Patent ID: 8657032

Claim:
An electric tool comprising: a housing accommodating a motor; an operational member provided on the housing to turn on and turn off a drive switch of the motor; and a brake device provided in the housing, wherein the brake device includes a brake plate fixed to an output shaft of the motor, a brake member that can perform an operation of moving toward and away from the brake plate, and an urging unit that urges the brake member toward an abutment position where the brake member abuts on the brake plate, wherein the brake member is held in the housing so as to perform the operation of moving toward and away from the brake plate, and the operational member is provided with a press member that comes into abutment on the brake member through an operation of turning on the drive switch of the motor and the press member rotates the brake member in such a rotational direction as to move the brake member away from the brake plate against urging of the urging unit.