Screw drive device for use with an
impact wrench, comprising a
drive shaft (12, 12a) having a drive end (14) that can be coupled to and driven by the
impact wrench, and an insert end (44, 44a) with an annular wall (64, 64a), wherein the annular wall (64, 64a) forms a receiving recess (66, 66a) for receiving a screwdriver head (22, 22a) and the annular wall (64, 64a) has several radial holes (46) and each of the radial holes (46, 48) receives a
coupling bearing (50, 50a, 50b) that can clamp the screwdriver head (22, 22a) in a drive position and release the screwdriver head (22, 22a) in a
coupling position; a hollow
coupling sleeve (16, 16a) having an upper end, a lower end and a central cavity (40) that receives the
drive shaft (12, 12a), wherein the central cavity (40) has an upper end with a size defined for the passage of the drive end (14) of the
drive shaft (12, 12a) and prevents the insert end (44, 44a) of the drive shaft (12, 12a) from passing through it, wherein the hollow coupling sleeve (16, 16a) has an annular groove (72, 72a, 72b) at the lower end of the central cavity (40), the annular groove (72, 72a, 72b) having a size defined to receive the coupling bearings (50, 50a, 50b) therein when the drive shaft (12, 12a) is in the coupling position, such that the loosen the screwdriver head (22, 22a) at the frustoconical ends (52) of the
clutch bearings (50), but leave it in the corresponding radial holes (46, 48); a depth control part (18) surrounding the lower end of the hollow coupling sleeve (16, 16a), the depth control part (18) having a lower section (20) having a passage through which the screwdriver head (22, 22a) can extend; and a spring (58) that biases the drive shaft (12, 12a) in the direction of the drive position; characterized by the fact that: The coupling bearings (50, 50a, 50b) each have a cylindrical body with a frustoconical inner end (52) and a circular outer end (54) and are arranged such that they clamp the screwdriver head (22, 22a) in the drive position and the coupling bearings (50) can move from the coupling position to the drive position, wherein the cylindrical body has a total length “a”, the circular outer end (54) has a length “b” which is 1 / 4a, the cylindrical middle section (56) has a length “c” which is 1 / 2a, the frustoconical inner end (52) has a length “d” which is 1 / 4a, the cylindrical middle section (56) has a
diameter of 1a, the frustoconical end forms a flat surface which has a
diameter “e” which is 3 / 4a, and the circular outer end (54) has a
radius “r” has a value of 1 / 2a, wherein the
insertion end (44) of the drive shaft (12) has three radial holes (46),the insert end (44) is spaced apart from each other by 120 degrees on a
radial plane of the insert end (44), the insert end (44a) of the drive shaft (12a) having three radial holes (46) arranged on a first
radial plane of the receiving end (44a), and three radial holes (48) arranged on a second
radial plane of the insert end (44a), the second radial plane being separated from the first radial plane, the hollow coupling sleeve (16a) having a first annular groove (72a) and a second annular groove (72b) for receiving the coupling bearings (50a, 50b) which are held in the radial holes (46, 48) arranged on the first and second radial planes when the screw drive device (10a) is in the coupling position, a locking projection (17) being located on one side of the drive shaft (12, 12a) above the insert end (44, 44a) is arranged to serve the screw drive device (10,10a) to fix in the drive position in the reverse direction in order to remove a tightened screw from a workpiece, wherein at least one locking notch (43) is formed at the upper end of the hollow coupling sleeve (16, 16a) and the locking projection (17) can pass through this to fix the screw drive device (10, 10a) in the drive position in the reverse direction, wherein when the locking projection (17) passes through the locking notch (43) and the hollow coupling sleeve (16, 16a) is rotated far enough, the locking projection (17) is held in the hollow coupling sleeve (16, 16a), wherein an axial slot (24) formed at the upper end of the depth control part (18) makes it possible to exchange the depth control part (18) and replace it with another depth control part of a different depth in order to change the depth of a screw driven into a workpiece,wherein the depth control part (18) has a lower section which is smaller than an upper section of the depth control part (18), and wherein each of the radial holes (46) on the first radial plane is spaced 60 degrees apart from each of the adjacent radial holes (48) on the second radial plane.