Patent ID: 9278426
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B23Q,B24B,B25F

Claim Text:
1. An electric power tool, comprising: a housing; a motor accommodated in the housing so that an output shaft faces forward; an operation member that is supported by the housing so that the operation member can be operated to move in a direction perpendicular to the output shaft of the motor, and that turns on and off a drive switch of the motor; a brake device that is provided on a front side of the motor in the housing to brake rotation of the output shaft; and a cooperative mechanism that releases the brake device in response to a pushing operation of pushing the operation member toward the housing to turn on the drive switch, wherein the cooperative mechanism includes a slide member that is accommodated in the housing, and that is capable of sliding toward the front side in response to the pushing operation of the operation member, and the slide member slides toward the front side to release the brake device, the operation member contacts with the slide member at a contact position which is located on a rear side of the motor, such that the pushing operation of the operation member is changed to the sliding movement of the slide member at the contact position, and a first tilted surface is provided in the operation member at the contact position, and a rolling element that rolls on the first tilted surface in the pushing operation is provided in the slide member at the contact position.