Power tool having a level
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsLuke Corsiglia, Don Vollmar, Beth E. Cholst
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Abstract
Power tools are provided. A power tool, such as a hedge trimmer, can include a housing; a blade assembly extending from the housing, wherein the blade assembly defines a blade assembly plane; a level configured to detect an orientation of the blade assembly plane compared to a reference plane; and an indicator configured to generate feedback to a user about the orientation of the blade assembly plane compared to the reference plane.
Claims20
A hedge trimmer comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade assembly extending from the housing, wherein the blade assembly defines a blade assembly plane;
- a level configured to detect an orientation of the blade assembly plane compared to a reference plane;
- and
- an indicator configured to generate feedback to a user about the orientation of the blade assembly plane compared to the reference plane.
A hedge trimmer comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade assembly extending from the housing, wherein the blade assembly defines a blade assembly plane;
- a level configured to detect an orientation of the blade assembly plane compared to a reference plane;
- and
- an auto-leveling device in communication with the level, wherein the auto-leveling device is configured to urge the hedge trimmer to align the blade assembly plane with the reference plane.
A method of using a hedge trimmer including a blade assembly defining a blade assembly plane, the method comprising:
- setting a reference plane for the blade assembly, the reference plane corresponding with a desired cutting angle, wherein setting the reference plane comprises:
- orienting the blade assembly at the desired cutting angle;
- and
- zeroing the reference plane to a current blade assembly plane with the blade assembly at the desired cutting angle;
- and
- performing a cutting operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.