Patent ID: 7287449

Claim:
Screwing tool ( 1 ) having a grip ( 2 ) with a cavity ( 4 ) therein and opening toward an end of the grip ( 2 ), and a shank ( 3 ), the shank ( 3 ) being received removably in the cavity ( 4 ) and having a free end which extends from the cavity upon insertion of the shank in the cavity, wherein the shank ( 3 ) at its free end has an actuating portion ( 5 ); wherein the screwing tool further comprises a retaining element ( 14 ) and an actuating member ( 6 ) which are components of the grip ( 2 ), and wherein then shank ( 3 ) is retained in a position of use, with the shank being fixed in terms of rotation on the grip without sliding in an axial direction of the cavity, by means of the retaining element ( 14 ); wherein the retaining element ( 14 ) is displaced into a removal position by displacement of the actuating member ( 6 ) in order for the shank to be removed from the grip ( 2 ); in which tool, in a stored position, a large part of the shank ( 3 ) is located in the cavity ( 4 ), where it is held releasably; wherein the shank, in the stored position, is held by means of releasable holding means (H) of the grip ( 2 ) separate from the retaining element ( 14 ), it being possible, during release of the holding means, for displacing the shank ( 3 ) outwardly from cavity ( 4 ) into the position of use onto a stop (A) of the retaining element ( 14 ) through the application of force.