Adapter for Connecting an Auxiliary Handle to a Hand-Held Power Tool

Abstract

The present invention relates to an adapter for connecting an auxiliary handle to a hand-held power tool and which includes an adapter body, which is connectable to the hand-held power tool, and an adjusting guide, which is attached to the adapter body such that it is movable relative thereto, and wherein the auxiliary handle is connectable to the adapter body by means of the adjusting guide and the adjusting guide is capable of fixing the auxiliary handle on the adapter body in different positions relative to this same structure.

What I claim is: 
     
         1 . An adapter for connecting an auxiliary handle to a hand-held power tool, comprising:
 an adapter body, which is connectable to the hand-held power tool; and   an adjusting guide, which is attached to the adapter body such that it is movable relative thereto, and wherein the auxiliary handle is connectable to the adapter body by means of the adjusting guide, and wherein the adjusting guide is disposed between the adapter body and the auxiliary handle and is further capable of fixing the auxiliary handle on the adapter body in different positions relative to the adapter body, and wherein the auxiliary handle is adjustable with the aid of the adapter body in at least two different motional directions relative to the hand-held power tool, and wherein the adapter body, at least in sections, has on its outer peripheral surface a profiling comprising a polygonal profile with substantially planar or concave profile surfaces.   
     
     
         2 . An adapter according to  claim 1 , and wherein the adapter body is connectable to the hand-held power tool and is pivotable relative to the hand-held power tool about a first axis. 
     
     
         3 . An adapter as claimed in  claim 2 , and wherein the adapter further comprises at least one fastening means, which is insertable into at least one receiving opening of the hand-held power tool. 
     
     
         4 . An adapter as claimed in  claim 3 , and
 wherein the adjusting guide, at least in sections, is displaceable along the adapter body and/or pivotable about the adapter body.   
     
     
         5 . An adapter as claimed in  claim 4 , and
 wherein the adjusting guide has at least one recess, in which an end portion of the auxiliary handle is capable of engaging and/or through which the end portion of the auxiliary handle is capable of extending in order to secure the adjusting guide in its position relative to the adapter body.   
     
     
         6 . An adapter as claimed in  claim 5 , and
 wherein the at least one recess of the adjusting guide comprises an internal thread, and the end portion of the auxiliary handle has a corresponding external thread with which the auxiliary handle can be screwed into the recess of the adjusting guide.   
     
     
         7 . An adapter as claimed in  claim 6 , and
 wherein the adapter body and the adjusting guide are made at least partially of a metallic or metal-containing material.   
     
     
         8 . A hand-held power tool having an auxiliary handle comprising: an adapter and wherein the auxiliary handle is connectable via the adapter to the hand-held power tool and is fixable in numerous positions relative to the hand-held power tool.