Tool holder

Abstract

The invention relates to a tool holder (1) for elongate tools (8) with a base part (2) and a cover (3). The base part (2) has a base plate (4), a tool-receiving chamber (6), enclosed by side walls (5), and mutually parallel receiving shafts (6A) which are separated from one another in said tool-receiving chamber by crosspieces (7) and in which the tools (8) are inserted. The receiving shafts (6A) are designed in each case with a bearing surface (6B) on the base plate (4) and with a depression (9), formed in the base plate (4), in the region of one of the side walls (5). The cover (3) may be connected to the base part (2) such that it can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the receiving shafts (6A). The cover (3) has a selector device (10) which is intended for selecting one of the tools (8) positioned in the receiving shafts (6A) and has at least one elastic actuating element (11, 11'), which can be pressed onto at least one of the tools (8). The actuating element (11, 11') is designed with a protrusion (13, 13') which is directed towards the tools (8), such that, when the cover (3) is open, said actuating element presses a selected tool (8), by means of its end which is directed towards the side wall (5), into the depression (9), the tool (8) assuming, with its longitudinal axis, a position in which it runs obliquely with respect to the bearing surface (6B).