Patent ID: 7384328

Claim:
A sanding device comprising: a base plate having a sanding surface and an opposite supporting surface, the base plate also having an orifice extending through the base plate, from the sanding surface to the supporting surface thereof, for allowing the passage of particles sanded by the sanding surface into said orifice; an evacuating tube having an inlet operatively connected to the supporting surface of the base pate, the inlet being positioned about the orifice of the base plate for receiving particles sanded by the sanding surface of the base plate, through the orifice thereof, the evacuating tube also having an outlet configured for operatively connecting to a vacuum system for evacuating sanded particles from the sanding surface through the orifice of the base plate via a suction effect provided by the vacuum system; an articulated joint for operatively connecting the inlet of the evacuating tube to the supporting surface of the base plate, the articulated joint having at least one pivot axis for enabling the evacuating tube to be articulated with respect to the base plate along various operating angles; and a sealing member operatively mounted onto the base plate for sealingly interconnecting the orifice of the base plate to the inlet of the evacuating tube; wherein the base plate comprises an angled portion having a pair of straight side edges, and an arched portion extending between extremities of said straight side edges.