Portable power tool

• US 5,766,062 A
• Filed: 06/09/1997
• Issued: 06/16/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Atlas Copco Tools AB (Atlas Copco AB)
• Original Assignee: Atlas Copco Tools AB (Atlas Copco AB)
• Inventors: Edling, Jan Krister Johansson
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan, Eileen P.
• Application Number:
  US08/871,499
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• Field of Search: 451/344, 451/359, 451/451, 451/454, 451/455, 451/456, 83/860, 83/546
• US Class Current: 451/451
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/0092 actuating braking or stopping means
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 11/06 Safety devices for circular cutters
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 55/052 with rotating tools
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/8723 Adjustable

Abstract

A portable power tool for operating a wheel type grinding or cutting working implement comprises a housing (10), a rotating output spindle (11) with a working implement supporting flange (14), a safety guard (16) adjustably supported on a guide flange (15) on the housing (10), and a selectively operable arresting device (18) for positively engaging lock openings (20) on the safety guard (16) for locking the latter in alternative positions relative to the housing (10), wherein the support flange (14) is provided with a number of peripheral indentations (21), and the arresting device (18) comprises a lock bolt (19) which is longitudinally shiftable between a first position in which it engages either one of the lock openings (20) on the safety guard (16), a second position in which it engages either one of the lock openings (20) on the safety guard (16) as well as either one of the support flange (14) indentations (21), and a third position in which it neither engages anyone of the safety guard (16) lock openings (20) nor anyone of the support flange (14) indentations (21). A spring means (28, 29) is provided to bias the lock bolt (19) toward the first position.

Claims

1. Portable power tool for operating a wheel type grinding or cutting working implement, comprising a housing (10), a rotation motor, an output spindle (11) drivingly connected to said motor, a working implement supporting flange (14) carried by said output spindle (11), a safety guard (16) partially surrounding the working implement and movably supported on said housing (10) for movement between alternative positions, and a selectively operable arresting device (18) for engagement with a lock means (20) on said safety guard (16) in said alternative positions, characterized in that said support flange (14) is provided with a number of indentations (21), and said arresting device (18) is shiftable between a first position in which it engages said lock means (20) on said safety guard (16), a second position in which it engages both said lock means (20) on said safety guard (16) and either one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14), and a third position in which it neither engages said safety guard lock means (20) nor anyone of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14).

2. Power tool according to claim 1, wherein a spring means (28,29) is provided to bias said arresting device (18) toward said first position.

3. Power tool according to claim 1, wherein said arresting device (18) comprises a bolt (19) which is longitudinally displaceable between said first, second and third positions.

4. Power tool according to claim 3, wherein said lock means (20) comprises a number of apertures in said safety guard (16), and said bolt (19) is arranged to penetrate through said apertures in said first and said second positions.

5. Power tool according to claim 1, wherein said bolt (19) is supported in a guide bore (17) in said housing (10), and a maneouver handle (24) is attached to said bolt (19) in a perpendicular disposition.

6. Power tool according to claim 1, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

7. Power tool according to claim 2, wherein said arresting device (18) comprises a bolt (19) which is longitudinally displaceable between said first, second and third positions.

8. Power tool according to claim 7, wherein said lock means (20) comprises a number of apertures in said safety guard (16), and said bolt (19) is arranged to penetrate through said apertures in said first and said second positions.

9. Power tool according to claim 2, wherein said bolt (19) is supported in a guide bore (17) in said housing (10), and a maneouver handle (24) is attached to said bolt (19) in a perpendicular disposition.

10. Power tool according to claim 3, wherein said bolt (19) is supported in a guide bore (17) in said housing (10), and a maneouver handle (24) is attached to said bolt (19) in a perpendicular disposition.

11. Power tool according to claim 4, wherein said bolt (19) is supported in a guide bore (17) in said housing (10), and a maneouver handle (24) is attached to said bolt (19) in a perpendicular disposition.

12. Power tool according to claim 7, wherein said bolt (19) is supported in a guide bore (17) in said housing (10), and a maneouver handle (24) is attached to said bolt (19) in a perpendicular disposition.

13. Power tool according to claim 8, wherein said bolt (19) is supported in a guide bore (17) in said housing (10), and a maneouver handle (24) is attached to said bolt (19) in a perpendicular disposition.

14. Power tool according to claim 2, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

15. Power tool according to claim 3, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

16. Power tool according to claim 4, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

17. Power tool according to claim 5, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

18. Power tool according to claim 7, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

19. Power tool according to claim 8, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

20. Power tool according to claim 9, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

21. Power tool according to claim 10, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

22. Power tool according to claim 11, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

23. Power tool according to claim 12, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).

24. Power tool according to claim 13, wherein each one of said indentations (21) on said support flange (14) comprises a cylindrical dead end hole (21).