Light for a power tool and method of illuminating a workpiece

摘要

A power tool including a end effector rotatable with respect to the housing, a collar rotatable with respect to the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) rotatably fixed with respect to the housing, and a light element operatively connected to the PCB and adjacent to the end effector and in a recess of the collar and located to illuminate a workpiece machined by the power tool. A method of providing light for a workpiece being machined by a power tool including locating lighting elements around a spindle of a power tool, aligning the lighting elements to shine light on a workpiece being machined by the power tool, operatively connecting the lighting elements to a PCB, containing and supporting the PCB with a guide, supporting wires configured to provide power to the PCB with the guide, locating the lighting elements, PCB and guide in a rotatable collar, and preventing the lighting elements, PCB and guide from rotating when the collar rotates.

主权项

1. A power tool comprising:
a housing; a tool holder rotatable with respect to the housing; a collar rotatably coupled to the housing to select at least one of a clutch setting, a drive setting, a drill setting, and a hammer setting of the power tool, the collar having a rear end adjacent the housing and a front end adjacent the tool holder; a light unit received within the collar, the light unit having a support member and at least one lighting element coupled to the support member and adjacent to the front end of the collar and adjacent to the tool holder, the lighting element configured to illuminate a workpiece machined by the power tool, wherein the light unit is non-rotatably fixed to the housing.