Method and fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9656364-B2
Application number	US-201414332644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2014
Priority date	Jul 16, 2013
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a hand sander including a sander pad having at least two datum notches defined in an outer perimeter of the sander pad; and
a sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to the hand sander, the sanding disc fixture comprising:
a table having a top; and
an application station on the table, the application station having at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table, the datum pegs 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 the datum notches in the outer perimeter of the sander pad of the hand sander, the datum pegs capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc, wherein the at least two datum pegs are oriented to receive the sander pad via side loading such that the datum surfaces are received in the datum notches.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sanding discs have vacuum holes capable of being aligned with vacuum holes in the sander pad by the datum pegs.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the datum pegs are capable of maintaining alignment of the vacuum holes in the sanding disc during application.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the table includes brackets to adjust an angle of the top of the table relative to at least one side of the table.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the datum pegs may be positioned in a plurality of positions on the table.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a sanding disc storage station on the table configured to hold at least one sanding disc.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the sanding disc storage station comprises a central spindle extending from the top of the table and through a central hole of the at least one sanding disc.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the sanding disc storage station is adjacent to the application station, and wherein the sanding disc storage station and the application station are each configured to receive the same sanding disc.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a sander storage station on said table, said sander storage station comprising a holder capable of holding the hand sander having the sander pad.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the holder includes a lip capable of holding the sander pad against the top of the table.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the holder is semi-circular and capable of having the hand sander hang within the holder.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the holder is adjustable to receive differently shaped hand sanders.

13. A system comprising:
a hand sander including a sander pad having at least two datum notches defined in an outer perimeter of the sander pad; and
a sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to the hand sander, the sanding disc fixture comprising:
a table having a top;
a sanding disc storage station on the table, the sanding disc storage station having a central spindle extending from the top of the table, the central spindle holding a stack of sanding discs with the central spindle extending through a central hole of each sanding disc; and
an application station on the table, the application station having at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table, the datum pegs holding a stack of sanding discs with attaching sides of the sanding discs facing away from the top of the table for attachment to the hand sander, the datum pegs passing through datum holes in the sanding discs to align the sanding discs with the sander pad when the sander pad is pressed against the attaching side of the outermost sanding disc, wherein the at least two datum pegs are oriented to receive the sander pad via side loading such that datum surfaces of the at least two datum pegs are received in the datum notches defined in the outer perimeter of the sander pad.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the sanding discs have vacuum holes aligned with vacuum holes in the sander pad by the datum pegs.

15. The system of claim 13 , further comprising a sander storage station on said table, said sander storage station comprising a holder holding the hand sander having the sander pad on said top of said table.

16. A method of attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander comprising:
providing at least two datum pegs extending from a top of a table;
positioning a sanding disc with the at least two datum pegs extending through corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc, the sanding disc being positioned with an attaching side of the sanding disc facing away from the top of the table;
aligning a hand sander with the sanding disc by pressing the hand sander against the at least two datum pegs such that corresponding datum notches in an outer perimeter of a sander pad of the hand sander each receive a corresponding one of the at least two datum pegs; and
sliding the hand sander toward the top of the table along the at least two datum pegs until the sanding pad is pressed against the attaching side of the sanding disc.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said aligning a hand sander comprises side-loading the hand sander into the application station in a direction non-parallel to the datum pegs.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Tool Tech By Van Dyke Llc
• Starcke Abrasives Usa Inc

Inventors

• Ryan Cheryl Ann
• Mudd Anthony
• Van Dyke Steven Ray
• Horn Jerry Douglas

Classifications

• Y10T29/49901

  Sequentially associating parts on stationary aligning means · CPC title

• B24B23/005 Primary

  Auxiliary devices used in connection with portable grinding machines, e.g. holders · CPC title

• B25H1/18

  in inclination · CPC title

• B25H1/12

  with storage compartments · CPC title

• Y10T29/53978

  including means to relatively position plural work parts · CPC title