Apex Brands, Inc.

A power tool includes a body defining a drive axis, a handgrip extending from the body and defining a handgrip axis, and a depressible trigger. The handgrip defines an index finger cross-sectional portion associate with the trigger, a middle finger cross-sectional portion, a ring finger cross-sectional portion, and a little finger cross-sectional portion. The cross-sectional portions may be defined by various ellipses or partial ellipses that are optimized for hand-sizes in certain geographies.

A level device may include a magnetic element, a vial assembly and a housing having a top face, a bottom face, a first end and a second end. The housing may include a capture element disposed at the bottom face or the top face. The vial assembly may include one or more spirit or bubble levels disposed in the housing to indicate conditions of level or plumb relative to orientation of the top or bottom faces. The magnetic element may be retained by the capture element. The magnetic element may be retained on six sides by the capture element.

An iron holder includes a stand body, a rest, and a heat shield configured to at least partially surround a soldering iron. The stand body includes a tip support portion, a base portion, an intermediate portion, an accessory holding portion, and a handle support portion. The tip support portion is higher in elevation than the handle support portion, creating a tip-up angle for the soldering iron to rest at. The heat shield is disposed at the tip support portion and comprises one singular piece of metal that is bent into a half-pipe shape and perforated with holes. The handle support portion has a rubberized cover for additional grip and heat insulation. The rest ensures that a tip of the soldering iron does not contact the heat shield. In the tip-up orientation, the soldering iron handle is less likely to increase in temperature from the tip of the soldering iron.

A chuck includes a detent member ( 54 ) and a collar ( 50 ). The detent member ( 54 ) is movable to secure the drive spindle. The collar ( 50 ) is axially movable into a spindle disengaged position and a spindle engaged position. A collar spring ( 55 ) may apply a collar spring bias on the collar ( 50 ). A separation spring assembly ( 60 ) may apply a separation bias on the drive spindle. When the collar ( 50 ) is in the spindle disengaged position, the detent member ( 54 ) may be at least partially disposed within a collar recess and both the collar ( 50 ) and the separation spring assembly ( 60 ) may apply bias forces on the detent member ( 54 ). When the collar ( 50 ) is in the spindle engaged position, the detent member ( 54 ) is moved out of the collar recess and onto an engaging surface of the collar ( 50 ) to inhibit radial movement of the detent member ( 54 ). The chuck can reduce the time to remove and install the chuck onto a rotating power tool.

An air filtration assembly for filtering gas or particles generated responsive to operation of the work tool may include an intake which may be repositionable relative to the work tool, a housing which may be operably coupled to the intake and may include a filter, a motor and processing circuitry, an exhaust operably coupled to the housing and a user interface via which a user may provide control signals to the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may control an operating speed of the motor based on input received at the user interface. The user interface may include a projector module operably coupled to the processing circuitry to generate a display on a surface at or near a workstation at which the work tool may be operated.

A chuck is provided for use with a powered driver having a rotatable drive shaft. The chuck includes a plurality of jaws movably disposed in passageways of a cylindrical body, a nut rotatably mounted about the body and in communication with the jaws such that rotation of the nut in a closing direction moves the jaws toward each other and rotation of the nut in an opening direction moves the jaws away from each other, and a sleeve rotatably mounted about the body. The sleeve is in communication with the nut such that rotation of the sleeve rotationally drives the nut. The chuck also including a biasing element disposed between the nut an at least a portion of the sleeve configured to bias the sleeve toward a neutral position. The biasing element limits an inertial force of the sleeve applied to the nut during operation of the powered driver.