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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Robert W Taylor, Jackson, TN (US);
Porter Cable Corporation, Jackson, TN (US);
Abstract
A sander includes a sander body, a motor held by the sander body, a pad operably connected to the motor so as to impart an orbital motion to the pad, a housing swivellably attached to the sander body, and bumped structure between the housing and the sander body. The bumped structure is constructed and arranged for imparting friction between the housing and the sander body to increase a force required to swivel the housing about the sander body. A groove having a wall is defined in at least one of the housing and the sander body, and the bumped structure includes a plurality of protuberances along the wall of the groove. The housing includes a dust exhaust channel attached to a filter housing, and the filter housing includes a rigid, porous material having a pore size effective for entrapping dust which enters the filter housing.