Power tool and overload protection
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsRobert Simm, Cornelis Van Der Schans, Markus Weber
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Abstract
The invention relates to a power tool having a change-speed gear device comprising a plurality of gears (1, 2) for adjusting on demand power stages of a drive, wherein an overload protection can be coupled to the gears (1, 2). According to the invention, the device comprises at least one gear (3) in which the overload protection function can be forcibly deactivated. The invention also relates to an overload protection.
Claims6
A power tool, comprising a drive;
- and a gear-shifting mechanism including a plurality of gears for selected power stages of said drive as required, it being possible to couple an overload protection function with said gears;
- and an additional gear in which the overload protection function is forcible deactivatable.
An overload protection device for a power tool, couplable with a gear-shifting mechanism that includes a plurality of gears for selecting power stages of a drive, wherein the device includes at least one additional gear provided with a shut-off function that is forcibly deactivated when overload occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.