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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Daniel Paxton Wall, Medina, TN (US);
Craig A. Carroll, Milan, TN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Paxton Wall, Medina, TN (US);
Craig A. Carroll, Milan, TN (US);
Assignee:
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power tool includes a spindle assembly supported for rotation about an axis. The spindle assembly includes a plurality of engagement members, and at least two of the engagement members are disposed in spaced relationship less than one hundred eighty degrees from each other with respect to the axis of the spindle assembly. The power tool also includes a spindle lock assembly that selectively engages at least one of the plurality of engagement members to lock the spindle assembly against rotation about the axis.