CUTTING ATTACHMENT WITH A REMOVABLE COVER FOR ROTARY HAND TOOLS

摘要

Embodiments of an accessory attachment (20) for a rotary power hand tool (20) are disclosed wherein the hand tool (10) is of the type which has a tool housing (12) with a preferably cylindrical nose portion (14), a motor having a motor drive shaft (26) with a mounting coupling extending forwardly from the nose portion for receiving a drive shaft, the attachment including a housing (22) having a first end portion configured to be mounted to the tool housing nose portion (14) and an input shaft (36) for coupling to the motor drive shaft, and having an enlarged second end portion oriented at a right angle relative to the first end portion and also having an output shaft (28) coupled to the input shaft (36) at a preferably right angle relative thereto, a rotary cutting wheel (30) mounted to the output shaft (28) and substantially disposed within the enlarged second end portion, excepting an exposed portion of the rotary cutting wheel (30) for engaging a work surface.