Power tool with deployable appendage
OwnerJulian Pattersoninventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a power tool. The power tool can include an outer casing forming a housing, a motor, and a motor-driven appendage. The power tool can include a hinge mechanism having a hinge axis between an appendage-leg and a motor-leg, the appendage-leg comprising the motor-driven appendage and the motor-leg comprising an output shaft affixed to the motor. The housing can have an appendage port adjacent to the secured portion and capable of housing the unsecured portion. The motor-driven appendage can move between the closed state and the open state by hinging about the hinge axis and by passing through the aperture, laterally.
Claims15
A power tool comprising:
- an outer casing forming a housing;
- a motor;
- a motor-driven appendage having a distal end, a proximal end, a secured portion, and an unsecured portion, the secured portion positioned near the proximal end, anchoring the motor-driven appendage within the housing, and the unsecured portion consisting of a portion of the motor-driven appendage distal to the secured portion;
- a hinge mechanism having a hinge axis between an appendage-leg and a motor-leg, the appendage-leg comprising the motor-driven appendage and the motor-leg comprising an output shaft affixed to the motor;
- wherein the motor-driven appendage has a closed state and an open state, the closed state defined by the unsecured portion fully contained within the housing, and the open state defined by the unsecured portion being in the space external to the outer casing,
- wherein the hinge axis is a lock-pin shaft,
- wherein the lock-pin shaft engages to render the motor-driven appendage in a locked position to restrict the motor-driven appendage from hinging about the hinge axis and disengages to render the motor-driven appendage in an unlocked position to enable the motor-driven appendage to hinge about the hinge axis.
A power tool comprising:
- an outer casing forming a housing;
- a motor;
- a motor-driven appendage having a distal end and a proximal end;
- the proximal end of the motor-driven appendage connected to a distal pinion gear, the distal pinion gear articulating with a bevel gear through a plurality of gears;
- the bevel gear affixed to a lock-pin shaft, the lock-pin shaft extending perpendicularly from the bevel gear, in axial alignment;
- the bevel gear further articulating with a proximal pinion gear, either directly or indirectly, through a plurality of gears;
- the proximal pinion gear affixed to an output shaft;
- the output shaft affixed to a motor;
- and
- the lock-pin shaft acting as a hinge axis about which the motor-driven appendage hinges;
- the lock-pin shaft engaging to restrict the motor-driven appendage from hinging about the hinge axis in a locked position and disengaging to enable the motor-driven appendage to hinge about the hinge axis in an unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.