Power tool having a temperature indicator

• US 20090236109A1
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shuming Wu, Yasheng Chen
• Original Assignee: Shuming Wu, Yasheng Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Yasheng, Wu, Shuming
• Application Number:
  US12/383,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20090236109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 173/20
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/02 Construction of casings, bodies or handles B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power tool including a temperature indicator. The power tool includes a housing, a driving source, a transmission system within the housing, a working head connected to the transmission system through a connecting means, and a temperature indicator mounted on the parts of the power tool that may increase in temperature during operation, thereby warning the operator not to touch the specific part, and/or turn off the power tool to potentially prolong the life of the effected part.

Claims

1. A power tool comprising:

a housing;

a driving source;

a transmission system within the housing, which can be driven by the driving source;

a working head connected to the transmission system;

a temperature indicator mounted on the at least one of the housing, transmission system and working head; and

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wherein at least one of the housing, transmission system and working head is subject to an increase in temperature when the driving source is actuated, activating the temperature indicator.

2. The power tool of claim 1, wherein the driving source is a motor located within the housing.

3. The power tool of claim 1, wherein the temperature indicator comprises thermal sensing material, the color of which changes as the temperature rises.

4. The power tool of claim 3, wherein the temperature indicator is embodied as letters or symbols.

5. The power tool of claim 3, wherein the color of the thermal sensing material is clearly distinguished from the color of the region of the housing covered by the thermal sensing material after the temperature rises.

6. The power tool of claim 3, wherein the thermal sensing material is reversible.

7. The power tool of claim 3, wherein the temperature indicator is replaceable.

8. A power tool comprising:

a housing;

a driving source;

a transmission system within the housing, which is driven by the driving source;

a working head connected to the transmission system through a connecting means; and

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a temperature indicator mounted on at least one of the connecting means and the working head.

9. The power tool of claim 8, wherein the driving source is a motor located within the housing.

10. The power tool of claim 8, wherein the temperature indicator comprises thermal sensing material, the color of which changes as the temperature rises.

11. The power tool of claim 10, wherein the temperature indicator is embodied as letters or symbols.

12. The power tool of claim 10, wherein the color of the thermal sensing material is clearly distinguished from the color of the region of the housing covered by the thermal sensing material after the temperature rises.

13. The power tool of claim 10, wherein the thermal sensing material is reversible.

14. The power tool of claim 10, wherein the temperature indicator is replaceable.

15. A power tool comprising:

a housing;

a motor mounted within the housing;

a transmission system within the housing, which is driven by the motor, a working head connected to the transmission system; and

a temperature indicator mounted on the outer surface of the motor, and the housing further comprising a transparent part corresponding to the position of the temperature indicator.

16. The power tool of claim 15, wherein the temperature indicator comprises thermal sensing material, the color of which changes after the temperature rises.

17. The power tool of claim 16, wherein the color of the thermal sensing material is clearly distinguished from the color of the region of the housing covered by the thermal sensing material after the temperature rises.

18. The power tool of claim 16, wherein the thermal sensing material is reversible.

19. A working head for a power tool comprising a temperature indicator.

20. The working head for a power tool of claim 19, wherein the temperature indicator is mounted on the non-working portion of the working head.

21. The working head for a power tool of claim 19, wherein the temperature indicator comprises thermal sensing material, the color of which changes as the temperature rises.

22. The working head for a power tool of claim 21, wherein the temperature indicator is a thermal sensing coating including the thermal sensing material.

23. The working head for a power tool of claim 21, wherein the temperature indicator is embodied as letters or symbols.

24. The working head for a power tool of claim 21, wherein the color of the thermal sensing material is clearly distinguished from the color of the region of the housing covered by the thermal sensing material after the temperature rises.

25. The working head for a power tool of claim 21, wherein the thermal sensing material is reversible.

26. The working head for a power tool of claim 21, wherein the temperature indicator is replaceable.