Demolition hammer with reversible housing and interchangeable wear plate arrangement
A demolition hammer is provided that includes a housing that is reversible and a plurality of interchangeable wear plates. The demolition hammer may include a housing a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, and a power cell disposed within the housing, the power cell having a front face, wherein the housing is reversible such that the housing can be used with the power cell in a first orientation in which the front face faces the first wall and a second orientation in which the front face faces the second wall.
1. A demolition hammer, comprising:
a housing having a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, and
a power cell disposed within the housing, the power cell having a front face, wherein the housing is reversible such that the housing can be used with the power cell in a first orientation in which the front face faces the first wall and a second orientation in which the front face faces the second wall, the housing also includes a third wall and a fourth wall opposite the third wall, the hammer further comprises:
a pair of first pins configured to retain a tool within the housing;
a second pin configured to retain the pair of first pins within the housing;
a third pin configured to retain a bushing within the housing;
wherein the first wall and the second wall each include a pair of apertures configured to receive one of the first pins, and the second wall and the third wall each include a pair of apertures configured to receive the second pin and a pair of apertures configured to receive the third pin.
2. The demolition hammer according to claim 1 wherein the apertures configured to receive one of the first pins are spaced equidistant from a first longitudinal axis.
3. The demolition hammer according to claim 1 wherein the apertures configured to receive the second pin are spaced equidistant from a second longitudinal axis.
4. The demolition hammer according to claim 1 wherein the apertures configured to receive the third pin are spaced equidistant from a second longitudinal axis.
5. The demolition hammer according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of wear plates, each wear plate having a first pair of apertures configured to receive the first pin and receive the second pin, nonconcurrently.
6. The demolition hammer according to claim 5 wherein the first pair of apertures are spaced equidistant from a third longitudinal axis.
7. The demolition hammer according to claim 5 wherein each wear plate further includes a second pair of apertures configured to receive the third pin.
8. The demolition hammer according to claim 7 wherein the second pair of apertures are spaced equidistant from the third longitudinal axis.
9. The demolition hammer according to claim 5 wherein the plurality of wear plates includes a first wear plate adjacent the first wall, a second wear plate adjacent the second wall, a third wear plate adjacent the third wall, a fourth wear plate adjacent the fourth wall, and wherein the wear plates are interchangeable with one another.
10. The demolition hammer according to claim 5 wherein each wear plate includes angled side edges that engages an angled side edge of an adjacent wear plate.