Patent · US Expired

Portable hand machine tool, particularly angle gringer

US4901479A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 14, 1989
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T279/17923
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An angle grinder comprising a hollow drive shaft with a counterflange mounted at an end thereof, a spindle extending through the drive shaft and coupled thereto for joint rotation therewith and an axial displacement relative thereto and having a threaded end portion for receiving thereon a clamp nut cooperating with the counterflange for clamping a grinding wheel therebetween, and a slidable wedge extending transversely through the drive shaft and the spindle and having an inclined surface displaceable along respective inclined surfaces of the drive shaft and the spindle to provide for axial displacement of the spindle relative to the drive shaft.

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