Patent ID: 8167689

Claim:
A system for operatively connecting an inserted tool to a drive shaft, comprising: a tool-holding fixture having a slaving flange ( 10 ) and a slaving device ( 12 ) comprising a spring element ( 18 ) and at least one detent element ( 20 ); and an inserted tool ( 14 ) which can be connected operatively to the slaving device ( 12 ) via the at least one detent element ( 20 ) that is supported movably counter to the spring element ( 18 ); wherein the inserted tool ( 14 ) can be connected operatively to a drive shaft ( 16 ) via the slaving device ( 12 ), wherein the detent element ( 20 ) snaps into place in an operating position of the inserted tool ( 14 ) and fixes the inserted tool ( 14 ) by positive engagement, wherein the tool-holding fixture and the inserted tool ( 14 ) have at least two corresponding shaped elements ( 22 , 24 ), adapted to one another, to facilitate installation of the inserted tool ( 14 ), wherein the shaped element ( 22 ) arranged on the tool-holding fixture is formed by a radially extending protrusion arranged on a collar ( 26 ) of the slaving flange ( 10 ), wherein the shaped element ( 24 ) arranged on the inserted tool ( 14 ) is formed by a recess, and wherein a cylindrical part of the collar ( 26 ) of the slaving flange ( 10 ) protrudes in an axial direction past an end face ( 84 ) of the shaped element ( 22 ) embodied as the radially extending protrusion.