Black Decker Inc.

The Black and Decker Manufacturing Company

Robert P Wagster

John S Vantran

Kevin W Covell

Robert A Meloni

Vernon R Lacher

Calvin Michael Edleblute

Russell Pizzuto

Roderick F Bunyea

William R Lessig, Iii

Colin M Dyke

Roderick Francis Bunyea

Anthony M DeMore

William Lessig

Carl H Onken, Jr

Deborah Messmer

Angela Hillstrom

An arrangement for mounting a handle to a power tool housing includes a first mounting portion defined by the housing and a second mounting portion defined by an end of the handle. The first mounting portion includes a plurality of projections extending laterally therefrom. The second mounting portion includes a plurality of recesses adapted to receive the plurality of lateral projections

Handle mounting arrangement for a power tool

The power tool includes a body, a trigger mechanism and a manually operated locking member. The trigger mechanism is mounted to the body for rotation about an axis between an actuated position and a non-actuated position. The manually operable locking member is translationally mounted to the body for movement between a first position and a second position. The locking member cooperates with the trigger mechanism to provide first, second and third modes of operation. In the first mode, the locking member is in the first position and articulation of the trigger mechanism from the non-actuated position to the actuated position is precluded. In the second mode, the locking member is in an intermediate position between the first and second positions and the trigger mechanism is freely allowed to articulate between the actuated and non-actuated positions. In the third mode, the locking member is in the second position and the trigger mechanism is prevented from articulating from the non-actuated position to the actuated position.

Actuation mechanism for a power tool

A power tool system has detachable and interchangeable implements and driving sources. The interchangeable implements and driving sources use a housing having common mating interface to selectively assemble a power tool having the desired characteristics. A latch is used to hold a selected implement and driving source in functional engagement. An adjustable bale handle provides a comfortable and safe handhold for various configurations of the interchangeable implements.

Interchangeable implement system for power tools

Hedge trimmer blade

Tube for leaf blower

An electrically-powered appliance, such as a line-type grass trimmer, lawn edger, snowthrower, or the like, includes a housing, an elongated hollow tubular handle, an elongated electrical cable extending through and within the tubular handle, and an attachment arrangement for attaching the tubular handle to the housing. The housing includes an attachment portion and a removable portion, preferably of a common 'clamshell' configuration, with fasteners extending through openings in these housing portions for fastening them to one another with the tubular handle securely clamped therebetween. Such tubular handle has openings extending laterally therethrough which correspond to the openings through the attachment and removable housing portions. The housing openings and the handle openings are laterally aligned with one another during assembly in order to ensure proper alignment and positioning of the handle when the housing portions are fastened to one another with the handle clamped therebetween. In order to further assure such proper alignment, and to facilitate ease of maintaining such proper alignment while the fasteners are inserted through the housing and handle openings, the housing portions each preferably include internal annular bosses surrounding their respective housing openings. The openings in the tubular handle are sized to receive the internal annular bosses on the housing portions in order to aid in the proper alignment and the maintenance of such proper alignment during assembly.

Electrical appliance and handle for same

An electric edger having a transversely mounted electric motor for rotationally driving a vertically oriented cutting blade. The edger is supported by a pair of auxiliary rear wheels and a large on-center front or main wheel that is journalled to a hub that is mounted directly to the exterior of the motor field casing so that the wheel rotates about the motor. The rotational axis of the on-center wheel is substantially aligned with the cutting blade axis and the plane of the wheel is substantially aligned with the center of gravity of the motor subassembly. This configuration, together with the large diameter of the wheel, improves the balance and maneuverability of the edger, particularly around irregularly shaped borders and over uneven terrain, without increasing the overall dimensions of the unit.

Power-driven edger with on-center wheel

Foldable sawhorse

A workpiece supporting and clamping assembly is adapted to be mounted on a wall or similar structure and to be adjustable between a substantially vertical storage position, closely adjacent the wall and a working position substantially perpendicular to the wall. The assembly comprises a pair of brackets, a pair of spaced apart, parallel hinge assemblies, each having locking means and a release lever associated therewith, and a workpiece supporting and clamping device, pivotally coupled with the brackets and hinge assemblies. The workpiece supporting and clamping device comprises a generally rigid base frame which includes a pair of parallel, spaced apart frame members and a pair of elongated, coplanar top members which are mounted on the spaced apart members, extending generally transversely thereto such that their upper surfaces define the work supporting surface and their opposed side surfaces, the work clamping surfaces. The supporting and clamping structure is pivotally mounted, to the brackets and to the hinge assemblies, which are pivotally interconnected with the brackets. When the workpiece supporting and clamping assembly is in its storage position, the hinge assemblies are collapsed. When the assembly is brought to its working position, the hinge assemblies are extended and lock securely in extended position supporting the supporting and clamping structure and in its working position until both hinge assemblies are affirmatively released by means of their respective release levers.

Workpiece support and clamping assembly

An improved vise for supporting a workpiece during moderate to light working operations comprises first and second jaw members and a support means formed of a polymer plastic. The support means comprises a support body for the jaw members and a base body. The support body includes a bowl shaped member which is received in a cavity of the base body. A restraining means enables repositioning of the support body at a plurality of different orientations and for restraining the body at a selected orientation.

Small compact lightweight portable vise suitable for use by model makers

Vise with swivel base

An improved arrangement for mounting an auxiliary workpiece support body to a workpiece support device includes a restraining means for selectively inhibiting and enabling motion of the auxiliary support body in the direction of a longitudinal axis while simultaneously enabling rotation of the body about the axis. The auxiliary support body includes a means for restraining jaw cladding bodies of different thicknesses on a workpiece support device and permitting rotary motion of the support body.

Workpiece support device and auxiliary support body arrangement

A worktable adapted to be mounted to the surface of an auxiliary support structure is disclosed having means for selectably orientating a worktable surface to enable a gripped work piece to be positioned at different attitudes.

Apparatus for supporting a work piece

A vise having jaw gripping members supported by a body having a bowl shaped body member is described. The body member is positioned in a cavity of a base member and a means is provided including a lock body positioned within the bowl member for selectively restraining the support body at a plurality of different orientations.

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Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Robert P Wagster