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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Achim Buchholz, Limburg, DE;
Uwe Nemetz, Nauheim, DE;
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A battery powered, hand guided power tool, such as a hammer, includes a tool housing that contains an electric motor M, a grip portion and a rail-and-channel structure for releasable mounting of a rechargeable battery pack A locking device is provided on the tool housing and includes a latch element which is movable into a latch recess formed in a housing of the battery pack whereby the battery pack is locked in an operative position on the tool housing, movable by a user, against the force of a spring The latch element can be pivoted by a user to extract the latch element from the latch recess for the release of the battery pack from assembly with the tool housing On the tool housing adjacent to the rail-and-channel structure there is provided a frame part that includes at least one frame-part recess The latch element and the associated spring are introduced into the frame-part recess from an open side thereof. An operating element in the form of a two-armed lever, is pivotally mounted laterally of the frame-part recess where one arm of the lever is accessible for pivoting by the user and the other arm is in engagement with the latch element to facilitate displacement of the latch element from the locking position. Also, the operating element supports the latch element from being displaced completely from the frame-part recess