Patent ID: 6173499
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
A vent cover for an electric saw for removing waste sawdust, dust and debris from a work area to maintain a guidline free from visual obstruction comprising:a one-piece shell having a top, a solid side, a bottom and a curved front end integrally joined together to provide a unitary single piece construction with an open intake back end and an open exhaust side opposite to said solid side;said shell includes an edge marginal region along said top, said bottom and said curved front end defining said open exhaust side and constituting a detachable interference-type coupling for releasably supporting said shell to the electric saw;said shell being adapted such that exhaust air from said saw enters said open intake back end and is conducted laterally by said curved front end across the interior of said shell for discharge through said open exhaust side; anda plurality of elongated slots in said top arranged in fixed parallel spaced-apart relationship through which ambient air surrounding said shell is drawn into mixing relationship with respect to said exhaust air.