Handle for a chain saw
AssigneeAndreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
InventorsReinhard Siede, Klaus Hoppner, Hermann Weiss, Wolfgang Weissert
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Abstract
The invention is directed to the handle of a portable handheld tool such as a motor-driven chain saw. The handle is configured as a plastic body homogeneous with its bearing portions. The handle is for the most part hollow and can be configured as a unit to include further functional portions such as recesses for vibration attenuators, air guide portions and the like. The plastic handle is especially suited for portable handheld motor-driven chain saws.
Claims13
In a portable, handheld tool such as a motor-driven chain saw having a motor housing, a bail-shaped handle attached to the motor housing for supporting and manipulating the tool, the bail-shaped handle comprising:
- a tubular holding portion having a tubular cross section and having respective ends and being adapted to be manually held by an operator of the tool;
- first and second bearing portions for attaching said handle to said motor housing, said first and second bearing portions being connected to corresponding ones of said ends and being homogeneous with said holding portion;
- connecting means extending directly between said bearing portions and being integral therewith for completing the bail-shaped handle;
- said holding portion, said first bearing portion, said second bearing portion and said connecting means being interconnected in a continuous integral unit closed upon itself thereby imparting stability to the handle;
- said integral unit being a plastic body which is hollow at least in the region of said holding portion;
- and,
- said integral unit having cross sections departing from said tubular cross sections and having different wall thicknesses at said cross sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.