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US 9,168,624 B2Granted
Dust extractor
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorNorbert Hahn
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Abstract
A suction cup dust extractor for a drill including a housing; a drill collar attached to the housing, having a drill passage formed through it; a recess formed by the walls of the housing having an opening and which, in use, locates against a work piece to create a chamber; an aperture located on the housing through which air can pass; and an air passage formed within the housing which enables air to pass from the drill passage to the aperture.
Claims14
A suction cup dust extractor for a drill comprising:
- a housing;
- a drill collar extending from and removably attached to the housing, having a drill passage formed therethrough open to a work piece, which, in use, entrains debris generated when a cutting tool is selectively positioned through the drill collar and used to cut into the work piece;
- a recess formed by the walls of the housing having an opening and which, in use, locates against the work piece to create a chamber spaced from the drill passage along the work piece, the chamber configured to hold the suction cup dust extractor to the work piece during the selective positioning of the cutting tool through the drill collar;
- an aperture located on the housing through which air can pass;
- at least one first air passage formed within the housing which enables air to pass from the drill passage to the aperture;
- and
- at least one second air passage formed within the housing which enables air to pass from the recess to the aperture, the at least one second air passage being at least partially spaced from and partitioned from the at least one first air passage by a portion of the suction cup dust extractor;
- wherein the collar comprises:
- an inner wall which at least partially surrounds the drill passage;
- an outer wall which at least partially surrounds the inner wall;
- the inner wall and outer wall forming a wall passage in between them which connects to the at least one first air passage to allow air to pass from the wall passage to the at least one first air passage;
- the depth of at least part of the inner wall being less than that of the outer wall to allow air to flow around the base of the inner wall from the drill passage to the wall passage;
- wherein there is provided a cover which attaches to the outer wall and extends inward towards the inner wall to substantially enclose a lower side of the wall passage.
10 more elements
A drill collar for a suction cup dust extractor having a drill passage formed through it comprising:
- an inner wall which at least partially surrounds the drill passage;
- an outer wall which at least partially surrounds the inner wall;
- the inner wall and outer wall forming a wall passage in between them;
- the depth of at least part of the inner wall being less than that of the outer wall to allow air to flow around the base of the inner wall from the drill passage to the wall passage;
- an exit tube configured to provide a passage which is in fluid connection with the wall passage;
- and
- a cover which attaches to the outer wall and extends inward towards the inner wall to substantially enclose a lower side of the wall passage;
- wherein the cover comprises a lip on one side which is capable of being inserted into the exit tube and a catch located on the other side of the cover which engages a ridge formed on the outer wall of the collar.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.