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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Earnest N. Copeland, Jr., Abingdon, MD (US);
Robert J. Cirincione, II, Towson, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A guard lock for a powered apparatus having a neck extending from a gear case is provided. The guard lock includes a guard member having a body portion for at least partially surrounding a working member of the power tool and a collar connected to and extending from the body portion, where the collar includes multiple windows that are spaced from one another. The guard lock also includes a stop lever coupled to the gear case via a fastener about which the stop lever may pivot, the stop lever including an engagement portion and a distant arm portion, and a biasing member for biasing the engagement portion of the stop lever toward a window of the collar. When the engagement portion is positioned within a window, rotation of the collar is permitted in a first direction where the window engages a first surface of the engagement portion but is prevented in a second direction where the window engages a second surface of the engagement portion. A depression of the distal arm portion toward the collar pivots the engagement portion away from the window.