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US 5,058,474 AGranted
Height adjustment means for biasing wheel
OwnerGerardo Herrerainventor
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Abstract
An improved biasing guide for safely controlling a workpiece disposed on the deck of a machine tool by urging it toward a stationary frame, wherein the height of the elongated arm and bias wheel is easily controlled by a minutely adjustable cam mechanism which is movable against a preset spring tension.
Claims6
An improved biasing guide for safely controlling a work piece disposed on a deck of a machine tool by urging it toward a stationary fence, said biasing guide including a bias wheel disposed at one end of an elongated arm:
- a housing having parallel vertical walls, and including means for pivotally mounting said elongated arm between the walls intermediate the ends of said arm;
- means for adjusting the initial height of the bias wheel to conform to the height of the work piece, said adjustment means comprising a cam disposed in the housing so as to be movable fore and aft along a path between said parallel vertical walls:
- said cam having a camming surface thereon:
- a cam follower disposed intermediate the bias wheel and said pivot means, and depending from said elongated arm so as to be in the path of said cam for contact with said camming surface;
- and means connected to said cam and protruding from said housing for moving said cam fore and aft such that said cam follower is moved by said camming surface in an arc about said pivot means thereby adjusting the initial height of said bias wheel.
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