(19)
(11) EP 0 885 690 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/52

(21) Application number: 98304734.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.06.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B24B 23/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 21.06.1997 GB 9713066

(71) Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
Newark Delaware 19711 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Bone, Daniel
    Langley Moor, Durham DH7 8LW (GB)

(74) Representative: Dlugosz, Anthony Charles et al
Black & Decker Europe European Group Headquarters 210 Bath Road
Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD
Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD (GB)

   


(54) Releasable locking mechanism


(57) Releaseable mechanism for a power tool includes first (2) and second (12) members which may be coupled together in selective orientations. The coupling of the members (2) (12) is achieved without the need for separate tools by way of co-operation between manually operable detent (24) and at least one locking member (18). The advantage provided by this arrangement is that the need for separate coupling tools is obviated.






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