(19)
(11) EP 2 837 468 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.11.2015 Bulletin 2015/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.02.2015 Bulletin 2015/08

(21) Application number: 14180985.5

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B25B 23/00(2006.01)
B23B 31/107(2006.01)
 B25B 23/12(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 15.08.2013 US 201313967775
23.05.2014 US 201414285799

(71) Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
Newark, Delaware 19711 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Moss, Darren B.
    York, PA Pennsylvania 17408 (US)
  • Santamarina, Aland
    Columbia, MD Maryland 21044 (US)
  • Lee, David B.
    Baltimore, MD Maryland 21209 (US)
  • Peters, Michael P
    Lutherville, MD Maryland 21093 (US)
  • Brunson, Mark E
    Bel Air, MD Maryland 21015 (US)
  • Mitchener Keffer, Ruth E.
    Baltimore, MD Maryland 21224 (US)

(74) Representative: Barrett, Jennifer Catherine et al
Black & Decker Europe 210 Bath Road
Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD
Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD (GB)

   


(54) Bit holder with floating magnet sleeve


(57) A bit holder assembly (470) for a rotary hand or powered tool, includes a body (472) having a hex shank (476) at its rearward end and a retraction collar (474) slidably disposed on the body (472). The body (472) has a coaxial hex socket (478) formed therein to allow a tool bit (40) to be inserted thereinto. The bit (40) is removed by sliding the retraction collar (474). A ring magnet (50) is disposed at the forward end of the retraction collar (474) to magnetize a fastener (54) to retain the fastener (54) to the bit (40).







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