Patent ID: 7261211

Claim:
An air tool holder capable of holding multiple air tool elements, said elements including an end fitting with an air passage, an outer, generally circular flange adjacent an inwardly positioned groove, said tool holder comprising, in combination: a mounting plate; an elongate support shaft extending from the plate; a first generally circular, non-rotatable retainer member mounted on the shaft and spaced from the plate, said first retainer member including a circumferential generally peripheral first flange at a first radial distance from the support shaft and extending axially outwardly away from the direction of the mounting plate; a second generally circular retainer member mounted on the shaft in opposed relation to the first retainer member and including a generally circumferential, peripheral second flange extending axially toward the first flange of the first retainer, said second flange radially spaced from said support shaft a second radial distance substantially equal to the first radial distance, said first and second flanges in opposed relation and spaced from one another whereby said air tool element can be retained by positioning the first and second flanges in a groove thereof, at least one of the first and second flanges having a notch whereby the tool element may be disengaged from retention by the first and second flanges; an air tool element mounting body member mounted on said support shaft intermediate the first and second retainer members, and at least two radially extending mounting pins on said body member, each pin extending radially from said shaft.