Patent ID: 7591324

Claim:
A clutch device for an electric machine tool that is drivable in a fashion selected from the group consisting of a rotary fashion, a percussion fashion, and both with an impact mechanism deliberately disengageable from or engageable with a spindle that drives a plug-in tool, the clutch device comprising an intermediate shaft arrangeable between the spindle and an armature shaft of a drive motor and configured for transmitting drive energy, said intermediate shaft being axially movable so that the electric machine tool is switchable between operating modes through an axial movement of said intermediate shaft, wherein said intermediate shaft has a constriction; and further comprising at least one driving element of a rotary drive connection between a drive end bearing and a toothed sleeve which is drive-connected to the armature shaft, said at least one driving element being configured so that in a corresponding axial position of said intermediate shaft it is movable into said constriction, thus disengaging the rotary drive connection; and an insertion gearing provided between the intermediate shaft and the toothed sleeve to produce the drive connection, wherein said intermediate shaft has a region which is provided between the constriction and a tooth region of said intermediate shaft associated with said insertion gearing and which holds said at least one driving element in position in the rotary drive connection.