Patent ID: 8448300
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B25F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An auxiliary handle for a hand-held power tool, comprising a handle piece allowing a user to guide the hand-held power tool by placing one hand on the power tool, and another hand on the handle piece, a fixation means for fixing the auxiliary handle to the power tool, a rod with at least one set of teeth, a holder comprising a guide in which the rod is seated longitudinally movably, wherein the fixation means and the handle piece are attached the holder, a pawl comprising at least one locking tooth, a pivot axis, about which the pawl is pivotable between a locking position preventing the rod from moving longitudinally and a release position allowing the rod to move longitudinally, the at least one locking tooth that, upon the pawl pivoting about the pivot axis, engages with the at least one set of teeth in the locking position and prevents the rod from moving longitudinally, and pivots out of the guide in the release position where the at least one locking tooth disengages from said at least one set of teeth to allow the rod to move longitudinally, a spring element that initially tensions the pawl into the locking position, the spring element being arranged between the pivot axis and the locking tooth, wherein a distance of the spring element from the pivot axis is less than a distance of the locking tooth from the pivot axis, the pawl being pivotable by the user against spring force of the spring element to move the pawl from the locking position to the release position.