Dust bag support
AssigneeThe Singer Company
InventorJames A. Keith, Jr.
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Abstract
A support for a dust bag for use in connection with an electrically driven surface treating machine to collect dust created by the machine during operation which comprises a rod member detachably connected to an exhaust conduit on the machine. Means are provided to insure proper positioning or alignment of the dust bag support so that the support may function to hold the dust bag up and away from the work piece so as not to interfere with the operator in using the machine.
Claims4
A portable sanding tool having a motor driven oscillating platen carried by a housing, and means for discharging from the housing dust-laden air created by the use of the tool upon a work surface comprising:
- a. a discharge conduit rigidly connected to the housing,
- b. at least one radial flange formed on the outer periphery of the discharge conduit,
- c. notch means formed in the flange of the discharge conduit,
- d. a support rod including an arcuate section defining an expandable throat, and a straight section,
- e. the straight section of the support rod disposed in the notch means of the flange to permit the arcuate section of the support rod to encircle the discharge conduit adjacent the flange, and
- f. a dust bag detachably connected to the discharge conduit and supported by the support rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.