Hand machine tool with depth stop

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6609860
  • Patent Number
    6,609,860
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, September 13, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, August 26, 2003
    21 years ago
Abstract
A manual machine tool (10) with a housing (12) that carries an adjustable bit stop (32), particularly on a supplemental handle (28), becomes more convenient and safer to operate because the bit stop (32) can be fixed in positive fashion, particularly in latching fashion, next to the manual machine tool (10).
Description




RELATED ART




The invention is based on a manual machine tool according to the preamble of claim


1


.




Manual machine tools, particularly manual boring machines and hammer drills, having a bit stop that can be attached to the neck of the housing are known, by means of which holes can be bored with a depth limitation that can be adjusted approximately identically. To adjust the bit stop to a desired extent using the known manual machine tools, a clamping bolt must be loosened, so that the rod-shaped bit stop can be adjusted in its longitudinal guide. The clamping bolt must then be tightened in its selected adjusted position in order to prevent the adjusted position from changing unintentionally, whereby the loosening and tightening of the clamping bolt is time-consuming, complicated and, due to the non-positive manner of fastening, unstable.




ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION




The manual machine tool according to claim


1


has the advantage that the bit stop can be adjusted conveniently and quickly without having to support the manual machine tool on a base.




Additionally, the position of the bit stop is more stable as a result of its positive fixation, because it is more difficult to move unintentionally.











DRAWING




The invention is described in greater detail below using a design example with an accompanying diagram.





FIG. 1

shows a spacial representation of a hammer drill with bit stop according to the invention,





FIG. 2

shows a top view of the extension of the supplemental handle with sliding push-button,





FIG. 3

shows a cross-section of the extension of the supplemental handle,





FIG. 4

shows a top view of the extension of the supplemental handle,





FIG. 5

shows a longitudinal view of the extension of the supplemental handle,





FIG. 6

shows a top view of the sliding push-button,





FIG. 7

shows a side view of the sliding push-button,





FIG. 8

shows a top view of the leaf spring, and





FIG. 9

shows a side view of the leaf spring.











DESCRIPTION OF THE DESIGN EXAMPLE





FIG. 1

shows a spacial representation of a manual machine tool


10


designed as a hammer drill in the view from the front left. The manual machine tool has a housing


12


with a handle


14


designed as a spade handle that contains a switching key


16


out of which an electrical cord


18


extends downward to supply power to the motor-which is not shown-inside a motor housing


20


belonging to the housing


12


. The motor housing


20


is arranged in a U-bend at a right angle to a longitudinal axis


27


of the manual machine tool


10


. The longitudinal axis


27


is defined by a machine neck


22


, a clamping chuck


24


, and an insert tool


26


designed as a bit.




A supplemental handle


28


also extends at a right angle downward from the longitudinal axis


27


, which is supported on the machine neck


22


in detachable fashion by means of a tightener


30


.




The supplemental handle


28


contains an upper extension


29


with a concave, radial support surface


40


, which is intended for placement against the machine neck


22


and which provides stable support for the supplemental handle


29


against the housing


12


.




On both sides of the concave, radial support surface


40


, the upper extension


29


—as viewed from the front—forms two arms, only the larger support arm


31


of which is shown in greater detail. A hexagon rod-shaped bit stop


32


is supported in a hexagon bore-shaped longitudinal guide


38


in a fashion that secures it against rotation and allows it to be moved longitudinally. The bit stop


32


has an upper and a lower tooth profile


34


,


35


on opposing hexagon surfaces, with which it is held fast in positive, removeable fashion in the longitudinal guide


38


.




The support arm


32


carries a push-button


36


supported in moveable fashion on its free end. This is secured against falling out by way of retaining bases


46


in a dovetail-shaped longitudinal guide


50


of the free end of the support arm


31


.




