Patent ID: 8025558

Claim:
A power sander comprising a sanding sheet holder and clamping means for firmly clamping opposed sanding sheet ends of a sanding sheet that is braceable on the sanding sheet holder, of which first clamping means are movable jointly with a sanding sheet end clamped to them away from the other sanding sheet end, clamped by second clamping means, for tension clamping of the sanding sheet, and the first clamping means have spring elasticity, wherein the first clamping means ( 3 ), in a terminal clamping position, acts with initial tension against a rigid stop element ( 9 ), which stop element ( 9 ) is either embodied in one piece with the sanding sheet holder ( 1 ) or is embodied as a separate part from the sanding sheet holder ( 1 ) and is rigidly connected to the sanding sheet holder ( 1 ).