Featherboard assembly
AssigneeJessem Tool Corporation
InventorDarrin E. Smith
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Abstract
A featherboard assembly for use with a work table. The featherboard assembly includes a featherboard having a body and an axis. The featherboard assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism associated with the featherboard for attaching the featherboard to the work table. The adjustment mechanism permits the featherboard to be adjusted on the table along a first axis and permits the featherboard to be adjusted along a second axis. The adjustment mechanism is capable of locking the featherboard against movement along the second axis while the featherboard is moved along the first axis and locking the featherboard against movement along the first axis while the featherboard is moved along the second axis.
Claims24
A featherboard assembly for use with a work table comprising:
- a featherboard having a body and an axis;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism associated with the featherboard for attaching the featherboard to the work table and permitting the featherboard to be adjusted on the table along a first, x-axis and permitting the featherboard to be adjusted along a second, y-axis, the adjustment mechanism being capable of locking the featherboard against movement along the y-axis while the featherboard is moved along the x-axis to a selected position of x-adjustment and locking the featherboard against movement along the x-axis while the featherboard is moved along the y-axis to a selected position of y-adjustment.
A method of adjusting a featherboard with respect to a work table, the featherboard including a body and an axis, the method comprising:
- attaching the featherboard to the work table and moving the featherboard along the table along a first axis;
- locking the featherboard against movement along the first axis;
- moving the featherboard along a second axis while the featherboard is locked against movement along the first axis;
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- locking the featherboard against movement along the second axis.
A featherboard assembly for use with a work table comprising:
- a first featherboard having a body and an axis;
- a second featherboard having a body and an axis;
- an adjustment mechanism associated with the first and second featherboards for attaching the featherboards to the work table and permitting the featherboards to be adjusted on the table along a first, x-axis and permitting the featherboards to be adjusted along a second, y-axis, the adjustment mechanism being capable of locking the featherboards against movement along the y-axis while the featherboards are moved along the x-axis to a position of x-adjustment and locking the featherboards against movement along the x-axis while the featherboards are moved along the y-axis to a position of y-adjustment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.