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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Jason R. Melvin, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael J. Walstrum, Columbia, MD (US);
Carl F. Merhar, Iii, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregory A. Rice, Aberdeen, MD (US);
John Mckibben, Dallastown, PA (US);
Danielle V. Gayle, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jonah Myerberg, Boston, MA (US);
Jason R. Melvin, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael J. Walstrum, Columbia, MD (US);
Carl F. Merhar, III, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregory A. Rice, Aberdeen, MD (US);
John McKibben, Dallastown, PA (US);
Danielle V. Gayle, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jonah Myerberg, Boston, MA (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
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.