US 12,390,830 B2
Handheld device, method and attachment device
Daniel Schäuble, Badenweiler (DE); and Christoph Dieter, Gomaringen (DE)
Assigned to Festool GmbH, Wendlingen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/997,190
Filed by FESTOOL GMBH, Wendlingen (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/052535
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/219262, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 205 308.1 (DE), filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158541 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B05C 17/01 (2006.01); B05C 17/005 (2006.01); B05C 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 17/0116 (2013.01) [B05C 17/0052 (2013.01); B05C 17/0103 (2013.01); B05C 11/1021 (2013.01); B05C 11/1023 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld device for dispensing filling material into a joint, comprising:
a handle assembly for manually gripping the handheld device and moving the handheld device along a joint path,
a dispensing device for dispensing the filling material into the joint, and
a sensor device adapted to detect an influence quantity influencing a body geometry of a filling material body formed by the filling material dispensed into the joint,
wherein the handheld device is configured to adjust, based on the detected influence quantity, a dispensing rate at which the dispensing device dispenses the filling material,
the handheld device further comprising an operating device for inputting specification information and/or a communication device for receiving the specification information, wherein the handheld device is configured to take the specification information into account when adjusting the dispensing rate.