Patent ID: 7824136
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: B25F,B25H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A power tool comprising: a tool portion having a tool body and a drill chuck, the drill chuck including a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws coupled to the rotatable spindle, and a cover that is disposed about the jaws, the cover not being coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle and being separate from the tool body, the cover entirely shrouding the rotatable spindle and the plurality of jaws about their circumference over at least a portion of their length; and at least one accessory removably mounted directly to the cover of the drill chuck, the at least one accessory including an alignment guide that is resiliently deflectable relative to a rotational axis of the rotatable spindle, wherein an end of the alignment guide opposite the drill chuck is configured to abut a workpiece and deflection of the alignment guide relative to the cover and the tool body can be employed to gauge whether the rotational axis of the rotatable spindle is generally perpendicular to the end of the alignment guide.