Patent ID: 7204181

Claim:
A punch change retainer positioning a floating punch retainer in a retracted, disengage position and an extended, engage position, the change retainer comprising: a change retainer body including a nose portion at a front end of the change retainer body and an actuator at a rear end of the change retainer body; a punch retainer receiving aperture extending upwardly through the change retainer body from a bottom surface thereof; a gagging member actuable by the actuator between a retracted position distal from the nose portion of the change retainer body and an extended position adjacent the nose portion of the change retainer body; a floating punch retainer receivable within the punch retainer receiving aperture, an upper end of the floating punch retainer positioned for engagement with the gagging member, the floating punch retainer defining a longitudinal center line located in a front to rear direction; a punch receiving hole defined in the floating punch retainer; and the floating punch retainer being rotatably positioned about the longitudinal center line within the punch retainer receiving aperture.