Clamping type tool bit storage device

Abstract

A clamping type tool bit storage device includes a clamping member which has a mount segment that extends angularly about a centerline, and right and left jaw portions that are spaced apart from each other, and which is made from plastic or rubber material such that the jaw portions are vested with a biasing force that urges the same towards each other, and a plurality of retaining members which are disposed on the mount segment for retaining tool bits therein. Each retaining member defines an access line parallel to the centerline such that the tool bit retained therein is oriented along the access line to permit convenient removal therefrom.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A clamping type tool bit storage device, comprising: 
 a clamping member including 
 a mount segment which extends angularly about a centerline, and which terminates at right and left lateral ends that are spaced apart from each other by a first length in a longitudinal direction transverse to the centerline, and  
 right and left jaw segments respectively formed with and extending respectively from said right and left lateral ends such that said right and left jaw segments are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction by a second length which is shorter than the first length,  
   said clamping member being made from a material such that said right and left jaw segments are vested with a biasing force that urges said right and left jaw segments towards each other; and    a plurality of retaining members which are disposed on said mount segment, and which are angularly displaced from one another about the centerline, each of said retaining members being adapted to retain removably a respective one of tool bits, and defining an access line parallel to the centerline such that the respective one of the tool bits retained therein is oriented along the access line.    
     
     
         2 . The clamping type tool bit storage device according to  claim 1 , wherein said mount segment has outer and inner wall surfaces opposite to each other radially relative to the centerline.  
     
     
         3 . The clamping type tool bit storage device according  claim 2 , wherein each of said retaining members includes 
 a joining portion which is joined to said outer wall surface along a joining line that is parallel to the centerline, and which has right and left lateral sides opposite to each other relative to the joining line, and    right and left grip portions which respectively extend upwardly from said right and left lateral sides and angularly about the access line to terminate at right and left lateral edges that are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction so as to acquire flexibility in the longitudinal direction.    
     
     
         4 . The clamping type tool bit storage device according to  claim 2 , wherein said mount segment has front and rear wall surfaces which are opposite to each other in a direction parallel to the centerline, each of said front and rear wall surfaces interconnecting said outer wall surface and said inner wall surface, each of said retaining members having a retaining hole which is formed in said front wall surface and which extends through said rear wall surface so as to define the access line.  
     
     
         5 . The clamping type tool bit storage device according to  claim 2 , further comprising a magnetically attractive member interposed between said outer and inner wall surfaces and extending angularly about the centerline so as to ensure that the tool bits are retained firmly in said retaining members, respectively.