| 摘要 |
A protective deployment apparatus for guarding the cutting regions of a rotary cutting tool against damage, wear and injury to users, which could be caused by such a cutting tool during packaging, transporting, handling, storing, and installation into conventional tool holding and processing implements. An apparatus housing includes a gripping region for securing the conventional gripping collar which is affixed around a rotary cutting tool, so as to facilitate insertion and retraction of the tool between tool holding implements and the apparatus itself. The gripping region maintains the rotary cutting tool in a centered aligned position with respect to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, while at the same time, keeping the entire cutting portion of the tool isolated within the confines of the apparatus housing itself, while in the retracted position. Such secured alignment precludes inadvertent contact of the cutting portion of the tool with external objects, and with the interior wall of the housing, as well as with the interior walls of conventional tool holding implements. The tool protecting apparatus can be easily removed from conventional gripping elements after insertion, leaving the shank and cutting portions of the tool exposed for further use and/or processing. The apparatus can additionally be re-utilized to mechanically, and safely, retrieve and reposition the tool back into its retracted isolated position within the housing, without risk of injury to the operator, and without risk of damage to the tool itself.
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