Portable machine tool with automatic locking of the work spindle

Abstract

In order to so improve a portable machine tool, in particular, an angle grinder, with a drive, with a work spindle having a tool clamping means and with a securing device which is operable from outside an apparatus housing and by means of which the tool clamping means is transferable from a manually releasable position to a manually unreleasable position in which the tool is clamped--and vice versa--that with a design which is as simple as possible from a structural point of view, rotation of the work spindle is not possible while the tool clamping means is being released or manually tightened, it is proposed that a locking device for non-rotatably fixing the work spindle on the apparatus housing be provided and that the locking device automatically lock the work spindle in a non-rotatable manner when the drive is switched off and the securing device is i the position in which the tool clamping means is manually releasable--and vice versa.

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