Patent ID: 6878050

Claim:
A guard device ( 33 ) for a power tool, comprising; a protective cover ( 40 ) configured to at least partially encompass a disk-shaped, rotating tool having two flat sides defined by two corresponding planes, and an axis of rotation; a dust removal tube ( 52 ) having a longitudinal axis located at an angle of up to 80 degrees to said axis of rotation of said rotating tool; wherein said dust removal tube ( 52 ) extends along said longitudinal axis pass behind said rotating tool, penetrating transversely both planes of said two flat sides such that a radially outermost region of the rotating tool extends into an opening ( 74 , 174 ) of the dust removal tube in a form of a slot transverse to said longitudinal axis, so that dust drawn off a work piece is set into a rotational motion in the dust removal tube.