Patent ID: 7201083

Claim:
A depth stop device ( 14 ) for use with a hand-held screw driving tool ( 2 ), comprising: an axial element ( 32 ) for driving a screw bit ( 34 ) of the screw driving tool ( 2 ); and a sleeve element ( 20 ) having a longitudinal bore ( 30 ) in which the axial element ( 32 ) is at least partially received along an axis (A) of the longitudinal bore ( 30 ), and an exit opening ( 36 ) extending sidewise from the longitudinal bore ( 30 ); wherein the exit opening ( 36 ) is limited by a deflection surface ( 40 ) which is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis (A) of the bore ( 30 ) in a direction of a housing side ( 22 ) of the sleeve element ( 20 ) and which has a deflection edge ( 44 ) at the longitudinal bore ( 30 ) and having a tip extending in a direction of a working tool side ( 24 ) of the sleeve element ( 20 ), wherein the deflection surface ( 40 ) is stretched over an intersection plane (SE) and has a geometrical center (M) that forms an origin of a spatial system of coordinates, wherein the spatial coordinate system has a longitudinal axis (L) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (A) of the bore ( 30 ) and a radial axis(R) that intersects the longitudinal axis (A) of the bore ( 30 ) and extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L), and wherein the intersection plane (SE) forms with a tangential axis (T) of the spatial coordinate system that extends perpendicular to both the longitudinal axis (L) and the radial axis (R) of the coordinate system, an acute angle (α).