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US 5,707,043 AGranted
Electric power tool for driving jack
AssigneeRikenkaki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhiko Yoshida
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Abstract
A driving joint includes a joint block secured to an output shaft of an electric driving unit, and a U-shaped connection plate connected at its opposite ends to the joint block and provided at its front wall with an elongated connection hole. The connection plate can be engaged within the U-shaped driven joint, and the elongated connection hole can be fitted to a connection plate of a T-shaped driven joint. With this arrangement, various types of jacks having different types of driven joints can be driven by a single electric tool.
Claims2
An electric power tool for driving a jack, comprising:
- an electric driving unit including a reversible motor, a driving joint provided on an output shaft of said electric driving unit, said driving joint being capable of being connected and engaged with a driven joint of a jack, said jack having a front and a rear pivot shaft, wherein said driving joint comprises a joint block secured to said output shaft and a joint plate which is coupled at opposite ends thereof to said joint block, said joint plate being projected forwardly of said joint block formed at its projected portion with an elongated connection hole,
- said joint plate and said elongated connection hole being formed such that
- when said driven joint of said jack is U-shaped, said joint plate can be connected and engaged within said U-shaped driven joint,
- whereas when said driven joint of said jack is T-shaped, said elongated connection hole can be connected and engaged with a connection plate of said T-shaped driven joint, and
- wherein said rear pivot shaft of said jack is clamped between a pivot holding means which can hold said rear pivot shaft irrespective of the length of said rear pivot shaft.
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