Dual mode floor sander
OwnerJames Tasikasinventor
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Abstract
A dual mode floor sander and having a housing with a front wall, back and side walls, a handle extending upwardly a sanding drum mounted in the housing, and a drive motor, a strip clamp on the drum for clamping a strip of abrasive material for use in the drum sanding mode, a belt tension roller located spaced from the sanding drum, a movable tension assembly associated with the tension roller, for moving the tension roller relative to the sanding drum, so that a belt of abrasive material placed around the sanding drum and tension roller may be placed in tension, and doors in the housing giving access to the sanding drum and to the tension roller.
Claims12
A dual mode floor sander adapted for use in a drum sanding, and in a belt sanding, mode and comprising;
- housing means defining a front wall, back and side walls, and means whereby the same may be guided;
- a sanding drum mounted in said housing means, adjacent a forward area thereof, and power operated means therefor;
- strip clamping means on said drum for clamping a strip of abrasive material therearound, for use in said drum sanding mode;
- a belt tension roller located in spaced relation to said sanding drum;
- movement means for moving said tension roller relative to said sanding drum;
- tension means associated with said tension roller, for tensioning said roller relative to said sanding drum, whereby a belt of abrasive material placed around said sanding drum and tension roller may be placed in tension, and,
- door means in said housing means for giving access to said sanding drum and said tension roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.