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US 10,576,652 B2Granted
Articulating oscillating power tool
AssigneesRobert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
InventorPeter J. Wierzchon
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Abstract
An oscillating power tool includes a drive motor producing rotary motion and an actuator for converting the motor rotary motion to an oscillatory side-to-side movement. The power tool includes a tool mount operably driven by the actuator and configured to support the tool so that the working end is substantially collinear and/or coplanar with the axis of the motor drive shaft.
Claims12
A power tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor located in the housing and having a drive shaft configured for rotation about a longitudinal axis;
- an actuator operatively coupled to the drive shaft and configured to convert the rotation of the drive shaft to an oscillatory displacement in a plane;
- a tool holder fixed to the actuator and configured to move in response to movement of the actuator;
- a tool supported by the tool holder, the tool having a working surface defining a working surface plane;
- and
- an articulator operatively coupled to said housing and said tool holder, said articulator configured to permit adjustment of the tool holder through a range of angles relative to said longitudinal axis,
- wherein the actuator, tool holder and tool are configured so that the tool is supported by said tool holder with the plane of the tool working surface substantially parallel to and collinear with the longitudinal axis of the motor drive shaft.
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A power tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor located in the housing and having a drive shaft configured for rotation about a longitudinal axis;
- an actuator operatively coupled to the drive shaft and configured to convert the rotation of the drive shaft to an oscillatory displacement in a plane;
- a tool holder fixed to the actuator and configured to move in response to movement of the actuator;
- a tool supported by the tool holder, the tool having a working surface defining a working surface plane;
- and
- an articulator operatively coupled to said housing and said tool holder, said articulator configured to permit adjustment of the tool holder through a range of angles relative to said longitudinal axis,
- wherein the power tool defines a center of gravity and a plane extending through said housing and said center of gravity, and
- wherein the tool holder and tool are configured so that the tool is supported by said tool holder with the tool working surface plane coplanar or co-linear with the plane extending through said center of gravity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.