Tool driving or impacting – Means to drive tool about an axis – Electric motor
Patent
1998-10-16
2000-08-15
Smith, Scott A.
Tool driving or impacting
Means to drive tool about an axis
Electric motor
173170, 173216, 310 50, B25B 2300, B25G 106
Patent
active
061021342
ABSTRACT:
A two-position tool has a pair of housing members rotatable with respect to one another. A locking mechanism is coupled with one of the housing members to lock the two housing members in a plurality of positions with respect to one another. In a first position, the axes of the housing members are substantially colinear with one another and in a second position, the axes are angled with respect to one another. The locking mechanism includes an activation member and a pin coupled with the activation member. A detent member is coupled with one of the housing members. The detent member has a plurality of detents to receive the movable pin to lock the housing member in the plurality of positions.
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Black & Decker Inc.
Smith Scott A.
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