Angled tool accessory holder
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorAnthony Y. BOURRET
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Abstract
An angled tool accessory holder includes a housing; an input shaft extending along a first axis and at least partially received in the housing, the input shaft coupleable to an output tool holder of a rotary power tool to be rotatable relative to the housing; a tool accessory holder rotatable relative to the housing and extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis; a transmission configured to transmit torque from the input shaft to the tool accessory holder; and a light assembly received in the housing, the light assembly including a light configured to illuminate a workpiece adjacent the tool accessory holder, a battery configured to power the light, and a vibration damping member configured to dampen vibrations between the housing and the light assembly.
Claims20
An angled tool accessory holder comprising:
- a housing;
- an input shaft extending along a first axis and at least partially received in the housing, the input shaft coupleable to an output tool holder of a rotary power tool to be rotatable relative to the housing;
- a tool accessory holder rotatable relative to the housing and extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis;
- a transmission configured to transmit torque from the input shaft to the tool accessory holder;
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- a light assembly received in the housing, the light assembly including a light configured to illuminate a workpiece adjacent the tool accessory holder and a vibration damping member configured to dampen vibrations between the housing and the light assembly.
An angled tool accessory holder comprising:
- a housing;
- an input shaft extending along a first axis and at least partially received in the housing, the input shaft coupleable to an output tool holder of a rotary power tool to be rotatable relative to the housing;
- a tool accessory holder rotatable relative to the housing and extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis;
- a transmission configured to transmit torque from the input shaft to the tool accessory holder;
- a light assembly received in the housing, the light assembly including a light configured to illuminate a workpiece adjacent the tool accessory holder;
- a battery received in the housing and configured to provide power to the light;
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- a charging port configured to configured to receive a power cable to charge the battery while the battery remains received in the housing.
A tool accessory holder system comprising:
- an angled tool accessory holder including a housing, a rotatable first input shaft extending along a first axis and at least partially received in a rear end portion of the housing, a first connector non-rotationally coupled to the rear end portion of the housing, a first tool accessory holder rotatable relative to the housing and extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis, a transmission configured to transmit torque from the input shaft to the tool accessory holder, and a light assembly received in the housing and including a light configured to illuminate a workpiece adjacent the first tool accessory holder;
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- a flexible orientation tool bit holder including a second connector selectively non-rotatably coupleable to the first connector, a second rotatable input shaft rotatable relative to the second connector, a flexible intermediate shaft bendable into a plurality of configurations and rotatably drivable by the input shaft, and a second tool accessory holder rotatably drivable by the intermediate shaft,
- wherein the system is operable in (a) a first configuration in which the angled tool accessory holder is operable without the flexible orientation tool bit holder to drive a first tool accessory coupled to the first tool accessory holder by coupling the first input shaft to a rotatable output member of a power tool, (b) a second configuration in which the flexible orientation tool bit holder is operable without the angled tool accessory holder to drive a second tool accessory coupled to the second tool accessory holder by coupling the second input shaft to a rotatable output member of a power tool, and (c) a third configuration in which the angled tool accessory holder and the flexible orientation tool bit holder are operable in combination to drive a third tool accessory coupled to the first tool accessory holder by coupling the second input shaft to a rotatable output member of a power tool, coupling the first input shaft to the second tool accessory holder, and non-rotatably coupling the first connector and the second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.