Patent ID: 7073608
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: B25D,B25F,F16B

Abstract:
1. A hand-held powered tool comprising: a housing; a spindle mounted within the housing and having a longitudinal axis; a spring member for applying a biasing force in the direction of the axis to a first component of the tool; and a stop ring extending around the spindle for providing a bearing surface against which the spring member bears, the stop ring axially fixed on one of the spindle and a cylindrical sleeve which extends around the spindle; characterised in that the spindle or sleeve includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outwardly extending projections and the stop ring includes on its internal surface a corresponding plurality of recesses extending from a bearing face of the stop ring to an opposite face of the stop ring and with a corresponding plurality of pockets open at the opposite face, arranged such that the stop ring is fitted over the spindle or sleeve by the projections passing through the recesses and such that the stop ring is fixed on the spindle by the pockets engaging the projections (