Patent ID: 7168894

Claim:
An assembly for removing chips from a cutting tool working area on a workpiece, said assembly comprising: an axially expandable and collapsible tubular member for at least partially enclosing the cutting tool working area and including a first end and a second end; a support structure for supporting said first end of said axially expandable and collapsible tubular member; a cross-piece for supporting said second end of said axially expandable and collapsible tubular member; at least one biasing spring being configured and arranged for resiliently biasing said support structure and said cross-piece away from one another; a housing having a chips-receiving chamber located adjacent one of said first end and said second end for engagement with the working area of the workpiece, said chips-receiving chamber including an outlet being configured to be connected to a vacuum source for removing a plurality of chips from said chamber; and a hub portion located at an other of said first end and said second end, said hub portion being configured for engagement with a cutting machine.