Dust shield and adapter device

Abstract

A dust shield and adapter, in combination or as separate components, for universal attachment to the bearing housings having different diameter sizes. As separate components, the shield has a skirt for covering a grinding disk and upward extending collar to which a separate component adapter attaches. The adapter has adjustable attachment members which adjustably secure to a bearing housing of numerous varying diameter sizes. The collar has cut-outs to accept the adapter and permit its upward and downward adjustability to ensure an effective distance adjustment and disk contact with a target surface. As a combination single component, the adapter is permanently attached to a collar having no cut-outs. The adapter has adjustable attachment members which adjustably secure to a bearing housing of numerous varying diameter sizes.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.