Patent ID: 8166614

Claim:
An auxiliary handle for a hand-held power tool ( 7 ), comprising: a clamping section ( 21 ) for securing the auxiliary handle ( 11 ) on a section of the power tool ( 7 ); a gripping member ( 31 ) for holding the auxiliary handle ( 11 ); a lockable lag hinge ( 46 ) provided between the clamping section ( 21 ) and the gripping member ( 31 ) and having a pivot pin ( 47 ); a tensioning member ( 51 ) for tightening and loosening the clamping section ( 21 ) and arranged on an end ( 48 ) of the pivot pin ( 47 ) of the lag hinge ( 46 ); a locking device ( 41 ) for locking and releasing the lag hinge ( 46 ); and an unlocking device ( 56 ), independent from the tensioning member ( 51 ) wherein the unlocking device ( 56 ) does not cause the clamping section ( 21 ) to tighten or loosen during adjustment of the gripping member ( 31 ) with respect to the clamping section ( 21 ), the unlocking device ( 56 ) for releasing the locking device ( 41 ) and having an actuation member ( 62 ) upon actuation of which, the locking device ( 41 ) is displaced from a locking position thereof in which the lag hinge ( 46 ) is locked to a release position thereof in which the lag hinge ( 46 ) is released; wherein the locking device ( 41 ) comprises at least one locking member ( 58 ) axially displaceable by the actuation member ( 62 ) relative to the pivot axis ( 12 ) of the lag hinge ( 46 ) and engageable with a section ( 35 , 40 ) of the gripping member ( 31 ) for locking the lag hinge ( 46 ), wherein the at least one locking member ( 58 ) has a toothing, a counter-toothing provided on the section ( 35 , 40 ) of the gripping member ( 31 ), wherein the toothing of the at least one locking member ( 58 ) engages the counter-toothing provided on the section ( 35 , 40 ) of the gripping member in the locking position of the lag hinge ( 46 ) and is disengaged from the counter-toothing in the release position of the lag hinge ( 46 ).