Battery-operated screwdriver and charger shell therefor

Abstract

A battery-operated screwdriver has a housing with a handle, a rechargeable battery, charge contacts for charging the battery on a charger shell having at least one detachably mounted bit holder for storing tool inserts of the battery-operated screwdriver in captive fashion, so that the battery-operated screwdriver is placeable on the charger shell and a charging mode is produced automatically, and a charger shell for a battery-operated screwdriver has at least one detachable mountable bit holder configured to receive a plurality of bits which in operation are insertable in communication with the battery-operated screwdriver.

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         16 . A charger shell for a battery-operated device, comprising:
 at least one detachably mountable bit holder that is configured to receive a plurality of bits, which are insertable in the battery-operated device;   wherein the bit holder has a plurality of insertion openings for receiving the plurality of bits.   
     
     
         17 . The charger shell of  claim 16 , wherein the bit holder is received in the charger shell in an overlockable fashion. 
     
     
         18 . The charger shell of  claim 16 , wherein the charger shell has a groove-like indentation configured to receive the bit holder. 
     
     
         19 . The charger shell of  claim 18 , wherein the indentation is narrower than the bit holder. 
     
     
         20 . The charger shell of  claim 16 , wherein the bit holder is received in the charger shell in an overlockable fashion, wherein the charger shell has a groove-like indentation configured to receive the bit holder, and wherein the indentation is narrower than the bit holder. 
     
     
         21 . The charger shell of  claim 20 , wherein the bit holder is made of an elastic material. 
     
     
         22 . The charger shell of  claim 16 , wherein the bit holder is made of an elastic material. 
     
     
         23 . The charger shell of  claim 16 , wherein the device is a power tool. 
     
     
         24 . A charger shell for a battery-operated device, comprising:
 at least one detachably mountable bit holder that is configured to receive a plurality of bits, which are insertable in the battery-operated device;   wherein the bit holder has a plurality of insertion openings for receiving the plurality of bits,   wherein the charger shell has a groove-like indentation configured to receive the bit holder, and   wherein the indentation is longer than the bit holder such that when the bit holder is inserted into the indentation, the indentation remains free in a residual region for removing the bit holder using a finger.   
     
     
         25 . The charger shell of  claim 24 , wherein the bit holder is made of an elastic material. 
     
     
         26 . The charger shell of  claim 24 , wherein the device is a power tool. 
     
     
         27 . A charger shell for a battery-operated device, comprising:
 at least one detachably mountable bit holder that is configured to receive a plurality of bits, which are insertable in the battery-operated device;   wherein the bit holder has a plurality of insertion openings for receiving the plurality of bits, and   wherein the charger shell has an outer contour which corresponds to a triangle standing on its base when viewed from the side.   
     
     
         28 . The charger shell of  claim 27 , wherein oblique faces of the charger shell are adapted to a pistol-shaped contour of the battery-operated device. 
     
     
         29 . The charger shell of  claim 27 , wherein the charger shell has an embedding arrangement having a handle bed and a gearbox bed. 
     
     
         30 . The charger shell of  claim 29 , wherein charge contacts protrude out of a contour of the embedding arrangement. 
     
     
         31 . The charger shell of  claim 27 , wherein oblique faces of the charger shell are adapted to a pistol-shaped contour of the battery-operated device, wherein the charger shell has an embedding arrangement having a handle bed and a gearbox bed, and wherein charge contacts protrude out of a contour of the embedding arrangement. 
     
     
         32 . The charger shell of  claim 31 , wherein the bit holder is made of an elastic material. 
     
     
         33 . The charger shell of  claim 27 , wherein the device is a power tool.