Auxiliary Handle Clamp Mounting for Power Tool Dust Collectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dust collectors for power tools lack a standardized and adaptable mechanism for secure attachment to various rotary power tools, leading to inefficiencies in dust collection and debris management during drilling operations.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates an auxiliary handle with a shaft, clamps, and a grip that engage notches on the power tool housing, allowing for secure attachment and adjustable positioning of the dust collector, ensuring effective dust collection across different power tool sizes and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a dust collector is attached to a power tool housing, then dust collection effectiveness is improved, but the attachment mechanism must accommodate various power tool sizes and configurations which increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The dust collector is designed with a universal attachment mechanism featuring clamps that can engage with notches of various sizes and configurations on different power tool housings. This allows a single dust collector design to effectively attach to multiple power tool types without requiring tool-specific adapters, thereby maintaining dust collection effectiveness while avoiding the complexity of multiple specialized attachment mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the dust collector is designed to fit various power tool sizes, then adaptability is improved, but the secure attachment reliability may be compromised due to size variations
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment mechanism incorporates adjustable clamps with protrusions that can be positioned at different locations along the dust collector housing. This allows the attachment points to be locally adjusted to match the specific notch positions and sizes on different power tool housings, ensuring secure attachment while maintaining compatibility across various tool sizes and configurations.
3Reliability
If multiple clamps are used to secure the dust collector, then attachment reliability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to the complexity of attaching and detaching
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple clamps are integrated into a single unified attachment mechanism that operates as one assembly. The clamps are positioned and configured to engage multiple notches on the power tool housing simultaneously, allowing the user to attach or detach the entire dust collector with a single action rather than manipulating multiple independent clamps separately, thus maintaining secure attachment while improving ease of operation.
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AI summary
An auxiliary handle can be used with a power tool having a housing that includes a first notch and a second notch. The auxiliary handle includes a shaft, a first clamp coupled to the shaft and having a first protrusion configured to engage the first notch, a second clamp arranged on the shaft and having a second protrusion configured to engage the second notch, and a grip coupled to the shaft. When the first protrusion of the first clamp engages the first notch and the grip is rotated relative to the second clamp, the second clamp is moved toward the first clamp, such that the first protrusion engages the first notch and the second protrusion engages the second notch to couple the auxiliary handle to the housing of the power tool.