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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Isao Miyashita, Anjo, JP;
Yukiyasu Okouchi, Anjo, JP;
Isao Miyashita, Anjo, JP;
Yukiyasu Okouchi, Anjo, JP;
Makita Corporation, Anjo-shi, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide an improvement of the operability in a driving operation using a power tool. A representative power tool may comprise a driving material driven into a workpiece, a driving mechanism to drive the driving material into the workpiece, a motor, an operating device that controls energization and de-energization of the motor including a trigger switch and an internal switch, wherein the operating device further comprising a first mode in which, when the trigger switch is depressed, the internal switch is interlocked with the depressing operation of the trigger switch to be turned to the on-position and held in the on-position, while the trigger switch is returned to the off-position when the trigger switch is released and a second mode in which, when the depressing operation of the trigger switch is continued, the trigger switch is held in the on-position, and the internal switch is released from interlock with the trigger switch and is held in the on-position for a predetermined period of time in the working stroke and then returned to the off-position, while the trigger switch is returned to the off-position when the trigger switch is released.