Patent ID: 6053674
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A dust collector assembly for use with a hand-held drilling device having a drilling element, said assembly comprising:a body member defining a chamber open on one side and including a body wall having an edge extending therealong, on said one side, adapted to be placed against a surface into which holes are to be drilled, said body member including a drill hole therein at one end thereof in communication with said chamber so as to enable a drilling element of a drilling device to be inserted through said hole into said chamber, and a suction connection opening at an opposite end therein, said assembly further comprising a hose connector received in said suction connection opening and adapted to be connected to a suction source and a plurality of drill hole adaptors adapted to be received in said drill hole in said body member and having central apertures of different diameters, whereby drilling elements of different effective outer diameters can be used with the assembly while substantially maintaining a desired spacing between the drilling element and the adaptor by using an adaptor having a diameter correspondingly matched to the effective diameter of the drill element.