Router

• Main Authors: McDaniel Steven D, Griffin Gregory, Schell Craig, Ceroll Warren A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.04.2018
• Subjects: BORING; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MILLING; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING, DRILLING, MILLING, TURNING OR UNIVERSAL MACHINES FORWOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS; TRANSPORTING; TURNING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK

A router includes a housing and a motor assembly disposed within the housing. The motor assembly includes a driven shaft having a cavity on a first end of the driven shaft. The router includes a collet that is configured to mate into the cavity of the driven shaft with the collet being configured to grip a shank of a router bit. The router includes a gear mechanism that is configured to couple and decouple from a second end of the driven shaft such that a rotation of the gear mechanism when the gear mechanism is coupled to the second end of the driven shaft causes at least one of tightening and loosening of the collet.