US 11,958,159 B2
Belt sander
Pisan Petsri, Chonburi (TH); and Wilawan Ardwichian, Chonburi (TH)
Assigned to MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/973,120
Filed by MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/023350
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/004044, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-123485 (JP), filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252665 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B24B 23/06 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 23/06 (2013.01) [B25F 5/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A belt sander comprising:
a grip portion configured to be gripped by an operator;
an electric motor configured to drive a sanding belt;
a first operating unit configured to perform an on-operation of the electric motor and configured to keep the on-operation;
a second operating unit configured to perform an on-operation of the electric motor; and
a main body that includes the grip portion, wherein
the electric motor is rotated by the on-operations of both the first operating unit and the second operating unit,
the second operating unit is disposed at a position where an operation is allowed by a hand that grips the grip portion,
the surface on the operator side of the grip portion includes an uppermost surface of the main body, and
in a reversed state in which the uppermost surface contacts a flat surface, the second operating unit is pressed by the flat surface.