a tool receiving structure

A tool handle includes a housing having a chamber and a slot communicating with the chamber. A rod is rotatably receiving in the chamber and has a number of channels for receiving tool bits. A lid is engaged with the slot of the housing and biased to engage with the housing and may be depressed inward of the housing. The rod may be rotated to align the required tool bit with the lid for allowing the tool bit to be tilted by the lid and to be easily fetched by the user. A control ferrule is secured to the rod for rotating the rod and for aligning the tool bit with the lid.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to a tool handle, and more particularly to a 
tool handle having a tool receiving structure for receiving tool bits. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
Typical tool handles, particularly the handles for screw drivers, comprise 
a chamber for receiving a number of tool bits. However, the tool bits may 
not be easily fetched. 
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the 
afore-described disadvantages of the conventional tool handles. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a tool handle 
having a tool receiving structure for allowing the tool bits to be easily 
engaged into and disengaged from the tool handle. 
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a tool 
handle comprising a housing including a chamber and a slot communicating 
with the chamber, a rod rotatably receiving in the chamber and including 
at least one channel, at least one tool bit engaged in the channel of the 
rod, a lid engaged with the slot of the housing and including a first end, 
and means for biasing the first end of the lid to engage with the housing, 
the first end of the lid being allowed to be depressed inward of the 
housing against the biasing means. The rod is allowed to be rotated to 
align the tool bit with the lid, and the tool bit is allowed to be tilted 
by the lid when the first end of the lid is depressed inward of the 
housing against the biasing means. 
The lid includes a block provided in the first end and includes a pair of 
shoulders for engaging with the housing, the biasing means biases the 
block to engage with the housing for allowing the block and the first end 
of the lid to be depressed inward of the housing. The rod includes an 
extension extended outward of the housing. A control ferrule is secured to 
the extension for rotating the rod and for aligning the tool bit with the 
lid. A cap is rotatably secured to the control ferrule for shielding the 
extension. 
The housing includes a resilient retainer, the rod includes a cavity 
rotatably engaging with the retainer for allowing the retainer to 
rotatably secure the rod to the housing. 
The lid includes a second end having a projection, the rod includes a first 
end having a head, the head includes an outer peripheral surface having at 
least one depression for engaging with the projection of the lid and for 
positioning the rod relative to the housing. 
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become 
apparent from a careful reading of a detailed description provided 
hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1-3, a tool handle in 
accordance with the present invention comprises a housing 10 including a 
chamber 11 formed therein and including a slot 12 communicating with the 
chamber 11. A driving stem 80 is secured to the housing 10 for engaging 
with and for driving the fasteners, such as screws or nuts or the like. A 
pin 13 is disposed in the housing 10 and includes a slit 131 for forming a 
resilient retainer. A lid 14 is engaged with the slot 12 and includes a 
block 15 secured to one end and includes a pair of shoulders 18 for 
engaging with the housing 10. The lid 14 includes a projection 17 formed 
on the other end opposite to the block 15. It is preferable that the lid 
14 is made of transparent materials. 
A rod 20 is rotatably engaged in the chamber 11 of the housing 10 and has a 
cavity 22 rotatably engaged with the retainer 13. The retainer 13 includes 
an annular rib 132 for engaging with a corresponding annular groove of the 
rod 20 for rotatably securing the rod 20 in the housing 10. The rod 20 
includes a number of channels or clamping members 21 for engaging with and 
for securing the tool bits 40 in place. The rod 20 includes a head 23 
secured to one end and having a number of depressions 24 provided on the 
outer peripheral surface and aligning or corresponding to the channels or 
the clamping members 21 of the rod 20. The rod 20 includes an extension 25 
extended outward of the housing 10. A control ferrule 30 is engaged with 
the extension 25 by such as a force-fitted engagement for allowing the 
control ferrule 30 to rotate the rod 30. The control ferrule 30 may 
include a bore 35 having a non-circular cross section for engaging with 
the extension 25 having the corresponding non-circular cross section, such 
that the extension 25 may also be rotated by the control ferrule 30 
without the force-fitted engagement. The control ferrule 30 includes an 
annular recess 31. A cap 32 includes an annular flange 33 for engaging 
with the annular recess 31 and for rotatably securing to the control 
ferrule 30. The cap 32 may be used for shielding the extension 25. 
A spring 16 has one end engaged with a hole 19 of the block 15 and has one 
end biased against the extension 25 for biasing the block 15 to engage 
with the housing 10 and for allowing the block 15 to be depressed inward 
of the housing 10 against the spring 16. The required tool bit 40 may be 
rotated to be aligned with the lid 14 by the rod 20 and the control 
ferrule 30 (FIGS. 2, 3). When the block 15 is depressed inward of the 
housing 10, as shown in FIG. 4, the tool bit 40 may also be tilted for 
allowing one end of the tool bit 40 to be extended or exposed outward of 
the housing 10 and for allowing the tool bit 40 to be easily fetched by 
the user. The projection 17 of the lid 14 may engage with the 
corresponding depressions 24 for retaining the rod 20 in place and for 
positioning the selected tool bit 40 relative to the lid 14. When the 
control ferrule 30 is rotated, the projection 17 may be forced away from 
the depressions 24 and may be biased to engage with the other depressions 
24 again by the spring 16 when the projection 17 is aligned with the other 
depressions 24. The one end of the spring 16 may be solidly secured to the 
block 15 by such as force-fitted engagement or by adhesive materials, such 
that the other end of the spring 16 will not be disengaged from the 
extension 25 when the extension 25 is rotated relative to the spring 16. 
In operation, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, the control ferrule 30 may be rotated 
for aligning the required tool bit 40 with the transparent lid 14. At this 
moment, as shown in FIG. 4, one end of the lid 14 and the block 15 are 
depressed inward of the housing 10 against the spring 16 for tilting the 
tool bit 40 and for allowing the tool bit 40 to be easily disengaged from 
or engaged into the housing 10. 
Accordingly, the tool handle in accordance with the present invention 
includes a tool receiving structure for allowing the tool bits to be 
easily engaged into and disengaged from the tool handle. 
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of 
particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been 
made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed 
construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted 
to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as 
hereinafter claimed.