Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 16, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 23, 2017
Assignees:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasives USA, Inc.
Inventors:
Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn
Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 16, 2014
Publication date:
January 22, 2015
Applicants:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasive USA, Inc.
Inventors:
Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn