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US3221192A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Variable speed hand tool

Assignee: DISSTON COMPANY 1030 W MARKET ST GREENSBORO NC 27401 A CORP OF
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Filing: 1962-10-11
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Granted: 1965-11-30
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Expires: 1982-10-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Burton P Franklin

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P7/00; H02P7/06; H02P7/18; H02P7/24; H02P7/28; H02P7/285; H02P7/292; H02P7/295; H01; H01H; H01H9/00; H01H9/02; H01H9/06; H01H9/061; H01H9/52; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S388/00; Y10S388/907; Y10S388/917; Y10S388/918; Y10S388/935; Y10S388/937

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 152 words
IN A VARIABLE SPEED PORTABLE ELECTRIC HAND TOOL HAVING A CASING, A HANDLE FIXED TO SAID CASING INCLUDING A PISTOL TYPE HAND GRIP PORTION, A DRIVE MOTOR MOUNTED IN SAID CASING, A SERVICE WIRE CONNECTED TO SAID TOOL AND PROVIDING AN ALTERNATING VOLTAGE SORUCE, A PIVOTED ON-OFF SWITCH FOR SAID SOURCE MOUNTED IN SAID HAND GRIP PORTION AND ADAPTED TO INDEX FINGER OPERATION, A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT MOUNTED IN SAID CASING AND HAVINGG A ROTATATBLE SPEED CONTROL ELEMENT THEREFOR, MEANS FOR REGULATING SAID ELEMENT COMPRISING A KNOB, SAID KNOB BEING RECESSED IN THE SIDE OF SAID HANLDE AND OCCUPYING A POSITION WHEN SAID HANDLE IS VERTICAL WHICH IS ABOVE, SLIGHTLY FORWARD AND TO THE SIDE OF SAID SWITCH AND ARRANGED FOR ROTATION IN A PLANE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF OPERATION OF SAID SWITCH, MEANS SECURING SAID KNOB TO SAID ELEMENT, THE ENERGIZATION AND SPEED OF SAID
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 152 words
IN A VARIABLE SPEED PORTABLE ELECTRIC HAND TOOL HAVING A CASING, A HANDLE FIXED TO SAID CASING INCLUDING A PISTOL TYPE HAND GRIP PORTION, A DRIVE MOTOR MOUNTED IN SAID CASING, A SERVICE WIRE CONNECTED TO SAID TOOL AND PROVIDING AN ALTERNATING VOLTAGE SORUCE, A PIVOTED ON-OFF SWITCH FOR SAID SOURCE MOUNTED IN SAID HAND GRIP PORTION AND ADAPTED TO INDEX FINGER OPERATION, A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT MOUNTED IN SAID CASING AND HAVINGG A ROTATATBLE SPEED CONTROL ELEMENT THEREFOR, MEANS FOR REGULATING SAID ELEMENT COMPRISING A KNOB, SAID KNOB BEING RECESSED IN THE SIDE OF SAID HANLDE AND OCCUPYING A POSITION WHEN SAID HANDLE IS VERTICAL WHICH IS ABOVE, SLIGHTLY FORWARD AND TO THE SIDE OF SAID SWITCH AND ARRANGED FOR ROTATION IN A PLANE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF OPERATION OF SAID SWITCH, MEANS SECURING SAID KNOB TO SAID ELEMENT, THE ENERGIZATION AND SPEED OF SAID

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