Patent ID: 7562456

Claim:
A system comprised of: a power tool ( 26 ) that generates chips ( 56 ); a safety guard ( 10 ) for the power tool ( 26 ); a chip ejector ( 16 ) for the power tool ( 26 ); and a chip catcher for the power tool ( 26 ), wherein the chip catcher has two opposing ends, an inlet region ( 32 ) at one of the opposing ends for admitting a flow of air containing a chip/air mixture ( 52 ) and for detachably connecting to the chip ejector ( 16 ) and has an encompassing housing ( 48 ) that is provided for attachment to the safety guard ( 10 ), wherein the housing ( 48 ) contains an air outlet ( 36 ) spatially separate from a chip-collecting region ( 58 ) of the chip catcher for chips ( 56 ), wherein the safety guard ( 10 ) is equipped with the chip ejector ( 16 ), wherein the safety guard ( 10 ) has two sidewalls which are spaced from each other and are arranged parallel to a rotation plane of a tool member ( 14 ) of the power tool ( 26 ) and has a cover contour ( 28 ) which covers the tool member ( 14 ) in a radial direction of the tool member ( 14 ), wherein the cover contour ( 28 ) connects the two sidewalls with each other and is provided as a circumference ( 40 ) of the safety guard ( 10 ); and the chips ( 56 ) are transported in a rotation direction ( 20 ) of the tool member ( 14 ), wherein the chip ejector ( 16 ) is situated on the circumference ( 40 ) of the safety guard ( 10 ) and has an opening ( 18 ) through which the chips ( 56 ) exit the safety guard ( 10 ), and wherein the chip catcher is situated on the circumference ( 40 ) of the safety guard ( 10 ), wherein the chip catcher ( 30 ) has a flap ( 44 ) at the other of the opposing ends for removing chips ( 56 ) and wherein when the power tool ( 26 ) is operated and the flap ( 44 ) is opened, chips are ejected at low speed next to the power tool ( 26 ).