System for collecting debris

A system for collecting debris produced as a result of cutting through a surface of a component, the system comprising:

• a shield configured to be placed in an operative position against a component surface whereupon the shield and component surface cooperatively define an accumulation volume,
• the shield having at least one opening communicating from the accumulation volume to externally of the shield,
• the system further comprising an adaptor on the shield configured to be releasably operatively engaged by first, second, and third connectors,
• the first, second, and third connectors having different configurations whereat the first, second, and third connectors releasably operatively engage the adaptor,
• the first, second, and third connectors respectively on first, second, and third conduits, each with a passage,
• the first, second, and third connectors releasably operatively engageable with the adaptor, one in place of the others, whereby a communication path is defined from the accumulation volume through the at least one shield opening into the passage on one of the first, second, and third conduits on a selected one of the first, second, and third connectors that is releasably operatively engaged with the adaptor,
• the communication path usable to direct debris produced from cutting through a surface of a component from the collection volume to externally of the shield;
• and wherein:
• the adaptor has one cylindrical surface and the first connector has one cylindrical surface, and with the first connector releasably operatively engaged with the adaptor one of:
• a) the one cylindrical surface on the adaptor;
• and b) the one cylindrical surface on the first connector surrounds and frictionally engages the other of the one cylindrical surface on the adaptor and the one cylindrical surface on the first connector;
• the adaptor has another cylindrical surface and the second connector has another cylindrical surface and with the second connector releasably operatively engaged with the adaptor, one of:
• a) the another cylindrical surface on the adaptor;
• and b) the another cylindrical surface on the second connector surrounds and frictionally engages the other of the another cylindrical surface on the adaptor and the another cylindrical surface on the second connector;
• the adaptor has a further cylindrical surface and the third connector has a further cylindrical surface and with the third connector releasably operatively engaged with the adaptor one of:
• a) the further cylindrical surface on the adaptor;
• and b) the further cylindrical surface on the third connector surrounds and frictionally engages the other of the further cylindrical surface on the adaptor and the further cylindrical surface on the third connector;
• the one cylindrical surface, the another cylindrical surface, and the further cylindrical surface on the adaptor have a same central axis;
• and
• a releasable cap has a surface that surrounds and frictionally engages one of the one cylindrical surface, the another cylindrical surface, and the further cylindrical surface on the adaptor and blocks the at least one shield opening.