Patent ID: 8070845

Claim:
A dust collecting device for a handheld power tool equipped with a dust exhaust fitting ( 12 ) for an electric handheld power sander, comprising: a dust collecting bag ( 14 ) having an air-permeable filter bag ( 15 ) and a reinforcing plate ( 16 ) positioned in front of the filter bag ( 15 ) and having an inlet opening ( 17 ) for being slid onto the dust exhaust fitting ( 12 ); a support ( 13 ) attached to the handheld power tool, said support ( 13 ) having a filter chamber ( 20 ) for insertion of the filter bag ( 15 ) and a receiving chamber ( 21 ) situated in front of the filter chamber ( 20 ) for insertion of the reinforcing plate ( 16 ), wherein the support ( 13 ), on in its front end delimiting the receiving chamber ( 21 ) on the side oriented away from the filter chamber ( 20 ), has a hinge piece ( 251 ) for being detachably connected to a hinge piece ( 252 ) of a swivel joint ( 25 ) situated on the handheld power tool, which joint is embodied in such a way that pivoting the support ( 13 ) against the handheld power tool slides the inlet opening ( 17 ) in the reinforcing plate ( 16 ) of the dust collecting bag ( 14 ), which reinforcing plate ( 16 ) is situated in the receiving chamber ( 21 ), onto the dust exhaust fitting ( 12 ) of the handheld power tool ( 11 ), wherein the hinge piece ( 251 ) situated on the support is situated on the one side of the support in the working position and on the other side of the support opposite from the hinge piece ( 251 ), a detent element ( 291 ) is provided, which cooperates with a detent element ( 292 ) situated on the machine in order to produce a detent connection ( 29 ), wherein the detent connection ( 29 ) is produced at the end of the pivoting of the support ( 13 ) against the handheld power tool, which pivoting occurs after the pivot joint ( 25 ) has been produced, and wherein the support ( 13 ) has a housing ( 19 ) that is open at the top in which the receiving chamber ( 21 ) and the filter chamber ( 20 ) are accessible from above, wherein the receiving chamber ( 21 ) is delimited by the front wall ( 192 ) of the housing ( 19 ) and by two guide struts ( 22 ) extending parallel to the front wall ( 192 ), wherein one of said guide struts protrudes from a side wall ( 191 ) of the housing ( 19 ), and wherein the front wall ( 192 ) of the housing ( 19 ) has a central opening ( 24 ) coaxial to the inlet opening ( 17 ) of the dust collecting bag ( 14 ) that is inserted into the housing.