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EP 1541293 B1 20070523 - Hand tool

Title (en)

Hand tool

Title (de)

Handwerkzeug

Title (fr)

Outil à main

Publication

EP 1541293 B1 20070523 (DE)

Application

EP 04106415 A 20041209

Priority

DE 10358027 A 20031211

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1541293A1] The hammer drill has a housing (2) with motor (3), drive shaft (4), ventilator (21), transmission (5), intakes (11,13,15) and exhausts. The ventilator has a rotor (23) with blades (24), and an additional bearing plate (22) on the side of the rotor facing the transmission. The plate has several slots (26), positioned concentrically to a passage for the drive shaft. The side of the plate facing the rotor has a labyrinth defined by a ring. The transmission is a belt drive.

IPC 8 full level

B25F 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B25F 5/008 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE ES FR IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1541293 A1 20050615; EP 1541293 B1 20070523; DE 10358027 A1 20050721; DE 502004003870 D1 20070705; ES 2286564 T3 20071201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04106415 A 20041209; DE 10358027 A 20031211; DE 502004003870 T 20041209; ES 04106415 T 20041209