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Replaceable spindle lock system

  • US 4,489,525 A
  • Filed: 08/11/1983
  • Issued: 12/25/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A locking system for a power tool, comprising:

  • (a) a housing;

    (b) a driven element operatively connected to the housing;

    (c) a lock member removably connected to the housing and engageable to lock the driven element against motion relative to the housing;

    (d) retaining means accessible from outside the housing for releasably maintaining the lock member connected to the housing;

    (e) the housing defining an external recess open at one end thereof and a lock channel formed therein;

    (f) the lock member being an elongated body slideably movable in the lock channel;

    (g) the retaining means including a retaining member defining an aperture selectively engageable with the lock member; and

    (h) the retaining member being slideably movable in the recess and being selectively removable from the recess open end responsive to disengagement of the lock member from the retaining member aperture.

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