Patent ID: 8602285

Claim:
An anchor installation tool comprising: an elongated driving member defining an axis and having a rear body portion and a front head portion extending frontward from the body portion and having an outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the body portion, the body portion defining an internal bore with an internal shoulder configured to receive a drill bit, the body portion further including a retaining member configured to engage with the drill bit to inhibit removal of the drill bit from the rear body portion, the retaining member including a biased lug projecting through a window in the body portion into a recess in the drill bit; an anchor guide having a sleeve body defining a bore having a rear portion sized to slidably receive the body portion of the driving member and a front portion sized to slidably receive the head portion of the driving member, the front portion further including a holding member configured to releasably hold an anchor in the front portion of the bore; and a stopping member coupled to at least one of the driving member and the anchor guide to prevent complete removal of the driving member from the anchor guide, wherein when an anchor is held in the anchor guide and a drill bit is inserted into the driving member, axial movement of the drill bit is transferred via the internal shoulder to axial movement of the driving member, which causes the head portion to strike the anchor.