Patent ID: 7310880

Claim:
A motor-driven saber saw ( 2 ), comprising a housing ( 4 ) having a neck ( 8 ) that serves as a handle and has a tool opening ( 6 ); guide means ( 22 ) for guiding the saber saw ( 2 ) on a workpiece and releasably connectable to the housing ( 4 ) in a region of the neck ( 8 ), the guide means ( 22 ) including connection means ( 21 ) for connecting the guide means ( 22 ) to the housing ( 4 ), the neck ( 8 ) of said housing ( 4 ) having connecting means ( 16 ) for guiding the connection means ( 21 ); an adjusting device ( 30 ) mountable on the connecting means ( 16 ) of said neck ( 8 ) for securing the connection means ( 21 ) to the housing; and a rectilinear spring member ( 36 ) for biasing the adjusting device ( 30 ) to a locking position thereof and extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the housing neck ( 8 ), said spring member ( 36 ) being formed as a springy bar, wherein the neck region ( 8 ) of the housing ( 4 ) has support regions ( 35 , 40 , 66 ) for the adjusting device ( 30 ) and is formed by a die casting process, said support regions including a pair of rib guides ( 35 ) for receiving a locking member ( 34 ) that is retained therebetween by said spring member ( 36 ), said locking member ( 34 ) releasably engaging said connection means ( 21 ) of said guide means ( 22 ), and all of the support regions ( 35 , 40 , 66 ) of the adjusting device ( 30 ) on the housing ( 4 ) are oriented in a direction corresponding to a common release direction (E) of the adjusting device ( 30 ) from the housing ( 4 ), whereby formation of at least a section of the housing ( 4 ), on which the adjusting device ( 30 ) is supported, by the die casting process is insured.