Patent ID: 11865657
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. An impact tool comprising:
a housing having a mounting to receive and retain a dust collection attachment;
an impact mechanism unit (i) inside the housing, (ii) having (a) a front end configured to receive and retain a tool bit and (b) an impact element that reciprocates, and (iii) being configured to impact the tool bit by the impact element when the tool bit is retained by the front end;
a motor having a rotation shaft that intersects an impact axis direction of the impact mechanism unit inside the housing; and
a dust collection fan on the rotation shaft, wherein
the dust collection fan is below the motor,
a lower surface of the housing includes an air inlet that suctions air from outside the housing when the dust collection fan rotates,
the mounting is on an underside of the housing adjacent the dust collection fan, and
the mounting is configured such that the dust collection attachment is attached to and detached from the housing in an up-down direction.