IP Library Granted Patent US 10,507,557
Granted Patent B2
US 10,507,557 · App. 15/961,558 · Granted Dec 17, 2019

Accessory for a hand-held power tool

Inventors: Charlotte Meiser (Kernen Im Remstal, DE); Hardy Schmid (Stuttgart, DE); Jan-Simon Blind (Steinenbronn, DE); Rudi Habermann (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B23Q11/0071B23Q11/0046B25D17/20B23B2270/62
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Patent No.
US 10,507,557
App. No.
15/961,558
Granted
Dec 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An accessory for a hand-held power tool has a first air channel and a second air channel. In the first air channel, a first air stream for transporting dust particles is routed into a dust-collecting box. In the second air channel, a second air stream for transporting dust particles into the dust-collecting box or into a further dust-collecting box is routed.

Claims (48)

1. An accessory for a hand-held power tool, comprising:

a first air channel, in which a first air stream for transporting dust particles is routed into a dust-collecting box, the first air channel having a first end adjacent to a drill bit such that the first end directly receives dust particles exiting from a drill hole formed by the drill bit; and

a second air channel, in which a second air stream for transporting dust particles is routed into one of the dust-collecting box and a further dust-collecting box, the second air channel being partially defined by a hollow portion of the drill bit.

2. The accessory according to claim 1 , wherein:

an inlet region of the first air channel is movable relative to an inlet region of the second air channel along an axial direction of the drill bit.

3. The accessory according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first air channel and the second air channel open out in a common air channel upstream of the dust-collecting box, as seen in the flow direction of the air stream.

4. The accessory according to claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the first air stream and the second air stream is generated by a fan unit, which has at least one fan element.

5. The accessory according to claim 4 , wherein:

the fan unit also has a further fan element, and

the fan element and the further fan element differ in terms of their fan characteristic curves.

6. The accessory according to claim 5 , wherein:

at least one of the fan element and the further fan element is arranged in the hand-held power tool.

7. The accessory according to claim 5 , wherein:

the fan element and the further fan element are driven by an electric motor of the hand-held power tool.

8. The accessory according to claim 4 , wherein:

at least the fan element of the fan unit is arranged in the accessory.

9. The accessory according to claim 1 , wherein:

a volumetric flow rate in at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel is regulatable or controllable between at least two nonzero volumetric flow rates.

10. The accessory according to claim 9 , wherein:

at least one of the first air stream and the second air stream is generated by a fan unit, which has at least one fan element; and

the fan unit is configured such that a characteristic fan curve of the at least one fan element is adjustable.

11. The accessory according to claim 9 , wherein:

at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel has an adjustment element configured to reduce a flow cross section in the at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel or to block at least one of the first air stream and the second air stream in the at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel.

12. The accessory according to claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel is connected in a releasable manner to the accessory in such a way that the at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel is releasable in a tool-free manner.

13. A hand-held power tool, comprising:

a drill bit having a hollow portion; and

an accessory, including:

a first air channel, in which a first air stream for transporting dust particles is routed into a dust-collecting box, the first air channel having a first end adjacent to the drill bit such that the first end directly receives dust particles exiting from a drill hole formed by the drill bit; and

a second air channel, in which a second air stream for transporting dust particles is routed into one of the dust-collecting box and a further dust-collecting box, the second air channel being partially defined by a hollow portion of the drill bit.

14. The hand-held power tool according to claim 13 , wherein:

at least one of the first air stream and the second air stream is generated by a fan unit, which has at least one fan element.

15. The hand-held power tool according to claim 14 , wherein:

the fan unit also has a further fan element, and

the fan element and the further fan element differ in terms of their fan characteristic curves.

16. The hand-held power tool according to claim 15 , wherein:

at least one of the fan element and the further fan element is arranged in the hand-held power tool.

17. The hand-held power tool according to claim 15 , wherein:

the fan element and the further fan element are driven by an electric motor of the hand-held power tool.

18. The hand-held power tool according to claim 14 , wherein:

at least the fan element of the fan unit is arranged in the accessory.

19. The hand-held power tool according to claim 13 , wherein:

at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel is connected in a releasable manner to the accessory in such a way that the at least one of the first air channel and the second air channel is releasable in a tool-free manner.

20. The hand-held power tool according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a power tool housing,

wherein the accessory further comprises an accessory housing in which the dust-collecting box is arranged, the accessory housing being releasably attached to the power tool housing in a tool-free manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2018
From: MEISER, CHARLOTTE; SCHMID, HARDY; BLIND, JAN-SIMON; HABERMANN, RUDI
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 046133/0270 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 206 975 · Apr 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180311778A1 · Nov 1, 2018
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