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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H. Gifford, New Freedom, PA (US);
Richard J. Heavel, Hanover, PA (US);
Alfred H. Judge, Jarrettesville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/110 ;
Abstract
A removable chuck has a chuck member for holding a drill bit. Also, a mechanism is coupled with the chuck body to retain the chuck body to a drill spindle. The retention mechanism, in a first position, retains the chuck on the drill spindle and in a second position the chuck is enabled to be removed from the spindle.