Abstract: An apparatus includes a body, a shaft assembly, and a deflection actuation assembly. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis and includes a flexible distal portion. The deflection actuation assembly includes a first rotary actuator, a translatable actuation member, and a resilient member. The translatable actuation member extends through the shaft assembly and is operatively coupled with the first rotary actuator and the flexible distal portion of the shaft assembly. The first rotary actuator is rotatable by a rotational force to thereby drive the translatable actuation member longitudinally. The resilient member is positioned between the first rotary actuator and the body and is configured to apply a friction force between the first rotary actuator and the body. The friction force is operable to increase the rotational force required to rotate the first rotary actuator.

Abstract: Provided is a lathe capable of shortening the spindle. The lathe comprises a spindle, a spindle support which supports the spindle through a bearing on an outer side of the spindle, a collet disposed on a front end of the spindle, an inner ring holder provided on the spindle to hold a front of an inner ring of the bearing, an outer ring holder provided on the spindle support to hold a front of an outer ring of the bearing, a cap screwed into the spindle in front of the inner ring holder, and a cover detachably provided on the spindle support side. The cover has an inner circumferential surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the cap. A first air purging unit is provided between the inner circumferential surface of the cover and the outer circumferential surface of the cap.

Abstract: A device that includes a body, a wire locking feature, and a channel. The body has an opening through which a wire is configured to extend. The channel is defined by an upper wire guiding portion and a lower wire guiding portion. The channel is configured to guide the wire between the opening and the wire locking feature. The upper wire guiding portion includes a protrusion. The wire is configured to slip past the protrusion during insertion of the wire into the channel.

Abstract: A housing has a spiral passageway for a catheter that is manually extracted from the housing by means of a wheel having a textured circumferential surface and mounted on a shaft that extends through a non-circular bearing defined in an outer portion of the housing. An inner portion of the wheel extends into the spiral passageway adjacent the wire catheter and an outer portion of the wheel outwardly from the housing whereby the upper surface of the knob can be manipulated in one direction and the wire catheter below the knob will be advanced in the opposite direction. The non-circular bearing has a generally circular outer portion in which the textured surface of the knob is only intermittently in contact with the catheter whereby the wire catheter may be advanced, and a generally linear inner portion sloping inwardly towards the catheter.

Abstract: A driving shank assembly includes a tube, a drive head, a connector, and two quick release nuts. The tube has two enlarged portions each having a mounting recess and an external thread. Each of the enlarged portions has a plurality of slits and a plurality of elastic clamping pieces between the slits. The drive head has a driving recess and a mounting shaft. The mounting shaft of the drive head is inserted into the mounting recess of the tube. The connector has a mounting shaft and a connecting shank. The mounting shaft of the connector is inserted into the mounting recess of the tube. The connecting shank of the connector has a retaining groove for mounting an actuating tool. Each of the quick release nuts has an internal thread screwed onto the external thread of the tube.

Abstract: A driver extension with hand knobs is shown and described. The driver extension with hand knobs includes an elongated rod. The elongated rod has a first end opposite a second end. The first end of the elongated rod is a tool attachment end. The second end of the elongated rod is a securement end for a socket or a screwdriver. A pair of opposing hand knobs are secured along the elongated rod extending away from the elongated rod. The knobs are positioned in the same plane.

Abstract: A medical device for the treatment of a sinus opening includes a handle, a grooming sheath, a rail, a guide wire, a balloon catheter and a balloon catheter movement mechanism. The handle has a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis along the length of the handle. The grooming sheath has a distal end and a proximal end with the proximal end of the grooming sheath being attached to the distal end of the handle. The rail has a distal end and a proximal end and disposed partially within the grooming sheath to define an annular lumen is between the rail and the grooming sheath. The guide wire operatively extends from the distal end of the rail and the balloon catheter is disposed at least partially in the handle and annular lumen.

Abstract: A hand tool includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first reversible tool removably coupled to the first end, and a second reversible tool removably coupled to the second end. A first pick extends from the first reversible tool, and a second pick extends from the first reversible tool opposite the first pick. A first screwdriver bit extends from the second reversible tool, and a second screwdriver bit extends from the second reversible tool opposite the first screwdriver bit. The hand tool also includes a cap removably coupled to the body at the first end or the second end. The body is configured to resist rolling.

