Angled tool accessory holder
OwnerAnthony Y. BOURRETinventor
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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;
- a light assembly received in the housing, the light assembly including
- a light unit with 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;
- a charging port configured to configured to receive a power cable to charge the battery while the battery remains received in the housing;
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- a vibration dampener configured to dampen vibrations between the housing and the light unit, the battery, and the charging port.
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;
- and
- a light assembly received in the housing, the light assembly including a light unit with a light configured to illuminate a workpiece adjacent the tool accessory holder and a vibration damping member dampen vibrations between the housing and the light assembly unit, the vibration damping member comprising an insert received in the housing and defining an opening that receives at least a portion of the input shaft.
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, a light assembly received in the housing and including a light configured to illuminate a workpiece adjacent the first tool accessory holder, and an insert received in the housing and configured to dampen vibrations between the housing and the light assembly;
- and
- 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.