US 11,919,127 B2
Pole sander
Benjamin Schramm, Eppenrod (DE); Robert Miebach, Taunusstein (DE); Joerg Roth, Bad Nauheim (DE); Felix Kraft, Idstein (DE); and Pablo Garcia Ramiro, Gragnano Trebbiense (IT)
Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/075,803.
Claims priority of application No. 1915324 (GB), filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121999 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B24B 7/18 (2006.01); B24B 23/02 (2006.01); B24B 27/00 (2006.01); B24B 41/047 (2006.01); B24B 55/10 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 7/184 (2013.01) [B24B 55/102 (2013.01); B24B 23/028 (2013.01); B24B 27/0084 (2013.01); B24B 41/047 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pole sander comprising:
an elongate body including a passageway for passage of air;
an electric motor electrically controlled by control electronics;
a sanding head attached via a pivot mechanism to a first end of the elongate body, wherein the sanding head comprises: a hood including a plate and a sidewall to form a chamber, an output spindle projecting from the hood and rotatably driven by the electric motor, and a tubular passage including a first end forming an opening and a second end coupled to an aperture formed through the plate; and
a flexible pipe disposed between the passageway at the first end of the elongate body and the opening of the tubular passage to fluidly connect the passageway to the chamber,
wherein a portion of the tubular passage extends peripherally around a first portion of the electric motor such that, in an orientation of the pole sander where the elongate body extends rearwardly of the sanding head, and a portion of the flexible pipe extends peripherally around a second portion of the electric motor.