Abstract: An assembly for collapsing a prosthetic heart valve includes a compression member having a plurality of arms pivotable between a first orientation in which side edges of adjacent arms are spaced apart from one another and a second orientation in which the adjacent arms contact one another. A translating member is movable along the arms to pivot the arms from the first orientation to the second orientation to collapse the prosthetic heart valve. A separation tool includes ribs defining channels sized to receive the struts of a stent of a prosthetic heart valve to keep the struts separated from one another as the prosthetic heart valve is collapsed.

Abstract: An improved gastric tube for displacing a section of an esophagus during cardiac ablation procedures is disclosed. The improved gastric tube is an elongated flexible tube designed to be inserted in the esophagus of a patient and extended past the portion of the esophagus which overlies the heart. The improved gastric tube includes a first lumen extending the length of the tube which receives a control wire, plastic stylet, or other apparatus which would function for displacement of the portion of the esophagus overlying the heart. A second lumen is included which extends to the operative section of the gastric tube, where the esophagus overlies the heart, so that contrast liquid or cooling liquid can be injected into the esophagus at that location. A temperature sensor can also be included to measure the temperature of the esophageal wall, as well as electrodes to connect to a three-dimensional mapping system.

Abstract: A holder system for an implantable device, said holder system comprising a first component arranged to act as a clamp and a second component arranged to interact with the first component to prevent movement of said first component when clamped.

Abstract: A rotatable cutting tool, which extends along a tool axis defining an axial direction, includes a cutting formation in a first axial longitudinal end region, which is configured for material ablation on a workpiece, and includes a screw-connection formation in a second axial longitudinal end region opposing the first, which is configured for screw connection with a coupling unit. The cutting tool includes key-contact surface formations diametrically opposing each other with respect to the tool axis, which are configured for torque-transmitting abutting engagement with key surfaces of a key. Each of the key-contact-surface formations includes at least two key-contact surface regions provided with spacing from each other in the circumferential direction about the tool axis, which key-contact surface regions are inclined away from each other such that they form a vertex projecting away from the tool axis.

Abstract: An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.

Abstract: A compression torque device comprises a housing, an actuator, a flexible clamping member and a linear lumen. The housing comprises a body, a handle, a leading portion and an actuator opening. The actuator is operably coupled to the housing at the actuator opening. The linear lumen passes through the housing and is contiguous with the actuator opening. The actuator pivots between a first position and a second position, such that the flexible clamping member extends into the lumen when the actuator is in the first position and does not extend into the lumen when the actuator is in the second position. The actuator and the flexible clamping member may be monolithic. A kit for catheter-based intervention comprises a compression torque device and an adaptor.

Abstract: A facet screw system and method includes an implant assembly having a screw with a removable head, a locking nut, and a collet. An insertion instrument is used to insert the screw, compress the facet joint, locks the implant, and breaks off the head of the screw providing a lower profile implant.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for inserting a hose coupling into a hose, the coupling and the hose having inner surfaces defining an inner diameter. A shaft has a first and a second end. A gripping member is associated with the shaft and is movable between a relaxed condition wherein the gripping member has a diameter less than the inner diameters of the hose the coupling and an expanded condition wherein the diameter of the gripping member is increased so that the gripping member grippingly contacts the inner surface of the hose to secure the shaft in the hose in a way that the second end of the shaft extends from the hose. A pusher member is associated with the shaft, and is engageable with the coupling and is movable along the shaft towards the gripping member to insert the coupling into the hose.

Abstract: A device for removing a boat drain plug, having a body with a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end has a first square-shaped opening configured to engage a boat drain plug. The first square-shaped opening features a first notch extending outward from one side and a second notch extending outwardly from a diametrically opposed side. The proximal end has a first handle extending laterally outward from the body, a second handle diametrically opposed to the first handle and extending laterally outward from the body, and a second square-shaped opening disposed between the first handle and the second handle. The second square-shaped opening is configured to engage a socket wrench.

Abstract: A control handle (1) for a tubular element (100) for medical use, comprising an outer casing (2) comprising a first half-shell (2a) and a second half-shell (2b) connected to each other in a respective side connecting portion so that the first (2a) and the second (2b) half-shell are configurable in at least a configuration of being moved away from each other, adapted to enable the transversal insertion of at least a portion of the tubular element (100) between the two half-shells (2a, 2b), and a configuration of being moved near each other adapted to close over said portion of the tubular element (100). Each half-shell (2a, 2b) has a respective jaw (9a, 9b), the jaws (9a, 9b) of the two half-shells (2a, 2b) cooperate with each other to define a clamping member (9) suitable for being tightened around a portion of the tubular element (100).

