Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
APPARATUS FOR REMOVING DEBRIS AND PARTICULATE MATTER FROM AUTOMOTIVE BODIES

Abstract:

A vacuum attachment attached to a distal end of a vacuum hose of a vacuum cleaning apparatus in a manufacturing environment includes a deck that extends outward from a central opening. The deck includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a neck extending from the top surface about the central opening, the distal end of the vacuum hose being attached to the neck. The bottom surface engages with a work piece from which debris and particulate matter is to be removed that features a plurality of spacing elements extending from the bottom surface of the deck and a stopper disposed in the central opening and neck of the deck. The stopper include a base portion received in the central opening of the deck, and an opening through which debris and particulate matter is capable of being received into the vacuum hose.