US 12,269,136 B2
Integrated dust extractor and power tool
Julia C. Marsh, Milwaukee, WI (US); John Bloom-Edmonds, Menomonie Falls, WI (US); Jeffery D. Spraggon, Pewaukee, WI (US); Andrew Delmar Van Hoorn, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Allen H. Johnson, III, Houston, TX (US); and Amedee Brennan O'Gorman, West Bend, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,146.
Application 18/397,146 is a continuation of application No. 17/711,834, filed on Apr. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,872,665.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/211,856, filed on Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,611, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123560 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/46 (2006.01); B01D 46/68 (2022.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01); H02K 9/10 (2006.01); B25D 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 11/0046 (2013.01) [B01D 46/0043 (2013.01); B01D 46/46 (2013.01); B01D 46/68 (2022.01); B23Q 11/0071 (2013.01); B25F 5/008 (2013.01); H02K 7/145 (2013.01); H02K 9/10 (2013.01); B01D 2273/30 (2013.01); B25D 17/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld power tool comprising:
a housing;
a tool receptacle disposed on a first end of the housing and configured to receive a tool accessory;
a motor positioned within the housing and operatively coupled to the tool receptacle to drive the tool accessory; and
a dust collection assembly integrated within the housing, the dust collection assembly including:
a fan disposed within the housing and operatively coupled to the motor, the fan configured to generate a suction airflow due to rotation of the motor,
a dust container removably coupled to the housing of the power tool, the dust container configured to collect dust and other debris generated by the tool accessory during operation of the handheld power tool, and
a dust tube disposed adjacent the tool accessory, the dust tube configured to draw dust and debris into the dust container, and
a transfer tube extending between the dust tube and the dust container, the transfer tube including at least a portion positioned internal to the housing of the power tool.