Abstract: A tool holder includes a basic body, in which a tool receiving region is located, a circular cylindrical clamping chuck having several joints and an external thread which has an external pitch angle, as well as a union nut having an internal thread which has an internal pitch angle. The union nut has a stopping face on the basic body or on the clamping chuck. The external pitch angle is different from the internal pitch angle.

Abstract: Injector cup pressing tools for installing and removing an injector cup from a cylinder head include a drive member configured to rotatably manipulate the tool, the drive member comprising a drive member head configured to enable rotation of the drive member; a cup support mandrel disposed to position on a distal end of the tool, the cup support mandrel comprising an internally threaded bearing end configured to form a seat for receiving a bearing, the bearing configured to translate the rotational movement applied to the drive member into a pressing motion on the cup support mandrel, the cup support mandrel further comprising a gasket end, the gasket end comprising a gasket for gripping and retaining the injector cup; and a bridge configured to help segregate the tool from the cylinder head, the bridge comprising a pair of bridge supports for adjustably regulating the elevation of the tool.

Abstract: An assembly for connecting a first rebar segment and a second rebar segment. The assembly includes a first wedge and second wedge, each defining a hollow for receiving the first and second rebar segments, respectively. A first barrel and a second barrel each define a passage for receiving the first and second wedges, respectively. The passages are tapered for mating engagement with the wedges for driving the wedges radially inwardly in response to the wedges being in the passages and axially engaged by the barrels to tighten the wedges about the rebar segments. A cap defines an opening, a stopping surface, and a channel that extends axially between the opening and the stopping surface, receiving the first and second barrels in axial alignment with one another. A coupling connects the cap and one of the barrels, inhibiting axial movement of the barrels out of the channel of the cap.

Abstract: A tissue puncture closure device includes a vessel locator and a sealing plug delivery member. The vessel locator includes an expandable member. The sealing plug delivery member includes a carrier tube, a sealing plug, and a locking member. The carrier tube includes a distal end and a side opening, the side opening extending proximally from the distal end along at least a portion of a length of the carrier tube to provide lateral insertion of the vessel locator into an interior of the carrier tube. The sealing plug includes a lumen and a slot extending from a distal end to a proximal end of the sealing plug, wherein the slot provides lateral access of the vessel locator into the lumen. The locking member is operable to retain the vessel locator within the sealing plug delivery member.

Abstract: An electrical connector having a reduced temperature rise system is described herein. The electrical connector can include a conductor receiver and a conductor mechanically coupled to the conductor receiver. The conductor can include a pin having electrically conductive material and an exposed end. The conductor can also include at least one compression member disposed along a portion of the outer perimeter of the pin at a first distance from the exposed end. When the conductor is coupled to the conductor receiver, the compression member contacts the wall of the conductor receiver to the pin. Alternatively, the conductor receiver can have an electrically conductive first portion and a second portion. Further, the conductor can have a conductive pin and a guide pin. The guide pin can force the first portion to expand and compress around the conductive pin as the conductor is mechanically coupled to the conductor receiver.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a chuck, a compressible conical collet and a lock nut for locking the collet. The cutting tool lock nut has a nut portion with a threaded portion for threading with the chuck, and a locking portion with a collet-locking surface formed with angled coolant grooves thereon. The collet-locking surface presses on the collet head, thereby compressing it to grip a tool shank in a collet bore thereof. As the locking portion presses only against a peripheral surface of the collet head, the lock nut is suitable for locking collets with different bore diameters. When the chuck is provided with a coolant fluid, the coolant fluid flows through the chuck and through the collet towards the locking portion, passing through the coolant notches between the locking portion and the collet head, and sprayed towards a location along the tool shank.

Abstract: A chuck has a chuck body at least generally centered on a body axis and a collet in the hole and having an external screwthread. A ring axially nondisplaceable in the body has an internal screwthread engaging the screwthread of the collet and external gear teeth. The body is formed with a radially outwardly open cavity seat in which some of the teeth of the ring are exposed. A gear fitted in the seat meshes with the ring teeth and can rotate about a drive axis not parallel to the body axis to rotate the ring about the body axis. According to the invention a sleeve on the chuck extends axially across and covers the seat to retain the gear therein and is formed with a through going aperture through which a tool can fit to engage and rotate the gear.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-precision clamping device for tools in machine tools of the conventional type according to ISO 15488 and to a collet chuck, a base and a tensioning nut. The invention also relates to a chuck key for tightening the locknut without radial stress. The clamping device according to the invention is characterized by a substantially improved runout accuracy, torsional rigidity of the collet chuck and rigidity of the tool clamped therein.

