Patent ID: 6174226
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
A hand-held belt sander, comprising a housing; an on-off switch and a power supply conductor supported by said housing; a motor and a transmission received in said housing; a sanding belt; a driving roller driven by said motor and driving said sanding band; a sliding shoe provided with a base; a deviating roller arranged so that said sanding belt is guidable over said deviating roller and said base of said sliding shoe; means for centering said sanding band; means for clamping said sanding belt, said deviating roller and said driving roller have different diameters so that said sanding band is guided inclinedly, said housing being elongated and said sanding belt being guided on guiding parts which are introduced in a rear region of said elongated housing so that together with said sanding belt in a front region of said elongated housing a centrally forwardly extending, freely projecting, wedge tip-shaped contour is formed so that the hand-held belt sander as a whole has a lance-like contour, a transmission cover; and two band tensioning rollers arranged near said driving roller substantially parallel to said driving roller at a radial distance from the latter, said band tensioning rollers being supported on said transmission covers springy relative to said sanding belt.