Patent ID: 6527060
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B25B,B25F

Abstract:
A portalbe power tool comprising:a housing comprising an outer cylindrical surface having a geometric axis extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of said housing, a motor located in said housing, an output shaft extending in the longitudinal direction of said housing and being connected to said motor, and a handle comprising a grip portion and a tubular portion having a geometric axis extending substantially transversely to said grip portion, said handle containing power supply means for connecting said motor to a power source, wherein said tubular portion of said handle surrounds and is supported on said cylindrical surface of said housing, wherein a lock means is provided for arresting said handle relative to said housing, wherein said cylindrical surface of said housing and said tubular portion of said handle are provided with interacting power transferring means for transferring power from said power supply means in said handle to said housing, and wherein said lock means comprises a longitudinal slot extending throughout an entire length of said tubular portion of said handle so as to make said tubular portion elastically expandable and compressible, and at least one clamping member extending across said slot and arranged to exert a compressing force on said tubular portion to thereby clamp said tubular portion firmly to said cylindrical surface of said housing and lock said handle relative to said housing.