Patent ID: 7503734

Claim:
A drill, comprising: a drill housing including a handle and a body portion; a motor disposed on said body portion; a drive spindle drivingly connected to said motor; a chuck attached to said drive spindle at a position forward of said drill housing and including a chuck housing having a cam slot extending therethrough, said cam slot having a first end longitudinally spaced from and rotationally offset from a second end thereof, said chuck being operable in a drilling mode and a chuck mode, said chuck including an actuating device mounted on said drill housing, said actuating device including at least one arm member extending from said chuck and engaging a switch member mounted to said housing, said arm member including a pin located within said cam slot and displaceable from said first end to said second end by the switch member, said chuck being operable in said drilling mode when said pin is located at said first end and being operable in said chuck mode when said pin is at said second end.