Abstract: A chuck device includes: a chuck body having a tapered hole at a front end portion and being fixed to a rotational spindle of the machine tool; a collet capable of being reduced in diameter and inserted into the tapered hole for holding the tool; and a nut that can be screwed to the chuck body for fastening the collet. A non-alignment prevention member is provided for suppressing relative movement by bringing the nut into radial contact with the chuck body even when the spindle of the machine tool is rotated and includes a first nut rear end side tapered surface at a farther rear end side than a screw portion, and a chuck body side tapered surface formed in the chuck body for coming into contact with the first nut rear end side tapered surface when the nut is screwed up.

Abstract: A bit retaining system for a rotary tool or device such as a router is disclosed. The bit retaining system may include a collet assembly and a control assembly. The collet assembly may include a spindle, a collet adapted to receive the bit, and a collet nut. The collet assembly may further include a collet gear mounted on the collet nut and/or a spindle gear mounted on the spindle. The control assembly selectively engages the collet assembly to drive the collet nut and/or secure the spindle in a fixed position, preventing its rotation. In operation, a hand tool is utilized to engage the control assembly. This configuration enables a user to capture and release the rotary tool bit using one hand.

Abstract: A tool holder includes a collet clamped with a tool, a collet chuck connected to a power tool, and a clamping nut connecting the collet to the collet chuck. At least two groove-shaped material recesses are created in a body of the collet. The at least two recesses extend in a lengthwise direction of the collet body, and starting from an open circumferential surface of the collet body, extend in a radial direction up to a limit stop.

Abstract: A tool chucking apparatus to hold a machining cutter or tool includes a holding member and a fastening member that are coupled together to form a grip space inside to hold a collet. The collet has a plurality of pawl structures with a plurality of elastic slots formed thereon. When the holding member and the fastening member are coupled, the collet has one end tightly held in the holding member and the other end tightly held in the fastening member. Hence the two ends of the collet contract the elastic slots to tightly grip the cutter or tool. As a result, machining precision improves, safety enhances and the life span of the cutter or tool increases.

Abstract: An adaptor for holding a threading device to a chuck of a power tool, with the chuck having three jaws. The adaptor comprises a shank having three flat sides, wherein each flat side of the chuck cooperates with a corresponding jaw of the chuck.

Abstract: A collet has seal bores formed in interspaces of the collet. The seal bores are oriented at an acute angle ? to the longitudinal axis of the collet, and extend towards a tool end of the collet, from a clamping surface of the collet to a collet peripheral surface. Adjacent the clamping bore, the collet has stopping surfaces for accurately locating the seals. When inserted into the seal bores, the seals prevent fluid leakage between the clamping bore surface and the peripheral surface of the collet.

Abstract: A bit retaining system for a rotary tool or device such as a router is disclosed. The bit retaining system may include a collet assembly and a control assembly. The collet assembly may include a spindle, a collet adapted to receive the bit, and a collet nut. The collet assembly may further include a collet gear mounted on the collet nut and/or a spindle gear mounted on the spindle. The control assembly selectively engages the collet assembly to drive the collet nut and/or secure the spindle in a fixed position, preventing its rotation. In operation, a hand tool is utilized to engage the control assembly. This configuration enables a user to capture and release the rotary tool bit using one hand.

Abstract: A pull-out preventer and milling collet that includes the pull-out preventer. The pull-out preventer is configured to prevent axial migration of a fluted milling tool out of the milling collet. The milling collet includes a through-hole extending from a rear-end aperture to an opposing cutting-end aperture of a basic body thereof. The pull-out preventer is located at the cutting-end aperture of the basic body.

