Electrical power tools

• US 9,022,705 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2011
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Makita Corporation
• Original Assignee: Makita Corporation
• Inventors: Shibata, Yoshinori, Kimura, Takuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ramos, Nicole N
• Application Number:
  US13/205,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20120045290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 409/182, 409/181, 409/206, 409/209, 144/136.95, 144/154.5
• US Class Current: 409/182
• CPC Class Codes: B27C 5/10 Portable hand-operated wood-milling machines; Routers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 409/306608 End mill [e.g., router, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 409/307952 Linear adjustment

Abstract

An electrical power tool may include a base capable of contacting the work-piece, a tool main body detachably attached to the base, and an elevating mechanism that is capable of changing a relative position of the tool main body to the base. The elevating mechanism includes a male elevating member that is releasably integrated with the tool main body, a female elevating member that is attached to the base and is capable of relatively raising and lowering the male elevating member, and an integrating mechanism that is capable of releasably integrating the male elevating member with the tool main body. The tool main body is capable of being removed from the base while the male elevating member is left in the base when the male elevating member is released from the tool main body by operating the integrating mechanism.

Claims

1. An electrical power tool to process a work-piece, comprising:

a base having a base surface that is capable of contacting the work-piece;

a tool main body detachably attached to the base and having a spindle to which a tool bit can be attached; and

an elevating mechanism that is capable of changing a relative position of the tool main body to the base,

wherein the elevating mechanism includes a male elevating member that is releasably integrated with the tool main body via an integrating mechanism and vertically movably attached to the base, and a female elevating member that is attached to the base and is capable of relatively raising and lowering the male elevating member,

wherein the tool main body is configured to be removed and spaced from the base while the male elevating member is left in the base when the male elevating member is released from the tool main body by operating the integrating mechanism,

wherein the male elevating member engages the tool main body at both end portions of the male elevating member in a raising and lowering direction thereof,

wherein the integrating mechanism includes an engagement release lever that is attached to one of the end portions of the male elevating member, and

wherein the engagement release lever is arranged and constructed to release the male elevating member from the tool main body.

2. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 1, wherein the male elevating member has outer teeth that are arranged in series in a raising and lowering direction of the tool main body, wherein the female elevating member has a ring shape and has inner tooth meshing with the outer teeth of the male elevating member, and wherein the outer teeth of the male elevating member and the inner tooth of the female elevating member are respectively shaped such that the male elevating member can be raised and lowered relative to the female elevating member when the female elevating member is rotated relative to the male elevating member.

3. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of the tool main body and the integrating mechanism has a guide portion formed therein, and wherein the guide portion is arranged and constructed such that the engagement release lever can be guided by the tool main body when the tool main body is introduced into the base in order to attach the tool main body to the base, so that the male elevating member can be automatically integrated with the tool main body.

4. An electrical power tool, comprising:

a base;

a tool main body detachably attached to the base; and

an elevating mechanism that is capable of raising and lowering the tool main body relative to the base,

wherein the elevating mechanism includes a first elevating member that is releasably integrated with the tool main body via an integrating mechanism and movably attached to the base, and a second elevating member that is attached to the base,

wherein the first elevating member and the second elevating member are arranged and constructed to be relatively moved to each other,

wherein the tool main body is capable of being detached from the base by operating the integrating mechanism for releasing the first elevating member therefrom, and

wherein the integrating mechanism includes an engagement release lever that is arranged and constructed to be engaged with and disengaged from the tool main body.

5. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 4, wherein the first elevating member has outer teeth that are arranged in series in a raising and lowering direction of the tool main body, wherein the second elevating member has inner tooth meshing with the outer teeth of the first elevating member, and wherein the outer teeth of the first elevating member and the inner tooth of the second elevating member are respectively shaped such that the first elevating member can be moved relative to the second elevating member when the second elevating member is operated.

6. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 4, wherein the first elevating member engages the tool main body at both end portions of the first elevating member in a moving direction thereof, and wherein the engagement release lever is attached to one of the end portions of the first elevating member.

7. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 5, wherein the first elevating member is formed as an elongated plate in which the outer teeth are formed therealong, and wherein the second elevating member is formed as a rotary ring in which the inner tooth is helically formed in an inner surface thereof.

8. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 4, wherein at least one of the tool main body and the engagement release lever has a guide portion formed therein, and wherein the guide portion is arranged and constructed such that the engagement release lever can be automatically operated by the tool main body when the tool main body is introduced into the base.

9. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 8, wherein the engagement release lever is biased in an engaging direction thereof, so as to be automatically engaged with the tool main body when the tool main body is attached to the base.

10. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 4, wherein the base has an operation dial mechanism that is capable of operating the second elevating member.

11. The electrical power tool as defined in claim 4, wherein the base has a cam lever that is capable of securing the tool main body to the base or releasing the same therefrom.