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Spiral cutting tool with detachable handle

  • US 5,813,805 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1996
  • Issued: 09/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved hand held power tool of the type including a power tool housing enclosing means for rotating a shaft extending from an end of the power tool housing along an axis thereof and means for attaching a bit to the shaft, and wherein the power tool is used to remove material from a workpiece by positioning the axis of the power tool housing perpendicular to a surface of the workpiece and moving the power tool housing in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the housing and parallel to the surface of the workpiece to cause the rotating bit to be moved through the workpiece in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the bit to remove material from the workpiece, the improvement comprising:

  • (a) a handle having first and second handle ends and a gripping surface; and

    (b) means for attaching and detaching the handle by hand at each of the first and second handle ends to the power tool housing such that the handle gripping surface is substantially parallel to the axis of the power tool housing.

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