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A pad sander skirt which flares out over the periphery of the sanding pad and which is coupled to a lower housing so that it swivels about the body of the sander. The skirt and lower housing can be selectively swivelled in a rotational manner to a position desired by the user. A further sander impro

A pad sander skirt which flares out over the periphery of the sanding pad and which is coupled to a lower housing so that it swivels about the body of the sander. The skirt and lower housing can be selectively swivelled in a rotational manner to a position desired by the user. A further sander improvement disclosed relates to the protection of a user's hand. Palm-grip random orbit sanders are sometimes configured so that the sanding pad may begin spinning at high speed when the sander is lifted off of the work. To this end, the present application discloses a protective skirt which flares out over the periphery of the pad in a palm-grip random orbit sander. Also disclosed is an improved dust collection system comprising a filter housing formed of a rigid porous material for entrapping dust.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A palm grip random orbit sander comprising:a sander body, a pad for supporting sandpaper, a motor housed by the sander body, and a random orbit coupler system which couples the motor to the pad to impart a random orbit sanding motion to the pad, the sander body being size

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A palm grip random orbit sander comprising:a sander body, a pad for supporting sandpaper, a motor housed by the sander body, and a random orbit coupler system which couples the motor to the pad to impart a random orbit sanding motion to the pad, the sander body being sized for a palm grip on a top of the sander body;a lower housing coupled to the sander body, the lower housing being arranged and configured to swivel relative to the sander body; anda dust collector coupled to the lower housing, wherein a user can adjust a rotational orientation of the dust collector relative to the sander body by manually swiveling the lower housing relative to the sander body.