A central recess


42


designed in the shape of a blind hole for accommodating a leaf spring


42


is situated inside the support arm


32


, and the leaf spring


42


is supported in it in a fashion that allows it to swing horizontally. The lower end


43


of the leaf spring


42


is inserted and clamped in removeable fashion in a clamping slot provided in the recess


41


. The leaf spring


42


, which is bent on the bottom and clamped there, rests with its top end


47


against a diagonal contact surface


44


of the push-button


36


, so that it can be moved elastically back and forth in a lateral direction.




The longitudinal guide


38


for accommodating the bit stop


32


in the support arm


31


continues in the lower section of the push-button


36


as an aligning longitudinal opening which is open on the side, the lower, U-arm-shaped section of which has a counter-tooth profile


48


inside that is adapted to the tooth profiles


34


,


35


of the bit stop


32


, and which can be brought into positive contact with them.




The push-button


36


with its counter-tooth profile


48


is held in contact with the hexagon rod-shaped bit stop


32


by way of the pretensioned leaf spring


42


, so that it is fixed immoveably in this position on the supplemental handle


28


in positive fashion.




By pressing the push-button


36


, its counter-toothing


48


is released from the tooth profile


35


of the bit stop


36


facing it. As soon as the push-button


36


is released, its counter-toothing


48


locks in the tooth profile


35


of the bit stop


36


and holds it tightly.



Claims
  • 1. Manual machine tool (10) with a housing (12) that carries an adjustable bit stop (32) on a supplemental handle (28), the bit stop having an upper and a lower tooth profile on opposing hexagonal surfaces, characterized in that the bit stop (32) can be fixed in positive fashion next to the manual machine tool (10), wherein a positive position of the bit stop (32) can be locked in place in releasable, latching fashion using an operating element designed as a sliding push-button (36), the push-button having a counter-tooth profile, wherein said counter-tooth profile is adapted to fit the tooth profiles of the bit stop and positively engage said tooth profiles, wherein the supplemental handle (28) carries the sliding push-button (36) and a longitudinal guide (38) for the bit stop (32) on a top surface of the supplemental handle.
  • 2. The manual machine tool according to claim 1, wherein said push-button is secured against falling out by a retaining base.
  • 3. The manual machine tool according to claim 1, wherein said supplemental handle includes at least one support arm, said at least one support arm having a recess for accommodating a leaf spring, wherein said leaf spring is supported in said recess in a fashion that allows said leaf spring to swing horizontally.
  • 4. The manual machine tool according to claim 1, wherein the bit stop is hexagonal and is supported in a hexagonal bore-shaped longitudinal guide.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
100 06 042 Feb 2000 DE
PCT Information
Filing Document Filing Date Country Kind
PCT/DE00/04279 WO 00
Publishing Document Publishing Date Country Kind
WO01/58630 8/16/2001 WO A
US Referenced Citations (16)
Number Name Date Kind
1929585 Henry Oct 1933 A
2978931 Broden Jun 1961 A
3456740 Paule et al. Jul 1969 A
3537336 Schmuck Nov 1970 A
3633682 Moores, Jr. Jan 1972 A
3779663 Ruggles Dec 1973 A
4113404 Lippacher et al. Sep 1978 A
4256422 Theissig et al. Mar 1981 A
4276675 Pioch Jul 1981 A
4354779 Vaughan Oct 1982 A
4368556 Wanner et al. Jan 1983 A
4820090 Chen Apr 1989 A
4881294 Riedl Nov 1989 A
5049012 Cavedo Sep 1991 A
5690451 Thurler et al. Nov 1997 A
5918685 Ulbrich et al. Jul 1999 A
Foreign Referenced Citations (10)
Number Date Country
DL-234814 Apr 1986 DD
28 32 429 Feb 1980 DE
2918586 Nov 1980 DE
3214182 Oct 1983 DE
36 32 377 Mar 1988 DE
3639281 May 1988 DE
2165480 Apr 1986 GB
2 288 757 Nov 1995 GB
227306 Dec 1984 JP
188612 Aug 1987 JP