Patent ID: 11945093
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A work tool, comprising:
a cylindrically-shaped outer case;
an operation member (i) outside the outer case and (ii) configured to be operated by a user of the work tool;
a support shaft that extends through the outer case from inside the outer case to outside the outer case and protrudes inside the outer case and outside the outer case;
a lever member (i) outside the outer case, (ii) mounted on a portion of the support shaft that protrudes outside the outer case, (iii) swingable about the support shaft in response to an operation on the operation member, and (iv) having an elongated hole that (a) receives the support shaft and (b) extends along the lever member; and
a cylindrically-shaped switching member inside the outer case,
wherein the switching member and the lever member are operatively connected and configured such that the switching member moves linearly when the lever member is swung about the support shaft.