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US 7,404,696 B2Granted
Drill driver with chuck-mounted drill accessories
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorDavid C. Campbell
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Abstract
A power tool with a tool portion and at least one attachment. The tool portion has a tool body and a drill chuck. The drill chuck includes a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws that are coupled to the rotatable spindle and a cover that is disposed about the jaws and which is not coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle. The attachment is coupled the cover of the drill chuck.
Claims12
A power tool comprising:
- a tool portion having a tool body and a drill chuck, the drill chuck including a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws coupled to the rotatable spindle and a cover that is disposed about the jaws, the cover not being coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle and being separate from the tool body;
- and
- at least one accessory mounted directly to the cover of the drill chuck;
- wherein the at least one accessory includes a light;
- wherein the light includes at least one light emitting diode;
- and
- wherein the at least one light emitting diode extends through the cover.
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A power tool comprising:
- a tool portion having a tool body and a drill chuck, the drill chuck including a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws coupled to the rotatable spindle and a cover that is disposed about the jaws and which is not coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle;
- and
- at least one accessory mounted directly to the cover of the drill chuck;
- wherein the at least one accessory includes a positioning guide for slidably engaging a lateral edge of a workpiece;
- wherein the positioning guide includes a base portion and a guide portion, the base portion being removably coupled to the cover, the guide portion having at least one guide rail that is offset from a rotational axis of the rotatable spindle;
- and
- wherein the base portion includes a pair of pins that are received into corresponding apertures formed in the cover in a direction that is parallel to a rotational axis of the rotatable spindle.
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A power tool comprising:
- a tool portion having a tool body and a drill chuck, the drill chuck including a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws coupled to the rotatable spindle and a cover that is disposed about the jaws and which is not coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle;
- and
- at least one accessory mounted directly to the cover of the drill chuck;
- wherein the at least one accessory includes a positioning guide for slidably engaging a lateral edge of a workpiece;
- wherein the positioning guide includes a base portion and a guide portion, the base portion being removably coupled to the cover, the guide portion having at least one guide rail that is offset from a rotational axis of the rotatable spindle;
- and
- wherein the positioning guide further includes a stop member, the stop member being disposed radially between the rotational axis of the rotatable spindle and the at least one guide rail.
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A power tool comprising:
- a tool portion having a tool body and a drill chuck, the drill chuck including a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws coupled to the rotatable spindle and a cover that is disposed about the jaws and which is not coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle;
- and
- at least one accessory coupled to the cover of the drill chuck;
- wherein the at least one accessory includes a positioning guide and a light;
- wherein the positioning guide includes a base portion and a guide portion, the base portion being removably coupled to the cover, the guide portion having at least one guide rail that is offset from a rotational axis of the rotatable spindle;
- wherein the light includes at least one light emitting diode;
- wherein the light includes a light source that is coupled to the cover, and wherein a light transmitting aperture is formed through the positioning guide and aligned to the light source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.