| US 7,497,017 B2 | ||
| Debris removal apparatus for a jigsaw | ||
| Graham Bone, Carrville (United Kingdom); and Susie Turner, Isle of Dogs (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., Newark, Del. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/475,332. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 06251458 (EP), filed on Mar. 18, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0214659 A1, Sep. 20, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B23D 59/00 (2006.01); B23D 49/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 30—392 [30/124] | 13 Claims |
| 10. An electrically operated hand-held cutting tool comprising:
a housing in which an electric motor is disposed for driving the tool, said motor having an output coupled to a reciprocating
shaft;
a clamp disposed at an end of the shaft;
a saw blade disposed in the clamp;
a footplate having an aperture and arranged to engage with a work-piece; and
a conduit arranged for removal of a portion of debris ejected from the saw blade during a cutting operation,
a shroud having a slot through which a portion of the saw blade can pass and arrange to cover a portion of the aperture, the
shroud disposed on the footplate, and
wherein upon disposing the footplate on a work-piece the shroud, the footplate and the work-piece define a volume arranged
such that a portion of the saw blade having a plurality of cutting teeth enters the volume through the slot, and the shroud
comprises an airflow input and output, the airflow output being coupled to either a pressure source lower than ambient pressure
or the conduit.
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