Tool holder
First Claim
1. In combination, a tool holder and a plurality of tools, each of which has a longitudinal part which has at least one flat side, said tool holder being formed of resiliently yieldable material and having a plurality of longitudinal passages therein, each of a cross sectional configuration receiving freely the longitudinal part of one of the tools, each of said passages having an inwardly projection portion having a flat inner face spaced from the opposite portion of said passage by a distance substantially as great as the distance between said flat side of the longitudinal part and the opposite portion of the tool therein but less than the distance between other opposite portions of said tool part a first of which opposite portions is adjacent said flat side so that said flat side thereof is parallel to and adjacent the flat inner face of said projecting portion, said tool can be passed through said passage past said inwardly projecting portion but when said tool is rotated about its longitudinal axis after insertion into said passage, said first of said opposite portions of the longitudinal part of said tool is moved into gripping relation with said flat inner face to retain the tool in position.
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Abstract
A tool holder for removably holding a plurality of tools such as hexagonal key wrenches in which the holder has a passage for each tool and in which each passage has, spaced from the end in which the tool is inserted, an inwardly extending projection which allows the tool to pass when a flat side of the tool is parallel to the flat face of the projection but which grips the tool when it is turned to bring a corner edge of the tool into engagement with the flat face to clamp it. With large tools, there are two opposed inwardly extending projections, one of which has a groove into which a corner edge of said tool enters to yieldably retain the tool against rotation from its gripped position. With small tools, the tool holder has a shoulder against which the tool bears to limit the movement of the tool away from its gripped position. Instead of all of the passages being in a row, there are two overlying rows of passages so that the holder is narrower and thicker with the result that it can be conveniently grasped as a handle for one of the tools when that tool is partially withdrawn from the holder.
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9 Claims
- 1. In combination, a tool holder and a plurality of tools, each of which has a longitudinal part which has at least one flat side, said tool holder being formed of resiliently yieldable material and having a plurality of longitudinal passages therein, each of a cross sectional configuration receiving freely the longitudinal part of one of the tools, each of said passages having an inwardly projection portion having a flat inner face spaced from the opposite portion of said passage by a distance substantially as great as the distance between said flat side of the longitudinal part and the opposite portion of the tool therein but less than the distance between other opposite portions of said tool part a first of which opposite portions is adjacent said flat side so that said flat side thereof is parallel to and adjacent the flat inner face of said projecting portion, said tool can be passed through said passage past said inwardly projecting portion but when said tool is rotated about its longitudinal axis after insertion into said passage, said first of said opposite portions of the longitudinal part of said tool is moved into gripping relation with said flat inner face to retain the tool in position.
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