HAND-GUIDED POWER TOOL ROTATING KNOB ADJUSTING DEVICE

Abstract

A hand-guided power tool having a rotating knob adjusting device provided with a knob part and rotatable between at least two adjustment positions spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, and means for securing the rotating knob adjusting device against an inadvertent rotation.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a hand-guided power planer in accordance with the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a rotating knob adjusting device in which the knob part is shown spaced axially apart from the actuating rod for the sake of visibility in accordance with the present invention,

FIG. 3 shows the rotating knob adjusting device in the installed position in accordance with the present invention, and

FIG. 4 shows a longitudinal section through the rotating knob adjusting device in accordance with the present invention.

Claims

1. A hand-guided power tool, comprising a rotating knob adjusting device provided with a knob part and rotatable between at least two adjustment positions spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction; and means for securing said rotating knob adjusting device against an inadvertent rotation.

2. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 1; and further comprising an actuating rod to which said knob part is joined in non-rotating fashion, and a locking element movable in an axial direction along said actuating rod and relative to said knob part between a locked position and a released position.

3. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2, wherein said locking element is configured so that in the locked position it engages in a form-locking fashion with a component of the hand-guided power tool.

4. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 3; and further comprising a housing forming said component, so that in the locked position said locking element engages in a form-locked fashion with said housing.

5. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2, wherein said locking element has a grasping section and, as it is being moved from the locked position into the release position, said locking element is movable axially toward said knob part.

6. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2; and further comprising a housing having a recess, said locking element having an extension which in the locked position is accommodated in said recess of said housing, so that each adjustment position is associated with at least one said recess.

7. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 6, wherein said housing has a cylindrical portion provided inside with said recess, so that said extension of said locking element in the locked position is accommodated in said recess inside said cylindrical section of said housing.

8. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2; and further comprising a spring, said locking element being arranged so that an adjusting movement of said locking element from the locked position to the released position is executed counter to a force of said spring.

9. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2, wherein said locking element is non-rotatably connected to said actuating rod.

10. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2, wherein said actuating rod passes through said locking element.

11. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2 wherein said knob part engages with said actuating rod in detent fashion.

12. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 2, wherein said knob part and said locking element overlap each other axially in both the locked position and the released position.

13. A hand-guided power tool as defined in claim 1, wherein the hand-guided power tool is configured as a hand-guided power planer.