Automated rip fence for router table
OwnerTimothy Owensinventor
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Abstract
An automated fence for being installed on a router table and including a plate for being fixed to a top surface of the table and a carriage movable relative to the plate, the carriage including spaced brackets, a fence, spaced rods interconnecting the brackets, the rods being slidable within bearing sleeves attached to the plate, a threaded rod attached to a motor for driving rotation of the threaded rod and the threaded rod being received within an internally threaded opening of a bracket fixed to the plate, a housing and a controller for actuating the motor.
Claims20
An automated fence for being installed on a router table, comprising:
- (a) a plate configured to be fixed to a top surface of a router table;
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- (b) a carriage horizontally movable relative to the plate, the carriage comprising:
- (i) spaced first and second brackets, the first bracket having a fence attached thereto and the second bracket supporting a motor;
- (ii) spaced first and second rods interconnecting the first and second brackets, the first and second rods slidable within bearing sleeves attached to the plate;
- (iii) a threaded rod attached to the motor through the second bracket, the motor driving rotation of the threaded rod and the threaded rod being received within an internally threaded opening of a third bracket fixed to the plate;
- (iv) a housing covering a top and sides of the carriage;
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- (v) a controller for actuating the motor.
The automated fence of claim 5, further comprising a chute positioned adjacent the opening through the housing for directing dust and vacuum.
An automated fence for being installed on a router table, comprising:
- (a) a plate configured to be fixed to a top surface of a router table;
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- (b) a carriage movable relative to the plate, the carriage comprising:
- (i) a bracket supporting a motor;
- (ii) a fence spaced apart from the bracket;
- (ii) spaced first and second rods interconnecting the bracket and the fence, the first and second rods slidable within bearing sleeves attached to the plate;
- (iii) a threaded rod attached to the motor through the bracket, the motor driving rotation of the threaded rod and the threaded rod being received within an internally threaded opening of a bracket fixed to the plate;
- (iv) a housing covering the threaded rod and first and second rods;
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- (v) a controller for actuating the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.