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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2010
Daniel Puzio, Baltimore, MD (US);
Aris C. Cleanthous, Baltimore, MD (US);
Daniel L. Krout, Abingdon, MD (US);
Robert G. Kusmierski, York, PA (US);
Daniel Puzio, Baltimore, MD (US);
Aris C. Cleanthous, Baltimore, MD (US);
Daniel L. Krout, Abingdon, MD (US);
Robert G. Kusmierski, York, PA (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A power tool having a housing, an electric motor disposed in the housing, and a spindle drivingly attached to the electric motor. The spindle includes a cavity adapted for receiving a bit therein and a window extending through the spindle in communication with the cavity. The power tool further has a retention device including a bit engaging member disposed within the housing and operable to extend through the window and retain a bit within the cavity. The power tool still further has an actuator operable by a user externally of the housing to disengage the bit engaging member from a bit received in the cavity and, finally, a mechanical interconnection system operably coupled between the actuator and the retention device to actuate the retention device in response to the actuator, wherein the mechanical interconnection is disposed within the housing.