Patent ID: 7685700

Claim:
A compensating unit for a tool unit for inserting an element into a workpiece, the compensating unit comprising: a mounting for fastening the tool unit and the tool unit being mounted, oriented in an axial direction, such that, during a machining operation, a compensating movement in a plane oriented at least approximately perpendicular to the axial direction is made possible; a compensating element, the tool unit being connected to said mounting via said compensating element, said compensating element including a sliding plate disposed on said mounting so as to be laterally movable in the plane perpendicular to the axial direction; a bearing, the tool unit being connected to said sliding plate via said bearing which allows a tilting movement with respect to the axial direction; and said sliding plate surrounding the tool unit annularly in a region of said bearing and leaving a gap such that the tool unit is disposed in a pot-like receptacle of the sliding plate.