Patent ID: 6168507
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A47L,B24B,B25F,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An orbital waxer having a pad and a motor to drive the pad in an orbital path for waxing and buffing a surface to be polished, the waxer comprising: a housing for containing the motor, the housing having a front and a rear, and a top and a bottom with the pad mounted for orbital movement below the bottom of the housing; a front handle including side portions extending outwardly from attached locations on the housing with the attached locations generally being between the front and rear of the housing; a first gripping portion of the front handle spaced forwardly from the front of the housing; opposite ends of the first gripping portion disposed laterally beyond the attached locations of the front handle side portions to the housing and connected to the attached side portions with the first gripping portion and attached side portions cooperating to form a first gripping aperture having a large, substantially uninterrupted area spaced forwardly and laterally beyond the housing; and a rear handle of the waxer including a second gripping portion having opposite ends with one of the ends attached to the housing adjacent the top thereof and the second gripping portion extending from the one end out and away from the rear of the housing to its other end at a point spaced below the housing top; and said first and second gripping portions allowing an operator to coordinate a two-handed grip on the respective portions of the handles at various locations around the front of and laterally beyond the housing and spaced from the rear thereof to maintain control over the waxer with the pad applied to a work surface and being driven in its orbital path.