Power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815185-B2
Application number	US-201414554890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Nov 26, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A hammer drill ( 101 ) comprises a main body ( 103 ) which houses a driving motor ( 110 ) and a driving mechanism and a handle ( 109 ) which is movable to the main body ( 103 ). Further, a coil spring ( 160 ) which biases the handle ( 109 ) is provided. In a state that the coil spring ( 160 ) biases the handle ( 109 ), the handle ( 109 ) is moved against the main body ( 103 ) in a longitudinal direction of a hammer bit ( 119 ) and vibration transmission from the main body ( 103 ) to the handle ( 109 ) is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power tool which drives a tool bit in a longitudinal direction of the tool bit and performs an operation, comprising:
a motor which has an output shaft being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tool bit,
a driving mechanism which is connected to the output shaft and driven by the motor,
a main body which houses the motor and the driving mechanism,
a main handle which is movable with respect to the main body,
a guide element which guides the main handle such that the main handle moves in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit with respect to the main body, and
a biasing member which is arranged between the main body and the main handle and is preloaded with a biasing force that biases the main body and the main handle away from one another in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit even in an initial state,
wherein the main handle moves against the main body in a state that the main handle is biased by the biasing member, and transmission of vibration generated during the operation from the main body to the main handle is prevented.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein a periphery of the motor is formed cylindrically, and the guide element is arranged outside the motor in a radial direction of the motor.

3. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element comprises a pair of guide element components, and a plurality of guide elements are arranged at respective positions, which are different from one another in a circumference direction around the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

4. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the main handle includes a grip which extends in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the tool bit,
and wherein the plurality of the guide elements are symmetrically arranged with respect to a plane which includes both of a longitudinal line of the tool bit and a extending line of the grip.

5. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein a pair of the guide element components comprises a metallic guide member arranged on one member among the main body and the main handle and a resin guide member arranged on the other member among the main body and the main handle.

6. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the pair of the guide element components is formed by a projection which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit and is arranged on one member among the main body and the main handle and a recess which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit and is arranged on the other member among the main body and the main handle,
and wherein the main handle is configured to be moved with respect to the main body in a state that the projection and the recess are engaged and slid to each other, and the main handle is guided against the main body.

7. A power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element includes a movement amount defining part which defines amount of movement of the main handle with respect to the main body in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

8. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the biasing member comprises a plurality of biasing elements which are arranged at respective positions being different from one another in a circumference direction around the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

9. The power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing member which seals a gap between the main handle and the main body.

10. A power tool which drives a tool bit in a longitudinal direction of the tool bit and performs an operation, comprising:
a motor which has an output shaft being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tool bit,
a driving mechanism which is connected to the output shaft and driven by the motor,
a main body which houses the motor and the driving mechanism,
a main handle which is movable with respect to the main body,
a guide element which guides the main handle such that the main handle moves in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit with respect to the main body, and
a biasing member which is arranged between the main body and the main handle and biases the main body and the main handle in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit even in an initial state,
wherein the main handle moves against the main body in a state that the main handle is biased by the biasing member, and transmission of vibration generated during the operation from the main body to the main handle is prevented,
wherein the main handle includes a grip portion which is held by a user and an auxiliary handle attachable portion to which an auxiliary handle is attached, and
wherein the grip portion and the auxiliary handle attachable portion are configured to move integrally in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit with respect to the main body.

11. The power tool according to claim 10 , further comprising a guide portion which guides the auxiliary handle attachable portion against the main body.

12. The power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary handle attachable portion includes a ring portion which has an outer periphery to which the auxiliary handle is attached, the ring portion being configured to surround a part of the main body.

13. The power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the main handle includes a connecting portion which fixedly connects the grip portion and the auxiliary handle attachable portion,
and wherein the auxiliary handle attachable portion is arranged closer to the tool bit than the main handle in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit, and the grip portion is arranged opposite to the tool bit with respect to the auxiliary handle attachable portion in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

14. The power tool according to claim 13 , wherein the main body includes a housing member which houses the motor and the driving mechanism,
and wherein the auxiliary handle attachable portion includes a contact portion which is configured to contact with the housing member and the contact portion defines amount of movement of the main handle far from the tool bit in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit by contacting with the housing member.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Machida Yoshitaka

Classifications

• B25D17/043 Primary

  Handles resiliently mounted relative to the hammer housing (B25D17/046 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25F5/006

  Vibration damping means · CPC title

• B25D17/24

  Damping the reaction force {(resiliently mounted handles B25D17/043; dampers in connections of hammers to backhoes E02F3/966)} · CPC title

• B25D16/00

  Portable percussive machines with superimposed rotation {, the rotational movement of the output shaft of a motor being modified to generate axial impacts on the tool bit (combined percussion and rotary drilling adapted for earth drilling E21B6/00)} · CPC title

• B25D2211/061

  Swash-plate actuated impulse-driving mechanisms · CPC title