US 12,103,126 B2
Suction adapter for connecting an insertion tool to a suction apparatus
Andreas Schurig, Lyss (CH); Edit Okenwa, Solothurn (CH); Fritz Schlegel, Stuttgart (DE); Hardy Schmid, Stuttgart (DE); Holger Froehling, Stuttgart (DE); Michael Briesenick, Stuttgart (DE); Stefan Sonntag, Vogt (DE); and Tamara Gaschler, Ravensburg (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/358,996.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 208 387.8 (DE), filed on Jul. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001503 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B23B 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 11/0046 (2013.01) [B23B 45/003 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0071 (2013.01); B23B 2270/62 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suction adapter for connecting an insertion tool to a suction apparatus, comprising:
at least one insertion tool receiving region in which the insertion tool is arranged, the at least one insertion tool receiving region including at least one connection interface configured to interface with an insertion tool suction channel of the insertion tool; and
at least one discharge guiding unit defining a guiding unit suction channel and including at least one discharge guiding element that defines a suction channel outlet of the guiding unit suction channel, the at least one discharge guiding element defining a longitudinal axis,
wherein the longitudinal axis is oriented parallel to a main extent axis of the at least one insertion tool receiving region in a region of the suction channel outlet in at least one first operating state,
wherein the at least one discharge guiding element is dimensionally stable, and
wherein the at least one discharge guiding element is moveable relative to the at least one insertion tool such that an orientation of the longitudinal axis relative to the main extent axis is adjustable between the at least one first operating state and at least one second operating state in which the longitudinal axis is non-parallel with respect to the main extent axis.