Portable machine tool with automatic locking of the work spindle

• US 4,989,374 A
• Filed: 11/23/1988
• Issued: 02/05/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: C & E FEIN GmbH & Company Leuschnerstrasse
• Original Assignee: C & E Fein GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Blutharsch, Walter, Rudolf, Boris
• Primary Examiner(s): Schmidt, Frederick R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Watson, Bruce P.
• Application Number:
  US07/275,497
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 51/168, 51/109 R, 51/134.5, 51/132, 51/209 R, 83/666
• US Class Current: 451/342
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 23/022 Spindle-locking devices, e.g. for mounting or removing the tool
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 45/006 Quick mount and release means for disc-like wheels, e.g. on power tools
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/9379 At end of shaft

Abstract

In order to so improve a portable machine tool, in particular, an angle grinder, with a drive, with a work spindle having a tool clamping means and with a securing device which is operable from outside an apparatus housing and by means of which the tool clamping means is transferable from a manually releasable position to a manually unreleasable position in which the tool is clamped--and vice versa--that with a design which is as simple as possible from a structural point of view, rotation of the work spindle is not possible while the tool clamping means is being released or manually tightened, it is proposed that a locking device for non-rotatably fixing the work spindle on the apparatus housing be provided and that the locking device automatically lock the work spindle in a non-rotatable manner when the drive is switched off and the securing device is i the position in which the tool clamping means is manually releasable--and vice versa.

Claims

1. Portable machine tool, in particular an angle grinder, comprising:

a drive,

a work spindle having a tool clamping means,

a securing device which is operable from outside an apparatus housing and by means of which the tool clamping means is transferable from a manually releasable position to a manually unreleasable position in which the tool is clamped and vice versa,

a locking device for non-rotatably fixing said work spindle in a non-rotatable manner on said apparatus housing, and

means for coupling said tool securing device and said locking device for fixing said work spindle in said non-rotatable manner when said securing device is operated for transferring said tool clamping means from said manually unreleasable position to said manually releasable position and for releasing said work spindle when said tool clamping means is operated for transferring said tool clamping means from said manually releasable position to said manually unreleasable position.

2. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 1, characterized in that said locking device (84, 156) comprises two coupling elements (98, 96, 124, 152, 162, 164) which upon actuation can be brought into operative engagement and which can be released from operative engagement out of this position against the force of an elastic element (106, 128, 144).

3. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 2, characterized in that said locking device (84) comprises coupling elements (152, 154) which form a friction coupling.

4. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 2, characterized in that one coupling element of said locking device (84, 156) comprises at least one claw (98, 162) and the respective other coupling element comprises a counterpart (96, 124, 164) which can be brought into engagement with said claw (98, 162).

5. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 4, characterized in that said claw (98, 162) and/or said counterpart (96, 124, 164) comprise in their regions which come to rest against one another and extend transversely to a direction of rotation abutting surfaces (100, 132) which are oriented at an incline to the direction of rotation, and in that said claw (98, 162) and said counterpart (96, 124, 164) can be disengaged by sliding on said abutting surfaces (100, 132) against the force of said elastic element (106, 128, 144, 158).

6. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 4, characterized in that said claw (98) and said counterpart (96, 124) can be brought into engagement with one another by an adjusting motion in the axial direction (18) in relation to said work spindle (12).

7. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 1, characterized in that said locking device (84, 156) is arranged at an end of said work spindle (12) which is located opposite said tool clamping means (30, 34).

8. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 1, characterized in that said locking device (84) is actuatable by operating said securing device (44).

9. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 8, characterized in that said locking device (84) is actuatable by a shifting device (56) of said securing device (44).

10. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 9, characterized in that said shifting device (56) comprises a first coupling element (96, 124, 152) which is displaceable in the axial direction (18) of said work spindle (12) towards the latter and is held in a non-rotatable manner in said apparatus housing (28), and said work spindle comprises a second coupling element (98, 154).

11. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 10, characterized in that said first coupling element (96, 124, 152) is held on an intermediate part (58) of said shifting device (56).

12. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 10, characterized in that at least one of said coupling elements (98, 96, 124, 152, 154) is elastically connected in the axial direction (18) to said shifting device (56) or to said work spindle (12).

13. Portable machine tool as defined in claim 1, characterized in that one of said coupling elements (96) is arranged on an elastic carrier (86).