Drive handle and power poker for carving soft materials

A handheld powered poker adapted for use in transferring patterns to be carved in soft materials, comprising:

• (A) a power drive handle including
• (1) case including a forward nose having a tool element opening formed therein with said case having an interior,
• (2) a drive motor disposed in the interior of said case,
• (3) a carriage disposed in the interior of said case and mounted for reciprocal motion in a longitudinal direction,
• (4) a drive train disposed in the interior of said case, said drive train coupling said drive motor and said carriage such that operation of said drive motor acts to reciprocate said carriage between an advanced position and a retracted position whereby said tool element is reciprocated between an extended position and a retracted position, and
• (5) a wing extension projecting longitudinally forwardly of said nose adjacent to the tool element opening;
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• (B) a poker tool including a poker handle having a central longitudinal axis and a longitudinally and forwardly extending shaft terminating in a point, said tool handle sized adapted to be releasably mounted in said carriage in a mounted state such that said shaft protrudes from said case through the tool element opening.

A handheld power tool poker adapted for use in transferring patterns to be carved in soft materials, comprising:

• (A) a power drive handle including
• (1) case including a forward nose having a tool element opening formed at a nose portion thereof with said case having an interior,
• (2) a first a detachable access panel that is detachable so as to allow access to said carriage whereby the tool handle of a selected handheld tool may be mounted and demounted therein,
• (3) a second detachable access panel that is detachable so as to allow access to said carriage whereby the tool handle of a selected handheld tool may be mounted and demounted therein, said second detachable access panel including a wing extension projecting longitudinally forwardly of said nose portion adjacent to the tool element opening,
• (4) a drive motor disposed in the interior of said case,
• (5) a carriage disposed in the interior of said case and mounted for reciprocal motion in a longitudinal direction,
• (6) a drive train disposed in the interior of said case, said drive train coupling said drive motor and said carriage such that operation of said drive motor acts to reciprocate said carriage between an advanced position and a retracted position whereby said tool element is reciprocated between an extended position and a retracted position;
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• (B) a poker tool including a poker handle having a central longitudinal axis and a longitudinally and forwardly extending shaft terminating in a point, said tool handle sized adapted to be releasably mounted in said carriage in a mounted state such that said shaft protrudes from said case through the tool element opening a wing extension projecting longitudinally forwardly of said nose adjacent to the tool element opening.