COMPACTING TOOL

• Main Authors: REITER, Joseph C, RICHARDS, Daryl S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.06.2023
• Subjects: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ORTHE LIKE; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; EMBANKMENTS; EXCAVATIONS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL; FOUNDATIONS; GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL; HAND TOOLS; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR; MANIPULATORS; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; PERCUSSIVE TOOLS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SOIL SHIFTING; TRANSPORTING; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES

A compacting tool includes an upper mass, a lower mass coupled to the upper mass, a driving axis extending centrally through the upper mass and the lower mass, a motive source supported by the upper mass, the motive source including an output shaft, a battery configured to provide power to the motive source, a handle coupled to the upper mass, a user interface supported by the handle and configured to receive an input to control the motive source, and a drive mechanism configured to convert rotational movement of the output shaft to reciprocating movement of the lower mass. The drive mechanism includes a multi-stage transmission operatively coupled between the output shaft of the motive source and the lower mass.