Patent ID: 6834730
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: B23B,B23G,B25B,B25F,B25H

Abstract:
A hand-held drill, comprising:a motor; a chuck selectively rotatable by the motor; a body adapted to support the chuck and the motor in an operative position relative to each other, wherein the body includes a handle adapted to be gripped by a user to operate the drill; and a motor control including a trigger configured to be selectively depressed through a range of positions by a user, wherein the range of positions includes an initial position, in which the trigger is not depressed, and a final position, in which the trigger is fully depressed, and further wherein the motor control, in at least one configuration, is adapted to cause the chuck to rotate by a predetermined finite number of revolutions dependent at least in part upon the position to which the trigger is depressed within the range of positions.