Router and chip collector accessory therefor
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsArthur LAUER, Klaus-Dieter ARICH
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Abstract
A router including a housing and a motor mounted in the housing and operatively connected to a tool holder arranged to hold a cutting tool bit. The cutting tool bit is projectable from the tool holder. The housing includes a base portion with a base aperture arranged to receive the projecting cutting tool bit held in the tool holder. A dust extraction conduit is connectable to a vacuum source. A chip collector is mountable to the base portion and includes a collecting mouth facing the cutting tool bit and arranged to catch chips from the cutting tool bit and a collection chamber for receiving chips collected in the collecting mouth. The collection chamber is in fluid communication with the dust extraction conduit.
Claims18
A router comprising:
- a housing;
- a tool holder arranged to hold a cutting tool bit that projects therefrom;
- a base portion having a base aperture therein, the base aperture being configured to receive the cutting tool bit that projects from the tool holder;
- a motor mounted in the housing and operatively connected to the tool holder;
- a dust extraction conduit connectable to a vacuum source;
- and
- a chip collector mountable to the base portion, the chip collector including a collecting mouth facing the cutting tool bit and arranged to catch chips from the cutting tool bit, and a collection chamber for receiving chips collected in the collecting mouth,
- wherein the collection chamber is in fluid communication with the dust extraction conduit.
A chip collector accessory for a router including a housing having a base portion with a base aperture arranged to receive a cutting tool bit held in and projecting from a tool holder and a dust extraction conduit connectable to a vacuum source, the chip collector accessory comprising:
- a collecting mouth arranged to face the cutting tool bit and arranged to catch chips from the cutting tool bit when mounted to the base portion;
- and
- a collection chamber for receiving chips collected in the collecting mouth,
- wherein the chip collector accessory is connectable to the base portion such that the collection chamber is in fluid communication with the dust extraction conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.