| 摘要 |
<p>A cordless portable electric screwdriver (10) having a chuck (12) for normally holding a tool (14) for rotary driven motion at one end (16) thereof. The screwdriver includes a flexible extension shaft (18) having a first end (20) adapted to cooperate with the chuck (12) and a second end (22) adapted to hold the tool (14) for rotary driven motion. The first end (20) of the flexible extension shaft (18) and the chuck (12) have complementarily shaped non-circular cross-sections. The chuck (12) has an axis and is adapted to receive the first end (20) of the flexible shaft (18) by means of axial insertion of the shaft (18) into the chuck (12) with the non-circular cross-sections in rotationally aligned relationship and the chuck (12) is also adapted to hold the first end (20) of the flexible extension shaft (18) for rotary driven motion of the shaft (18). The second end (22) of the flexible extension shaft (18) and the tool (14) have complementarily shaped non-circular cross-sections. The screwdriver (10) is operable to drive the tool (14) by reason of the second end (22) of the flexible shaft (18) holding the tool (14) for rotary driven motion thereof. With this arrangement, the flexible extension shaft (18) normally is disposed so as to be substantially entirely coaxial with the chuck (12) but is universally deflectable relative to the axis of the chuck (12) so as to position the second end (22) of the shaft (18) and the tool (14) at an acute angle relative thereto.</p> |
