System and method for capturing dust created by rotary tool attachments
AssigneeSkitter & Squirt Adventures, LLC
InventorJack M King, JR.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for capturing dust created from a work surface by a rotary tool attachment. A shield is comprised of a ridged shroud and a flexible skirt. The shroud is configured to be coupled to a rotary tool, and to either fully enclose or partially expose the rotary tool attachment. The shroud has a plurality of air inlets, a first opening, and a second opening through the top surface of the shroud. The first opening receives a mechanical driveshaft of the rotary tool and the second opening is coupled to an external vacuum source. The flexible skirt is coupled to a perimeter of the shroud and extends downward from above the top surface of the shroud and is configured to contact the work surface.
Claims20
A shield for capturing dust created from a work surface by a rotary tool attachment, the shield comprising:
- a shroud having a top surface configured to be coupled to a rotary tool, the shroud having a plurality of air inlets therethrough;
- and
- a flexible skirt coupled to a perimeter of the shroud and extending downward from above the top surface of the shroud and configured to contact the work surface.
A shield for capturing dust created from a work surface by a rotary tool attachment, the shield comprising:
- a shroud having a top surface configured to partially expose the rotary tool attachment,
- the shroud having a plurality of air inlets therethrough;
- a first opening through the top surface of the shroud for receiving a mechanical driveshaft of the rotary tool therethrough for coupling the rotary tool attachment to the rotary tool;
- a second opening through the top surface of the shroud configured to be coupled to an external vacuum source;
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- a flexible skirt coupled to a perimeter of the shroud extending downward from above the top surface of the shroud and configured to contact the work surface.
A method of making a shield for capturing dust created from a work surface by a rotary tool attachment, the method comprising:
- forming a shroud from a rigid material having a top surface;
- creating a plurality of air inlets, a first opening and a second openings through the shroud;
- and
- coupling a flexible skirt to the perimeter of the shroud with a strap around the outside perimeter of the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.