Patent ID: 7225546

Claim:
A reciprocating power saw comprising a housing ( 1 ) having a receiving passage ( 7 ), a motor-driven reciprocating stroke bar ( 2 ) with a tool receptacle ( 3 ) arranged at a free end of the stroke bar ( 2 ), and a bearing means ( 4 ) mounted in the receiving passage for supporting the stroke bar ( 2 ) in tool-side end zone of the housing ( 1 ) axially displaceable and pivotable, wherein the bearing means ( 4 ) has a guide part ( 5 ) with a bearing passage ( 6 ) for receiving the stroke bar ( 2 ), and wherein the bearing means ( 4 ) is mounted in the receiving passage ( 7 ) of the housing ( 1 ) by an elastic secondary bearing element ( 8 ) and wherein the secondary bearing element ( 8 ) is formed by a single circular ring and has a wall cross-section in a longitudinal direction of the stroke bar that is one of circular, oval and polygon, and wherein the receiving passage ( 7 ) has a peripheral bearing groove ( 11 ) on an inside periphery for receiving the secondary bearing element ( 8 ) and having length in the longitudinal direction of the stroke bar that commensurates with a dimension of the secondary bearing element in the same direction.