Portable powered tool with vibration damping

Claim 1

A portable, powered hand-held tool of the type generating vibration in operation and having a rigid handle and a separate, rigid fore-and-aft barrel including a rear part adjacent to the handle and a front part rigidly related to the rear part and adapted to receive a work-performing element, characterized in that the rear part is of generally cylindrical section on the fore-and-aft axis of the barrel and has a peripheral outer surface and also a rear end generally radial surface facing toward the handle, the handle includes rigid therewith a forwardly projecting cup-like extension substantially coaxial with the rear barrel part and opening forwardly to receive and loosely surround said rear part, said extension including an interior peripheral wall surface of greater diameter than the rear barrel part and combining with the exterior surface of said part to form an annular space, said extension further including rigid therewith a rear, generally radial wall providing an interior front surface spaced rearwardly of the rear surface of the barrel to provide a further space contiguous with the annular space, and a filling of shock-absorbing elastomer material is contained within and fills said spaces and is adhered to the interior surfaces of the extension and to the extension-surrounded surfaces of the barrel.