Abstract: A tool holder includes: a collet chuck main body having a tapered hole formed in its tip end portion so as to be tapered toward an axial rear end; a tapered collet having a tool insertion hole that extends in an axial direction, a main tapered surface that fits in the tapered hole, and a tip end tapered surface positioned on an axial tip end side of the main tapered surface, and tapered toward an axial tip end; a cylindrical lock nut having internal threads that are screwed on external threads formed on an outer periphery of the tip end portion of the collet chuck main body, for reducing a diameter of the tool insertion hole by pressing the tapered collet into the tapered hole; a tip end tapered member having a tapered abutting surface that fits on the tip end tapered surface, the tip end tapered member being pressed toward the axial rear end by the lock nut; and a plain bearing positioned in a plane perpendicular to a direction in which the tip end tapered member is pressed by the lock nut, the plain bearing

Abstract: A locking instrument assembly for use in conjunction with an intramedullary device is disclosed. The locking instrument assembly includes an inner collet, an outer body, and a knob. The inner collet has a collar and a fastener member. The knob engages the fastener member to press the outer body against the collar. As the knob mates with the fastener member, the collar applies a clamping force to the intramedullary device.

Abstract: A tool-holding system for centering a cutting tool to be utilized by a machine is disclosed herein. The tool-holding system includes a housing defining a tapered recess to be provided to the machine for receiving at least a portion of the tool, a first alignment portion provided to the housing, and an adaptor including a tapered shank that is to be received within the tapered recess defined by the housing. The adaptor includes an aperture formed in the adaptor for receiving a proximate end of the tool and a tool fastener for securing the proximate end of the tool within the aperture at a predetermined angular orientation therein. A second alignment portion is provided to the adaptor to cooperate with the first alignment portion to establish a predetermined angular orientation of the adaptor relative to the housing while the shank of the adaptor is at least partially inserted into the tapered recess. A fastener is also provided for securing the adaptor within the tapered recess of the housing.

Abstract: A bit holder for a rotary tool is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the bit holder comprises a drive shaft with an elongated bit channel configured to receive a tool bit for the rotary tool. A cavity is provided in a peripheral wall of the drive shaft. The cavity extends in a radial direction from the bit channel to an outer portion of the drive shaft. A moveable lock member is positioned in the cavity of the drive shaft. A collet is positioned in the bit channel apart from the cavity. The collet includes a collapsible end portion configured to clamp down on the tool bit. A collet nut rotatably engages the drive shaft and is moveable between a release position and a lock position. In the lock position the collet nut clamps the collapsible end portion of the collet while also forcing the lock member into the bit cavity.

Abstract: A chuck and an article are configured such that the article is releasably secured in the chuck. One of the chuck and article is provided with a crest and the other with a trough. When the article is secured to the chuck, the crest enters the trough so as help prevent slippage of one with respect to the other. The chuck may include a receiver having a tapered bore, a collet having a complementarily tapered outer surface, and a nut configured to be threadingly secured to a forward end of the receiver; the article may be a shank, such as a tool shank. An inner surface of the collet may be provided with a crest which is configured to fit into a trough formed on the shank. In a secured position, the shank is accommodated in the bore of the collect with the crest of the collet at least partially occupying the trough of the shank, thereby preventing movement of the shank relative to the collet, which itself is accommodated in the bore of the receiver.

Abstract: A collet holder for insertion into a multi-jaw chuck. The collet holder includes a multi-faceted body having a smooth bore extending therethrough for housing a standard collet and a cap nut threadably secured to the body.

Abstract: An collet and lock nut assembly includes a collet for receiving a cutting tool shank and a lock nut for creating a gripping force between the collet and the shank. The collet has a nose portion and a body portion separated by an annular groove. The lock nut has a plurality of retention tabs and a corresponding number of clear portions. The collet and lock nut assembly can be easily assembled by inserting at least one retention tab within the groove of the collet, and then applying pressure to the collet such that the remaining retention tabs of the lock nut are received within the groove of the collet to place the assembly in a locked position. The collet and cutting tool shank can be drawn from the tool holder by applying rotational torque to the lock nut. The collet is easily removed from the lock nut by applying pressure in any circumferential, lateral direction against the collet.

Abstract: A tool chucking apparatus to hold a machining cutter or tool includes a holding member and a fastening member that are coupled together to form a grip space inside to hold a collet. The collet has a plurality of pawl structures with a plurality of elastic slots formed thereon. When the holding member and the fastening member are coupled, the collet has one end tightly held in the holding member and the other end tightly held in the fastening member. Hence the two ends of the collet contract the elastic slots to tightly grip the cutter or tool. As a result, machining precision improves, safety enhances and the life span of the cutter or tool increases.

