Dust collection system for a belt sander

US7338348B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BLACK & DECKER INC. · US

Inventors

• Jason R. Melvin · Baltimore, US
• Michael J. Walstrum · Edgewood, US
• Carl F. Merhar, III · Baltimore, US
• Gregory A. Rice · Aberdeen, US
• John McKibben · Schaumburg, US
• Danielle V. Gayle · Baltimore, US
• Jonah Samuel Myerberg · Lexington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B24B23/06
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electrically powered belt sander comprising a housing, a dust flow path defined by the housing, a motor mounted in the housing at a first location and having an output shaft, a fan connectable to the motor output shaft and rotateably mounted in the housing at a second location a distance from the motor output shaft, a belt connectable between the motor output shaft and the fan whereby the rotation of the motor output shaft drives the rotation of the fan, and a damper located in the dust flow path and operable for blocking the dust flow path.