SWITCHING DEVICE FOR THE ELECTRIC SWITCHING OF ELECTRIC TOOLS

摘要

It is proposed to obtain a switching device for the electrical switching (i.e. switching on and off or reversing the direction of rotation) of electric tools, especially electric hand tools such as drills, grinders and the like, by mounting a rotatable setting ring on the outer cylindrical housing of the electric tool and positioning it opposite the end shield at the B-end of the electric motor inside the housing in such a manner that inwardly pointing projections of the setting ring will grip a plate or switching ring on the electric motor and will cause the said plate or switching ring to perform a slave motion for switching the electric motor on and off or reversing its direction of rotation whenever the external setting ring is subjected to a manual rotation. It is also possible and advantageous to provide an automatic return to bring the setting ring back into its initial position; the mechanism, realized with biasing springs, comprises a releasable locking device that will maintain the setting ring in its deflected position.