Rolling Guide for Table Saw
AssigneesRobert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
InventorsEric Hendrickson, Juergen Wiker, Brian Taylor
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Abstract
A guide assembly in one embodiment includes at least one guide rigidly supported by a table saw, a bearing assembly including a first, a second, and a third bearing engaged with the at least one guide, and a fence base assembly supported by the bearing assembly, wherein the first and the second bearings are biased in a first direction with respect to the at least one guide and the third bearing is biased in a second direction with respect to the at least one guide, the second direction at least partially opposite to the first direction.
Claims20
A table saw guide assembly comprising:
- at least one guide rigidly supported by a table saw;
- a bearing assembly including a first, a second, and a third bearing engaged with the at least one guide;
- and
- a fence base assembly supported by the bearing assembly, wherein the first and the second bearings are biased in a first direction with respect to the at least one guide and the third bearing is biased in a second direction with respect to the at least one guide, the second direction at least partially opposite to the first direction.
A guide assembly comprising:
- a clamp bar fixedly positioned with respect to a table saw;
- a first spring plate releasably engageable with the clamp bar;
- and
- a cam lock configured to selectively bias the first spring plate toward a first side of the clamp bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.