Vacuum Sander Having a Porous Pad
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1. A sander comprising:
- a face plate;
a motor coupled with said face plate and configured to move said face plate;
a porous abrasive pad coupled with said face plate for sanding joint compound applied to a surface, said pad comprising entangled fibers, wherein said pad comprises a thickness sufficient to temporarily retain at least a portion of the joint compound particles removed from the surface within said pad; and
a vacuum coupled with at least a portion of said pad, wherein said vacuum is configured to suck at least a portion of the joint compound particles removed from the surface.
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Abstract
A sander with a face plate, a porous abrasive pad coupled with the face plate for sanding a surface, and a vacuum coupled with at least a portion of the pad. The pad has a thickness or storage capacity sufficient to temporarily retain at least a portion of particles removed from the surface. The vacuum is configured to suck at least a portion of the particles removed from the surface.
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29 Claims
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1. A sander comprising:
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a face plate; a motor coupled with said face plate and configured to move said face plate; a porous abrasive pad coupled with said face plate for sanding joint compound applied to a surface, said pad comprising entangled fibers, wherein said pad comprises a thickness sufficient to temporarily retain at least a portion of the joint compound particles removed from the surface within said pad; and a vacuum coupled with at least a portion of said pad, wherein said vacuum is configured to suck at least a portion of the joint compound particles removed from the surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. (canceled)
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20. A method for sanding comprising:
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providing a face plate comprising at least one opening, a vacuum coupled with said opening, and a motor coupled with said face plate and configured to move said face plate; affixing a porous abrasive pad to said face plate over at least a portion of said opening opposite said vacuum such that the surface area of the opening underlying the pad is at least 1% of the surface area of the pad overlying the opening, said pad having a thickness of at least 1/16 inch and comprising entangled fibers; positioning said pad against joint compound applied to a surface; turning on said motor to move said face plate such that said pad sands said joint compound and at least a portion of joint compound particles removed from said surface are temporarily stored within said pad; and activating said vacuum such that said vacuum sucks at least a portion of the joint compound particles removed from said surface into said pad and through said opening. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A sander for sanding joint compound applied to a surface, said sander comprising:
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a face plate; a motor coupled with said face plate and configured to move said face plate; a pad affixed to said face plate for sanding the joint compound, wherein said pad has a thickness of at least 1/16 inch and comprises entangled fibers; a vacuum coupled with said pad, wherein said vacuum is configured to suck at least a portion of joint compound particles removed from the surface; and a receptacle coupled with said vacuum and configured to receive the joint compound particles sucked by said vacuum. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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