Tool handle for exchangeable tools such as chisels or the like

Claim 1

A TOOL RETAINING MEANS FOR RETAINING ON A TOOL HANDLE A DRIFT OR THE LIKE, SAID RETAINING MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SLEEVE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL AND HAVING OUTER AND INNER SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SURFACES OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DIAMETER THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF SAID SLEEVE SO AS TO BE ADAPTED TO COVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE HANDLE, SAID SLEEVE BEING FORMED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF WITH AN ELONGATED CUTOUT EXTENDING IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID SLEEVE AND RADIALLY FROM THE OUTER TOWARD THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF AND BEING IN ITS ENTIRELY LOCATED BETWEEN SAID CYLINDRICAL SURFACES, SAID CUTOUT HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY INCLINED SIDE FACES ADAPTED TO RESILIENTLY ENGAGE A DRIFT OR THE LIKE PLACED IN SAID CUTOUT TO RESILIENTLY RETAIN SAID DRIFT IN SAID CUTOUT, SAID SIDE FACES HAVING OUTER EDGES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE SMALLER THAN THE INNER EDGES THEREOF AND SAID CUTOUT HAVING A PAIR OF END FACES EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID SIDE FACES AND RESPECTIVELY SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF THE SLEEVE.