Router accessory
OwnerEdward V. Welliverinventor
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Abstract
An accessory for an electric router which facilitates edging, trimming, groove cutting, and the like, on small workpieces. The accessory features a two tier construction, the workpiece being positioned on a work table pivotally mounted to the lower tier, while the router is vertically mounted on the upper tier. The upper tier is vertically movable with respect to the lower tier to accommodate the workpiece therebetween. The upper tier comprises a pair of parallel guide rails along which the router may be slidably moved through the workpiece. In an alternate mode of operation, the router may be securely clamped to the guide rails and the workpiece pushed along the work table through the router bit by a safety tool.
Claims20
An accessory for an electric router, which comprises:
- first means for supporting a workpiece to be cut by said router;
- second means for supporting said router and positioned over said first means;
- means for adjusting the height of said second means relative to said first means;
- wherein said first means includes an elongated support member, said second means includes guide rail means and said height adjusting means includes means for maintaining said guide rail means substantially parallel to said elongated support member at all heights thereof;
- wherein said height adjusting means further includes means for limiting the height to which said guide rail means may be lowered with respect to said elongated support member;
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- wherein said height limiting means comprises a stop member coupled to and extending below said guide rail means a distance corresponding to the desired height limit.
An accessory for an electric router, which comprises:
- first means for supporting a workpiece to be cut by said router;
- second means for supporting said router and positioned over said first means;
- means for adjusting the height of said second means relative to said first means;
- wherein said first means comprises a support member and table means pivotally mounted to said support member for rotation thereof in a substantially horizontal plane;
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- wherein said table means includes a substantially planar upper surface upon which said workpiece is adapted to be placed and slotted means formed therein for receiving safety means adapted to manually push said workpiece across said surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.