Powered hand tool
AssigneeHonsa Ergonomic Technologies, Inc.
InventorThomas W. Honsa
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Abstract
A powered hand tool comprising a pneumatic motor including a cylinder, a main body formed as a hollow tube member, a main body rear end being formed with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the main body being axially disposed for engagement with the pneumatic motor, a main body front end with an interior surface fitted for engagement with a lock nut, the pneumatic motor having a rotary shaft axially extending out of the main body front end wherein the diameter of the pneumatic motor is smaller than the diameter of the hollow tube member, an internal isolation layer composed of a vibration isolation material placed in the hollow tube member so that the vibration isolation material is engaged with and adjacent the ends of the hollow tube member and the pneumatic motor.
Claims31
A powered hand tool comprising:
- a. a pneumatic motor including:
- i. a cylinder axially disposed with a rotary shaft;
- ii. a pneumatic motor rear end including a rear portion of said cylinder engaged with a rear thrust plate and a rear bearing, said rear bearing also engaged with the rear end of said rotary shaft;
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- iii. a pneumatic motor front end including a front portion of said cylinder engaged with a front bearing support plate, a front bearing and a front thrust plate, said front bearing also engaged with the front end of said rotary shaft;
- b. a main body formed as a hollow tube member, a main body rear end being formed with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, said main body being axially disposed for engagement with said pneumatic motor, a main body front end, said rotary shaft of said pneumatic motor extending out of said main body front end wherein the diameter of said pneumatic motor is smaller than the diameter of said hollow tube member;
- c. an internal isolation layer composed of a vibration isolation material placed in said hollow tube member so that said vibration isolation material is engaged with and adjacent the circumferentially inward surface of said main body front end and said pneumatic motor to prohibit metal to metal contact between said main body and said pneumatic motor;
- d. a lock nut engaging said main body front end fixing the position of said pneumatic motor front end within said main body;
- e. an inlet bushing engaging main body rear end for attachment of said pneumatic hand tool to a compressed fluid source, said inlet bushing fashioned with fluid passages to communicate with a plurality of fluid outlet holes in said main body rear end;
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- f. a throttle mechanism to control fluid inlet and operation of said pneumatic motor.
Powered hand tool comprising:
- a. a power source;
- b. a work generating means, said work generating means connected to said power source;
- c. a work control means, said work control means communicating with said work generating means and allowing actuation and tempo control of said work generating means;
- and,
- d. a main body having an internal isolation means positioned within said main body and between said main body and said work generating means, so that said internal isolation means reduces vibration transmission between said main body and said work generation means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.