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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Dragomir C. Marinkovich, Butler, WI (US);
Roger Dean Neitzell, North Prairie, WI (US);
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporarion, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A reciprocating tool (e.g., a reciprocating saw) comprising a housing, a spindle mounted for reciprocating movement within the housing and having an end adapted to receive a saw blade, and a blade clamp mechanism connected to the spindle and adapted to attach a saw blade to the spindle. The blade clamp mechanism includes an actuating member mounted on the end of the spindle and capable of moving relative to the spindle between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and a locking member operatively associated with the actuating member and moveable relative to the spindle between a locked position that locks a saw blade to the spindle and an unlocked position that releases the saw blade. Movement of the actuating member from the disengaged position to the engaged position results in forced movement of the locking member from the unlocked position to the locked position, and movement of the actuating member from the engaged position to the disengaged position results in forced movement of the locking member from the locked position to the unlocked position.