Patent ID: 6935438
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: B24B,B25F

Abstract:
1. A battery-operated electrical tool ( 10 ), such as an angle grinder, die grinder, or finecut power handsaw, comprising a machine housing ( 11 ) that has a longish, substantially rod-shaped housing portion ( 12 ) having a longitudinal axis ( 23 ) and containing an electric drive motor ( 13 ), and also has an end portion ( 15 ) which has a longitudinal axis and on which a terminal connection surface ( 16 ) with push-in receptacle ( 17 ) for the detachable attachment of a battery packet ( 14 ) is provided, wherein said battery packet is provided with a connection part ( 18 ) that comprises a seating surface ( 19 ) matched to the connection surface ( 16 ) for seating on said terminal connection surface, and comprising a push-in part ( 20 ) engaging in the push-in receptacle ( 17 ), wherein the terminal connection surface ( 16 ) of the end portion ( 15 ; 15 ′) extends within a plane ( 21 ) that is oriented skew in relation to a plane ( 22 ) extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis ( 23 ) of the housing portion ( 12 ), wherein the end portion is oriented at an angle relative to a directly neighboring handle, wherein said handle has a common axis with the housing portion, and the longitudinal axis of the end portion ( 15 , 15 ′) is oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis ( 23 ) of the housing portion ( 12 ), and wherein the battery packet ( 14 ) with its push-in part ( 20 ) is substantially L-shaped, and an electrical switch ( 25 ) is contained in an interior ( 24 ) of the end portion ( 15 ) next to the inserted push-in part ( 20 ) in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the end portion ( 15 , 15 ′).