Patent ID: 7753135

Claim:
A handheld power tool comprising a housing; a tool receptacle; a motor having a motor shaft; an intermediate shaft; means for transmitting a rotation of said motor shaft to a rotary motion of said intermediate shaft; a drive mechanism for a tool insertable into said tool receptacle, wherein said drive mechanism is provided with means for converting the rotary motion of said intermediate shaft into a rotary motion of said tool receptacle and means for converting the rotary motion of said intermediate shaft into a hammering motion of said tool receptacle, wherein said motor shaft is coaxial with said intermediate shaft, said motor shaft and said intermediate shaft having two opposite ends including a first end which is facing said motor and a second end which is facing said receptacle, said means for converting the rotary motion of said intermediate shaft into a rotary motion of said tool receptacle and said means for converting the rotary motion of said intermediate shaft into a hammering motion of said tool receptacle being located between said first and second ends on said motor shaft and said intermediate shaft.