COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

**Definition:** This place covers:

Combination or multi-purpose hand tools with interchangeable or adjustable tool elements;

Associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means and adapters therefore;

Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for, e.g. construction of casings, bodies or handles.

Note:

This subclass does not cover tools having a clear primary function as well as one or more secondary functions. Those tools are covered by the relevant subclass for tools having such primary function and are, thus, not classified in group B25F1/00 or B25F3/00 of this subclass.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Combinations or associations of metal-working machines, not directed to a particular result; Details, components or accessories for machine tools -> B23Q

**Glossary:** - Tool: Any portable instrument of operation for performing, assisting the work or facilitating mechanical operations. Tools can be manually operated or by machine tools, such as millers for milling machines. Machine tools are not considered as tools. - Hand tool: Device for performing work on a material or a physical system using only muscular strength. - Power-driven tool: Tool powered by a motor, e.g. electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, fluid-pressure. - Association of power-driven tools: A power-driven object having two or more tools, which are designed to perform different specific tasks, e.g. a rotary power tool with exchangeable tools for boring, milling, grinding, polishing, etc. - Portable: Capable of being easily carried or conveyed. - Multi-purpose tool: Device having or serving several purposes, which may be either manual or power-driven, e.g. a tool with interchangeable tool elements. - Combination hand tools: Manually operated object involving two, or possibly more than two (but a confined number of), clearly defined purposes (having two or more tools put together for different purposes), e.g. multi-plier tool.