Buffing pad assembly

A buffing pad assembly for use with a motorized drive tool comprising:

• a cylindrical foam pad defining a front side and a back side;
• a first circular layer of hook and loop type fastening material secured to the back side of said pad in axial alignment therewith such that the central axis through said layer is coincident with the central axis of said pad, said first layer of fastening material having a diameter less than the diameter of said pad and defining a centrally disposed aperture therein;
• a substantially rigid circular backing plate having a diameter less than the diameter of said pad and defining a front side, a back side, attachment means on said back side for securing said plate to a motorized drive tool and a centering member centrally disposed on and projecting axially from said front side, said member being adapted to be inserted through said aperture in said first layer of fastening material for aligning said backing plate with said pad;
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• a second circular layer of hook and loop type fastening material secured to the front side of said plate about said centering member, said second layer of fastening material being adapted to abut and engage said first layer upon said pad being pressed against said backing plate for removably securing said pad to said plate.

A buffing pad assembly for use with a motorized drive tool, said assembly comprising:

• a cylindrical foam pad defining a front side and a back side;
• a first circular layer of fastening material secured to the rear side of said pad in axial alignment therewith such that the central access through said layer is coincident with central axis of said pad, said first layer of fastening material having a diameter less than a diameter of said pad and defining a centrally disposed aperture therein;
• a centering member carried by and projecting axially from the back side of said pad through said aperture in said first layer of fastening material, said member being axially aligned with the central axis of said pad and defining an annular base portion projecting radially therefrom between said pad and said first layer of fastening material, an outer cylindrical wall portion and a plate receiving area disposed inwardly of said cylindrical wall portion;
• a circular backing plate having a diameter less than the diameter of said pad and defining a front side, a back side, attachment means on said back side for securing said plate to a motorized drive tool, a centrally disposed recessed area in the front side thereof and an axial centering projection centrally disposed within said recessed area such that upon the back side of said pad being pressed against the forward side of said backing plate said cylindrical member carried by said pad is received within said recessed area in said backing plate and the centering projection on said backing plate is received within said plate receiving area in said cylindrical member thereby centering said pad on said plate;
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• a second circular layer of fastening material secured to the forward side of said plate and defining an aperture therein centrally aligned with the central axis of said plate and extending about said recessed area therein, said second layer of fastening material being adapted to abut engage said first layer upon said pad being pressed against said plate.