Abstract: A quick-change tool-holding method and system for securing a tool within a primary tapered recess is disclosed. The tool-holding system includes an adaptor having a tapered exterior that closely approximates interior dimensions of the tapered recess to fit snugly within the tapered recess. The adaptor defines a secondary interior tapered recess and includes an exterior threaded portion about an aperture leading into the secondary tapered recess. A threaded fastener is also provided to include a threaded portion that is cooperable with threads provided adjacent to the primary tapered recess to secure the adaptor therein, as well as an aperture through which at least a portion of the exterior threaded portion of the adaptor extends when the adaptor is secured within the primary tapered recess by the threaded fastener. A collet comprising a plurality of slits formed therein is provided to allow the collet to elastically deform and constrict the tool when placed within an internal passage defined by the collet.

Abstract: A quick-change system for changing a collet or bit on a tool has a base member to be attached to the body of the tool, an input member to be selectively latched to or unlatched from the tool body, an output member coupled to the input member via a torque multiplication device and having splines that are engageable and disengageable with a collet nut for the tool having a splined member when the two parts are moved relative to each other a given axial distance. When the input member is latched to the tool's body, the output member and the collet nut are disengaged so as to allow the collet nut to rotate with the tool's spindle during operation of the tool. When the input member is unlatched from the tool's body, it can rotate freely and is spring biased to cause the collet nut and output member to move into engagement such that torquing the input member loosens or tightens the collet nut to release or clamp the bit, respectively.

Abstract: A power tool having a body, a tool bit holder protruding from the tool body for holding and rotating a tool bit about an axis of rotation, and an operator for operating the bit holder. The operator includes an annular member rotationally engageable with the bit holder for manual turning to tighten and/or release the bit holder, and a mount mounting the annular member to the tool body for movement between a non-operative position, rotationally disengaged from the bit holder, and an operative position, rotationally engaged with the bit holder.

Abstract: A collet assembly, for selectively attaching a tool accessory to a tool, having a collet nut rotatably connectable to the tool, a collet compressible by the collet nut, and a torque application feature movably connected with the tool. The torque application feature is cammingly actuated to engage the collet nut for compressing and loosening the collet.

Abstract: A collet and lock nut assembly includes a collet for receiving a cutting tool shank and a lock nut for creating a gripping force between the collet and the shank. The collet has a nose portion and a body portion separated by an annular groove. The lock nut has a plurality of retention tabs and a corresponding number of clear portions. The collet and lock nut assembly can be easily assembled by inserting at least one retention tab within the groove of the collet, and then applying pressure to the collet such that the remaining retention tabs of the lock nut are received within the groove of the collet to place the assembly in a locked position. The collet and cutting tool shank can be drawn from the tool holder by applying rotational torque to the lock nut. The collet is easily removed from the lock nut by applying pressure in any circumferential, lateral direction against the collet.

Abstract: An adapter for installing a connector to a terminal post, wherein the connector is attached to a cable, is presented. In an embodiment, the adapter is comprised of an elongated collet member having a longitudinal axis comprised of a first collet member end, a second collet member end, an outer collet member surface, and an inner collet member surface. The inner collet member surface at the first collet member end is used to engage the connector. The outer collet member surface at the first collet member end is tapered for a predetermined first length at a predetermined taper angle. The collet includes a longitudinal slot that extends along the longitudinal axis initiating at the first collet member end for a predetermined second length. The first collet member end is formed of a predetermined number of sections segregated by a predetermined number of channels and the longitudinal slot.

Abstract: Files of different sizes and shapes are secure in place, in the fingers of a conventional medium size tap wrench by screwing down the ferrule which is larger in format then the threaded nut used on tap wrenches now, for a better grip to hold and tightened the fingers around the file tangs and using a re-design tap wrench shaft. Taking out the T-handle section and replacing with a hexagonal shaft for a one piece unit. For inserting into a wood handle or molded into a plastic handle and using the same size tap wrench shaft used for the invention, not the sizes that are sold in stores today.

Abstract: Files of different sizes and shapes are secure in place, in the fingers of a conventional medium size tap wrench by screwing down the ferrule which is larger in format then the threaded nut used on tap wrenches now, for a better grip to hold and tighten the fingers around the file tangs and using redesign tap wrench shaft. Taking out the T-handle section and replacing with a hexagonal shaft. A one piece unit for inserting into a wood handle or molded into a plastic handle using the same size tap wrench shaft used for the invention, not the sizes that are sold in stores today.