Patent ID: 8141407

Claim:
A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools, the multi-tool being configured to be mounted at a single tool-mount location on a press, the multi-tool having a central vertical axis and comprising: a guide housing; a driver assembly having a top and a striker, the top of the driver assembly being configured to be struck by a ram of the press in response to which a load-delivery surface of the striker delivers pressing force directly to an activated tool in said desired tool-receipt opening, wherein a relative rotation of the striker and the tool-receipt openings can be performed such that the striker is selectively aligned with a desired one of the tool-receipt openings; and the driver assembly surrounds an internal lube reservoir located on the multi-tool's central vertical axis, the driver assembly defining a direct lubrication passage that is in fluid communication with said centrally located internal lube reservoir and thus receives lubricant from the reservoir, the direct lubrication passage extending outwardly from said centrally located internal lube reservoir to an outlet defined by the striker, the outlet being configured to deliver lubricant directly to a location adjacent to said desired tool-receipt opening, the direct lubrication passage comprising: i) a first section and second section, the first section extending away from said centrally located internal lube reservoir, the first section being parallel to the striker's load-delivery surface, the second section extending from the first section to said outlet, the second section being perpendicular to the striker's load-delivery surface, or ii) a length extending along an axis that is offset by an oblique angle relative to the multi-tool's central vertical axis.