Portable electric pressing tool

Abstract

A portable electric pressing tool has an electric motor arranged at least partially within the handle of the tool and having a motor output shaft extending along a first axis along the handle, and a pressing mechanism having a pair of jaws and which is operatively coupled to the motor output shaft via a transmission of the tool which in use causes relative movement of the jaws between first and second relative positions. The transmission may have a bevel gear arrangement for redirecting torque flowing along the first axis into the bevel gear arrangement so that torque output from the bevel gear arrangement flows into a conversion mechanism of the transmission for converting torque into linear force along a second axis for causing said relative movement between the jaws. The motor output shaft is arranged at an angle of 45 degrees to 135 degrees relative to the second axis.

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