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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Curtis J. Ladish, Brookfield, WI (US);
Robert W. Klemm, Colgate, WI (US);
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A nosepiece assembly, such as a two-piece locator assembly. The assembly is selectively mountable on a tool housing in coaxial relation with a driven tool attachment. The locator assembly includes a mounting sleeve having a plurality of tabs that can be snapped into a circumferential groove on the tool housing to thereafter releasably restrain axial movement of the sleeve relative to the tool housing. The locator assembly and the tool housing also include cam members that are arranged to provide axial movement to the locator assembly when a rotational force is applied to the mounting sleeve. This arrangement permits the locator assembly to be easily and quickly snapped on and off the tool housing with one hand while allowing an improved attachment means to provide stability to the locator assembly when in a supported position.