Patent ID: 8622483

Claim:
A bit holder for use in road milling, mining and trenching equipment, said bit holder comprising: an upper body portion and, a generally cylindrical shank extending axially from said upper body portion, said shank being of a quick-change type, said upper body portion including a skirt having an annular bottom horizontal surface from which said generally cylindrical shank extends, and skirt being the widest diametrical part of said upper body portion, a pair of spaced apart horizontal slots on said upper body portion, said slots being in communication with an outer surface of said upper body portion and being parallel to and spatially positioned above said skirt annular bottom horizontal surface for receiving an extractor tool thereon, each of said pair of spaced apart horizontal slots are further defined by at least one vertical inner sidewall, and parallel spaced apart top and bottom surfaces extending radially outwardly from top and bottom edges of each said vertical inner side walls, respectively and in communication with said outer surface of said upper body portion.