Patent ID: 7198442
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A power tool, said power tool including a body portion for driving a tool bit, and also including a base spaced therefrom to be located at or adjacent a work piece on which an operation is to be performed by the power tool, and a dust extraction apparatus including a passage mounted on the power tool and wherein said passage includes a first portion attached to the body of the power tool, and a second portion connected at an end of the first portion and having an opposite end which can be selectively moved between an in-use position at which said opposite end of the second portion is located adjacent to and operably connected with a port or aperture in the base to allow dust and debris from the workpiece operation to be guided through the passage, and a storage position in which the said opposite end of the second portion is in a position spaced from and not operably connected with the base.