Patent ID: 6953394

Claim:
A guard device ( 33 ) for a hand power tool, in the form of a sanding/grinding hand power tool, comprising: a wheel guard ( 40 ) enclosing at least part of a rotating tool in a radial direction; a guide means for guiding the wheel guard ( 40 ) along a work piece ( 30 ), and comprising a fastening device for mounting the wheel guard ( 40 ) on the hand power tool, wherein the guide means are joined with the wheel guard ( 40 ) in torsion-resistant fashion, and the wheel guard ( 40 ) is mounted in a fashion that allows it to move relative to the fastening device; a depth-of-cut stop ( 62 ) limiting the relative movement of the wheel guard ( 40 ) and fastening device, and being lockable in position with positive engagement in preselected stepped positions; and means for forming a plurality of individual steps such that a part of said depth-of-cut is engageable into corresponding one of said individual steps to be locked in said steps with positive engagement in said predetermined stepped positions.