Handheld power tool, in particular handheld power saw

• US 8,291,603 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2010
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Saegesser, Daniel, Felder, Sacha
• Primary Examiner(s): Peterson, Kenneth E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SWINNEY, JENNIFER B
• Application Number:
  US12/836,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20100275452A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 301/663, 303/92, 303/93, 303/94, 305/19, 173/216, 837/50, 837/62
• US Class Current: 30/392
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 49/162 Pad sawing devices
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 51/16 of drives or feed mechanisms for straight tools, e.g. saw blades, or bows

Abstract

The invention relates to a handheld tool, in particular a handheld saw, with an electric drive motor (12), a serially switched gearbox (13), and a movement converter (14) that converts the driven movement of the gearbox (13) into an axial to-and-fro movement of a lifting element (15) for driving a tool (16), in particular a saw blade, inside a housing (11). The gearbox (13) and the movement converter (14) are combined into a gear unit (17). The gear unit (17) is within a robust, bending- and deformation-resistant gear housing (40), which is in turn inside the housing (11). The housing (11) is made of flexible plastic.

Claims

1. A handheld power tool comprising:

(a) a housing formed of flexible plastic having a first portion, serving as a handle part, and a second portion adjoining the first portion in one molded plastic piece and at fixed obtuse angle;

(b) an electric drive motor being received in the housing;

(c) a metal gearbox resistant to bending and torsion, the metal gearbox having two parts comprising a housing shell and a housing cap that covers the housing shell and that is detachably connected to the housing shell, the metal gearbox being received in the second portion of the housing;

(d) a gear connected to the electric drive motor;

(e) a motion converter constructed and configured to convert power takeoff rotary motion of the gear into an axially reciprocating working motion of a reciprocating element for driving a tool, the reciprocating element comprising a rod protruding from the metal gearbox, with a clamping system located on one end for interchangeably mounting a tool;

(f) a gear unit that combines the gear and the motion convertor, the gear unit being received in the metal gearbox;

(g) a slide bearing, in which the reciprocating element is supported and guided displaceably back and forth, the slide bearing being received in the gearbox; and

(h) at least one rechargeable battery for supplying the drive motor, the battery being at least partially received in the housing;

(i) wherein the reciprocating element of the motion converter is guided by parallel pins positioned adjacent to opposite flat sides of the reciprocating element that limit relative motion between the gear wheel and the motion converter in a direction transverse to that of the linear reciprocation direction of the tool.

2. A handheld power tool according to claim 1, wherein reciprocating element and rod are formed separately to each other by a pin.

3. A handheld power tool according to claim 1, wherein the tool is a saw blade.

4. A handheld power tool according to claim 1 including:

(a) an end plate; and

(b) wherein the clamping system is positioned between the end plate and the gear box.

5. A handheld power tool according to claim 1 including:

(a) an electric switch and electric monitoring device.

6. A handheld power tool comprising:

(a) a plastic housing having a handle part and another portion adjoining the handle part;

(b) a rechargeable battery positioned within the handle part;

(c) a linearly reciprocating tool;

(d) an electric drive motor positioned in the housing and having a rotatable motor shaft that rotates around an axis that extends non-parallel, non-colinear and non-perpendicular to the linear reciprocating tool;

(e) a rotating gear positioned on the motor shaft;

(f) a motion converter configured to convert rotary motion of the gear to axially linearly reciprocating motion of the tool, the motion converter comprising a connecting rod having first and second opposite flat sides; and

(g) a metal gear box secured to, and positioned within, the housing;

(i) the motion converter being positioned in the gear box;

(ii) the gear box including at least one gear wheel therein having an eccentrically located projection;

(iii) a sleeve which engages an opening of the connecting rod and the eccentrically located projection, the sleeve having a circular cross-section;

(iv) the motor shaft projecting into the gear box from the motor;

(v) a reciprocating rod projecting outwardly from the gear box at an obtuse angle to the motor shaft, the reciprocating rod having a circular cross-section and being connected to the connecting rod;

(vi) a slide bearing;

(A) surrounding the reciprocating rod; and

(B) positioned in the gear box;

(vii) wherein the connecting rod of the motion converter is guided by parallel pins positioned adjacent to the opposite flat sides of the connecting rod that limit relative motion between the gear wheel and the motion converter in a direction transverse to that of the linear reciprocation direction of the tool.

7. A handheld power tool according to claim 6, wherein reciprocating rod and the connecting rod are formed separately and connected to each other by a pin.

8. A handheld power tool according to claim 6, wherein the tool is a saw blade.

9. A handheld power tool according to claim 6 including:

(a) an end plate; and

(b) a clamping system releaseably fastening the tool;

the clamping system being positioned between the end plate and the gear box.

10. A handheld power tool according to claim 6 including:

(a) an electric switch and electric monitoring device.

11. A handheld power tool according to claim 6, wherein the plastic housing is a single molded plastic piece having a fixed obtuse angle between the handle part and the portion adjoining the handle part.