Portable power tool
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsMasamichi Miyazawa, Tomohiro Hachisuka
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Abstract
A power tool is provided with a prime mover which causes the tool to rotate and a housing which houses the prime mover. In a back-end face that is positioned on an opposite side on the housing from a tool side, a back-end groove, into which a user can position his/her web between his/her thumb and forefinger, is formed. A pair of side-face grooves, into which the user can place the thumb and forefinger, are formed in both side faces of the housing. A depth changing portion is formed in at least one of the side-face grooves, such that the depth is reduced toward the back-end face of the housing. According to this structure, even when the housing is gripped directly from the back-end face, the user can easily draw up or raise the power tool.
Claims13
A portable power tool, comprising:
- a prime mover that rotates a tool;
- and
- a housing that houses the prime mover, the housing comprising:
- a back-end groove, into which a user can place a web between a thumb and a forefinger of the user, being formed on a back-end face of the housing that is arranged on an opposite side from the tool, and
- a pair of side-face grooves, into which the user can place the thumb and forefinger, being formed on both side faces of the housing,
- wherein a surface of the back-end groove is covered with a deformable material that is more flexible than a material of the housing, surfaces of the side-face grooves are not covered with the deformable material, and the material of the housing is exposed on the surfaces of the side-face grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.