Patent attributes
In order to provide a handheld abrading machine which has a simple, efficient and as fatigue-free an abrading action as possible and which includes a holding device for holding the abrading machine, a drive motor and a tool head, wherein the holding device includes a substantially tubular bar that has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the drive motor is arranged at the proximal end, wherein the tool head is arranged at the distal end, wherein the abrading machine includes a transmission shaft which connects the drive motor to a tool holder of the tool head for transmitting torque thereto and which runs at least in sections thereof within the tubular bar, it is proposed that a motor shaft rotational axis of the drive motor be oriented transversely, and in particular inclined, relative to a longitudinal axis of the tubular bar.
