Patent ID: 9724799
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B24B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A power tool comprising: a tool body housing at least partly formed by a pair of clam shell housing members, the tool body housing defining a cavity; a drive system housed in the cavity, the drive system having an output member; a tool head that is configured to perform work on a work piece, the tool head including a tool head housing and an input member, the input member that is matingly engagable to the output member to drivingly couple the output member of the drive system to the input member of the tool head when the tool head is coupled to the tool body housing; and a connection system having at least one recess and a retainer, the at least one recess being formed in one of the tool head housing and the tool body housing, the retainer being movably coupled to the other one of the tool head housing and the tool body housing, the retainer being received into the at least one recess to fixedly but removably couple the tool head to the tool body housing; wherein the tool head can be engaged to the tool body housing in at least two pre-defined and distinct orientations and wherein the connection system secures the tool head to the tool body housing in each of the at least two pre-defined and distinct orientations; wherein one of the tool head and the tool body housing includes a mounting hub and wherein the other one of the tool head and the tool body housing includes a recess into which the mounting hub is received; wherein the mounting hub comprises a cylindrical structure; and wherein one or more nubs is formed on the periphery of the mounting hub, the one or more nubs being configured to be received in notches formed in the other one of the tool head and the tool body housing.