Patent ID: 7036795

Claim:
A valve apparatus for an air tool which comprises: a valve rotatably disposed in a cylinder portion of a body of the air tool, the cylinder portion accommodating an air motor; and a lever fixed to the valve and slidably received within a slit-shaped opening formed in the cylinder portion, wherein the valve includes a first disc portion having an air inlet, a lever-fixing portion having an air passage which communicates with the air inlet, and a second disc portion having an air outlet which communicates with the air passage, wherein the lever-fixing portion is narrower than the first and second disc portions as measured along a direction perpendicular to a center axis of the valve; and the lever has a knob portion slidable within the opening and a generally U-shaped engagement portion fixed to the lever-fixing portion so that two legs of the engagement portion sandwich the lever-fixing portion from diametrically opposite sides.