Switch actuating assembly for power tools
AssigneeBurgess Power Tools Limited
InventorsPeter J. Craddock, Brian R. Law, Albert J. Smith
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Abstract
A power tool, such as for example a bandsaw, incorporates a synthetic material moulding which is box shaped and mounts on the rear an electric motor and its housing, and on the front inside the box an implement drive mechanism such as a pulley in the case of the bandsaw. One side of the moulding mounts a switch actuating assembly substantially flush with the side by way of an OFF actuating plate pivotably received in a recess in the side and an ON actuating plate underneath the OFF actuating plate. In a preferred embodiment the opposite side to the one carrying the switch actuating assembly is adapted to rigidly support a structural metal spine member.
Claims7
Power tool having an electric motor, a component mounting the motor and a drive mechanism for a tool implement characterised in that a box-shaped moulding of synthetic material mounts, apart from a motor and a drive mechanism for an implement, also a switch actuating assembly flush in a side of the moulding, said assembly comprising an OFF actuating plate pivotably mounted in a recess in the side and covering an ON actuating plate to which access can be gained by pivoting the OFF actuating plate upwards.
Power tool as claimed in any of the preceding claims further characterised in that the moulding has a second side opposite the first mentioned side, which second side forms a column for locating a structural metal spine member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.