Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

Christopher M Didier

Jeffrey Scott Holly

David A Bierdeman

Logan M Hietpas

Adam N Carter

Benjamin J Ludy

Nikos A Gainacopulos

James C Sitter

Joseph G Bloomfield

Eric K Farrington

A belt sander for sanding a workpiece and defining a center of gravity within a first plane. The belt sander includes a housing, a handle defining a second plane, and a drive unit disposed within the housing. The drive unit includes a motor disposed adjacent a first sidewall of the housing, a pulley system disposed adjacent a second sidewall of the housing opposite the first sidewall, and a transmission disposed between the motor and the pulley system. The belt sander further includes a belt drive system driven by the drive unit and including a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a platen. The platen defines a third plane extending perpendicular therefrom. The transmission and pulley system are disposed on one side of the first plane and the motor is disposed on an opposite side of the first plane. The motor is intersected by the second and third planes.

Belt sander

Growing community of inventors

Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Christopher M Didier