Cleaning and waxing tool for automobiles, vans, etc.

A hand-held orbital automobile polisher, which comprises:

• a housing having handle means close-coupled thereto whereby the operator grasps the polisher closely adjacent the housing, and moves the polisher to the desired regions of the automobile or other object to be polished,
• an electric motor mounted in said housing,
• a counterweight mounted on the shaft of said motor, and
• a pad assembly rotatably connected to said counterweight at a point offset from said motor shaft,
• the axis of rotation of said pad assembly relative to said counterweight being substantially parallel to the axis of said motor shaft,
• characterized in that the overall weight of said polisher is in the range of about four pounds to about eight pounds, and further characterized in that the rotational speed of said motor, and the construction and mass and mounting point of said counterweight, are such that the centrifugal force generated by said counterweight is in the range of about 35 pounds to about 43 pounds.

A hand-held orbital automobile polisher, which comprises:

• a housing having handle means close-coupled thereto whereby the operator grasps the polisher closely adjacent the housing, and moves the polisher to the desired regions of the automobile or other object to be polished,
• an electric motor mounted in said housing,
• a counterweight mounted on the shaft of said motor,
• said counterweight having a first portion weighing about 0.1377 pound, the center of mass of said first portion being about 0.1125 foot from the axis of the shaft of said motor on one side of such axis,
• said counterweight having a second portion weighing about 0.0614 pound, the center of mass of said second portion being about 0.0733 foot from the axis of said motor shaft on said one side thereof,
• said counterweight having a third portion weighing about 0.0566 pound, the center of mass of said third portion being about 0.0533 foot from said motor axis on said one side thereof,
• said counterweight having a fourth portion weighing about 0.0395 pound, said fourth portion having a center of mass approximately 0.0233 foot from said motor axis on said one side thereof,
• said counterweight having a fifth portion weighing about 0.0154 pound, the center of mass of said fifth portion being approximately 0.01417 foot from the axis of said motor on the other side thereof,
• said counterweight having a sixth portion weighing about 0.0250 pound, the center of mass of said sixth portion being about 0.0592 foot from said motor axis on said other side thereof,
• said counterweight having a seventh portion weighing about 0.0245 pound, the center of mass of said seventh portion being about 0.0983 foot from said motor axis on said other side thereof, and
• a pad assembly rotatably connected to said counterweight at a point offset from said motor shaft,
• the axis of rotation of said pad assembly relative to said counterweight being substantially parallel to the axis of said motor shaft,
• the overall weight of said polisher being in the range of about four pounds to about eight pounds.