Patent 9481081 was granted and assigned to Bosch on November, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention relates to a machine tool having working field illumination disposed in a housing-having an illumination mechanism and a transparent element which allows the light from the illumination mechanism to be led out toward the working field. A light beam can be deflected between the illumination mechanism and the transparent element. According to the invention, the transparent element forms a region of the housing.