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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
David A. Clarke, Chicago, IL (US);
Garth W. Prince, Chicago, IL (US);
David A. Clarke, Chicago, IL (US);
Garth W. Prince, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
Embodiments of an accessory attachment for a rotary power hand tool are disclosed wherein the hand tool is of the type which has a tool housing with a preferably cylindrical nose portion, a motor having a motor drive shaft with a mounting coupling extending forwardly from the nose portion for receiving a drive shaft, the attachment including a housing having a first end portion configured to be mounted to the tool housing nose portion and an input shaft for coupling to the motor drive shaft, and having an enlarged second end portion oriented at a right angle relative to the first end portion and also having an output shaft coupled to the input shaft at a preferably right angle relative thereto, a rotary cutting wheel mounted to the output shaft and substantially disposed within the enlarged second end portion, excepting an exposed portion of the rotary cutting wheel for engaging a work surface, and a removable cover configured to engage said enlarged second end portion to at least partially enclose said rotary cutting wheel therebetween.