Rotary hammer

A rotary hammer configured to operate in a mode selected from a plurality of modes including a hammer mode, in which a tool accessory attached to the rotary hammer is only linearly driven along a driving axis, and a drill mode, in which the tool accessory is at least rotationally driven around the driving axis, the rotary hammer comprising:

• a motor configured to drive the tool accessory;
• a manipulation member configured to be held in an OFF position in a non-pressed state and to move to an ON position in response to an external manual pressing on the manipulation member by a user;
• a main switch configured to be kept OFF when the manipulation member is in the OFF position and to be kept ON when the manipulation member is in the ON position;
• a mode-switching member configured to be switched between a plurality of switching positions in response to an external manipulation of the mode-switching member by the user for selecting one of the plurality of modes, the plurality of switching positions corresponding to the plurality of modes;
• and
• a locking member configured to selectively lock the manipulation member in the OFF position or the ON position according to the switching position of the mode-switching member;
• wherein the locking member, the manipulation member and the motor are configured such that:
• the locking member is allowed to lock the manipulation member in the OFF position both when the hammer mode has been selected and when the drill mode has been selected;
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• the motor is allowed to be driven in a state in which the manipulation member is locked in the ON position by the locking member only when the hammer mode has been selected.