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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2009
Masanori Furusawa, Anjo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kasuya, Anjo, JP;
Hajime Takeuchi, Anjo, JP;
Makita Corporation, Anjo-shi, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for reducing adverse effect of a dust suction device on the operability of a power tool, in the power tool which can suck dust generated during operation. The power tool has a motorand a tool bodythat houses the motor. A tool bitis coupled to a tip end region of the tool body and driven by the motorto perform a predetermined operation. The power tool further includes a dust suction partthrough which dust generated during operation by the tool bitis sucked and which covers at least a tip end of the tool bit, a dust transfer passagethrough which the dust sucked into the dust suction partis transferred and which is partly disposed within the tool body, and a dust discharge portthrough which the dust transferred through the dust transfer passageis discharged to the outside. Further, the dust discharge portis disposed on the opposite side of the motorfrom the tool bit