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US 11,292,067 B2Granted
Handheld punch tool
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsWilliam E. Street, James Wekwert
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Abstract
A handheld punch tool includes a housing defining a first axis, a motor contained within the housing, the motor having a motor shaft defining a second axis, and a head coupled to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing about a third axis. The head includes a drive member reciprocable along the third axis in response to rotation of the motor shaft about the second axis and a punch coupled to the drive member and reciprocable along a fourth axis in response to reciprocation of the drive member along the third axis. The third axis is perpendicular to the first axis, and the fourth axis is parallel to the third axis such that rotation of the head about the third axis varies a position of the punch relative to the housing.
Claims17
A handheld punch tool comprising:
- a housing defining a first axis;
- a motor contained within the housing, the motor having a motor shaft defining a second axis;
- a drive member reciprocable along a third axis in response to rotation of the motor shaft about the second axis;
- a head coupled to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing about the third axis, the head including
- a die defining a passageway, and
- a punch coupled to the drive member and reciprocable within the passageway along a fourth axis in response to reciprocation of the drive member along the third axis,
- wherein the die includes a first opening in communication with the passageway and a second opening in communication with the passageway, the second opening and the first opening positioned on opposite sides of the fourth axis;
- and
- a debris collection container removably coupled to the head, the debris collection container configured to receive chips generated during operation of the handheld punch tool,
- wherein the debris collection container is rotatable together with the head about the third axis,
- wherein the third axis is perpendicular to the first axis, and
- wherein the fourth axis is parallel to the third axis such that rotation of the head about the third axis varies a position of the punch relative to the housing.
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A handheld punch tool comprising:
- a housing defining a first axis;
- a motor contained within the housing, the motor having a motor shaft defining a second axis;
- a drive member reciprocable along a third axis in response to rotation of the motor shaft about the second axis;
- a head coupled to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing about the third axis, the head including
- a die defining a passageway, and
- a punch coupled to the drive member and reciprocable within the passageway,
- wherein the die includes a first opening in communication with the passageway and a second opening in communication with the passageway, the second opening and the first opening positioned on opposite sides of the passageway;
- and
- a debris collection container configured to be removably coupled to the head in each of a first position in which the debris collection container is configured to receive chips generated during operation of the handheld punch tool through the first opening, and a second position in which the debris collection container is configured to receive chips generated during operation of the handheld punch tool through the second opening,
- wherein the debris collection container is rotatable together with the head about the third axis in both the first position and the second position.
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A handheld punch tool comprising:
- a housing defining a first axis;
- a motor contained within the housing, the motor having a motor shaft defining a second axis;
- a drive member reciprocable along a third axis in response to rotation of the motor shaft about the second axis;
- a head coupled to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing about the third axis, the head including
- a die defining a passageway, and
- a punch coupled to the drive member and reciprocable within the passageway,
- wherein the die includes a first opening in communication with the passageway and a second opening in communication with the passageway, the second opening and the first opening positioned on opposite sides of the passageway;
- a debris collection container configured to be removably coupled to the head in each of a first position in which the debris collection container is configured to receive chips generated during operation of the handheld punch tool through the first opening, and a second position in which the debris collection container is configured to receive chips generated during operation of the handheld punch tool through the second opening;
- and
- a plug configured to be removably coupled to the first opening when the debris collection container is in the second position and to the second opening when the debris collection container is in the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.