Pneumatic rotary hammer device

Claim 1

In a hammer drill having a housing; a drive means supported in the housing; a cylinder supported in the housing; a drive piston received for reciprocation in the cylinder and being connected to the drive means for actuation by the drive means; a percussion body received for reciprocation in the cylinder; means defining an air cushion in the cylinder between the drive piston and the percussion body for driving the percussion body by the drive piston by the intermediary of the air cushion; and a tool holder supported in the housing and exposed to the impacting effect of the percussion body; the improvement comprising (a) means for stationarily affixing said cylinder to said housing; (b) a hollow drive shaft rotatably supported in said housing and surrounding said cylinder and being connected to said tool holder; (c) said drive means including (1) an intermediate shaft rotatably supported in said housing; (2) a drive gear affixed to said intermediate shaft; (3) a driven gear affixed to said hollow drive shaft; said drive gear meshing with said driven gear for continuously rotating said hollow drive shaft during actuation of said drive piston by said drive means; (d) means defining air equalization ports in said hollow shaft; (e) means defining air ports in said cylinder in the zone of said air cushion; said air ports cooperating with said air equalization ports; and (f) a safety coupling connecting said hollow shaft with said tool holder.