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US 6,099,397 AGranted
Power sander
AssigneeC. & E. Fein GmbH
InventorBert G. Wurst
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Abstract
A power sander comprising an oscillating drive for oscillatingly driving a sanding tool about an axis fixed with respect to a housing is disclosed. The sanding tool comprises a sanding plate arranged on the sanding tool and having at least two side edges which converge in at least one corner and are arranged symmetrically with respect to a center point. A receptacle for mounting the sanding plate on the drive shaft is arranged on the sanding plate eccentrically with respect to the center point.
Claims20
A power sander comprising:
- a housing;
- a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis and being arranged at a fixed position within said housing pivotably about said longitudinal axis;
- an oscillating drive arranged in said housing and coupled to said drive shaft for oscillatingly driving a sanding tool about said drive shaft in a pivot motion oscillating back and forth about said longitudinal axis;
- a sanding plate arranged on said sanding tool, said sanding plate having a sanding surface encircled by a perimeter and having a center point, said center point having equal distance to each outermost point on said perimeter;
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- a receptacle for mounting said sanding plate on said drive shaft, said receptacle being arranged on said sanding plate at a position such that said longitudinal axis of said drive shaft intersects said sanding surface and is arranged at a radial distance from said center point.
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A sanding tool for a power sander comprising:
- a drive shaft having a longitudinal axis and being arranged at a fixed position within a housing pivotably about said longitudinal axis;
- an oscillating drive arranged in said housing and coupled to said drive shaft for oscillatingly driving said sanding tool about said drive shaft in a pivot motion oscillating back and forth about said longitudinal axis;
- a sanding plate arranged on said sanding tool, said sanding plate having a sanding surface encircled by a perimeter and having a center point, said center point having equal distance to each outermost point on said perimeter;
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- a receptacle for mounting said sanding plate on said drive shaft, said receptacle being arranged on said sanding plate at a position such that said longitudinal axis of said drive shaft intersects said sanding surface and is arranged at a radial distance from said center point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.