<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE ep-patent-document PUBLIC "-//EPO//EP PATENT DOCUMENT 1.4//EN" "ep-patent-document-v1-4.dtd"><!-- Disclaimer: This ST.36 XML data has been generated from SGML data available on ESPACE discs EPAS Volumes 2003/201 to 203 enriched by the abstract retrieved from the corresponding A2/A1 document - March 2013 - EPO - Dir. Publication - kbaumeister@epo.org --><ep-patent-document id="EP83301064A3" lang="en" country="EP" doc-number="0087972" date-publ="19860108" file="83301064" kind="A3" status="n" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-4"><SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>CHDEFRGBLISE</B001EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>0087972</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>19860108</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>83301064</B210><B220><date>19830228</date></B220></B200><B300><B310>353223</B310><B320><date>19820301</date></B320><B330><ctry>US</ctry></B330><B310>437542</B310><B320><date>19821029</date></B320><B330><ctry>US</ctry></B330><B310>455760</B310><B320><date>19830105</date></B320><B330><ctry>US</ctry></B330><B310>466637</B310><B320><date>19830218</date></B320><B330><ctry>US</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>19860108</date><bnum>198602</bnum></B405><B430><date>19830907</date><bnum>198336</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510><B511> 6B 25B  21/00   A</B511></B510><B540><B541>en</B541><B542>Power tool adapter assembly</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Adaptateur pour outil à moteur</B542><B541>de</B541><B542>Zusatzeinrichtung für kraftangetriebenes Werkzeug</B542></B540></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>TEXTRON INC.</snm></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>DeCaro, Charles James</snm></B721></B720></B700><B800><B840><ctry>CH</ctry><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>LI</ctry><ctry>SE</ctry></B840><B880><date>19860108</date><bnum>198602</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI><abstract id="abst" lang="en"><p id="pa01" num="0001">An adapter and adapter assembly for a torquing tool includes a reversible adapter and a sleeve having an adjustable extension member. The adjustable extension member joins the sleeve to the power unit and accommodates a range of drill bit lengths when the adapter is in a fastener driver mode. The adapter is reversible within the sleeve and includes an elongated body having a bore at one end to accommodate a working member such as a drill bit and a bore at the other end to accommodate a fastener driver. The adapter body includes an internally tapped bore threadably accommodating a set screw against which the driver abuts. This provides a depth adjustment for the driver. Grooves are provided for detachable connection to the sleeve. A quick release means housed within the adapter detachably retains the working member within the bore and to the elongated body and means associated with said bore and said working member for transmitting torque from the tool to the working member. The preferred quick release means is a spring loaded shuttle positioned in an opening radially through the body member and in communication with the bore. The preferred torque transmitting means is a pair of corresponding, opposed surfaces disposed on the bore and working member respectively.<img id="iaf01" file="imgaf001.tif" wi="36" he="91" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif" inline="no" /></p></abstract><search-report-data lang="en" id="srep" srep-office="EP" date-produced=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="srep0001.tif" type="tif" orientation="portrait" he="295" wi="208" /><doc-page id="srep0002" file="srep0002.tif" type="tif" orientation="portrait" he="295" wi="208" /></search-report-data></ep-patent-document>