Patent ID: 8382308

Claim:
A power tool, comprising: power tool housing; a work field lighting system disposed in the power tool housing, the work field lighting system including a lighting arrangement, a transparent element, and a reflector face, wherein substantially all light from the lighting arrangement is directed to the work field in front of a tool holder of the power tool, wherein the transparent element includes a light entry face protruding into an interior of the power tool housing and a light exit face protruding outward onto an outside of the power tool housing, the light entry face being proximate the reflector face and spaced apart from the reflector face, and wherein a primary beam output from the lighting arrangement is substantially in a first direction toward the reflector face, such first direction is other than towards the work field and is then deflected by the reflector face and emitted from the light exit face of the transparent element in a second direction toward the work field.