Attachment for a portable router
AssigneeRitter Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorAse J. Stornetta
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Abstract
A router dust hood has a sub base which attaches to the base plate of a router. A dust hood slides over the motor and is coupled to the sub base. The handles of the router are taken off and mounted on to the hood. A top rubber casing slides over the motor and is coupled to the top of the dust hood. A vacuum is coupled to the dust hood for the removal of chips and dust from the work area. The sub base raises the router off the work surface allowing more air volume around the router bit to aid in the quickened removal of dust and chips from the work area into the vacuum. The sub base is circularly designed, with an outer lip, allowing an operator to guide the router on a template.
Claims28
An attachment to a portable router, the portable router to be used in a work area and having a base, a motor, and a bit, the attachment comprising:
- a. a circular sub base coupled to said base of said portable router;
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- b. means for trapping and removing dust and wood particles from the portable router and the work area, the means for trapping and removing coupled to the base.
A pattern routing system to be used in a work area for cutting ornamental patterns into a piece of wood with a portable router, comprising:
- a. a circular sub base coupled to a base of said router;
- b. a template positioned around outer edges of a piece of wood for guiding the router around in a pattern, over the piece of wood, the template adapted for cooperatively interacting with the circular sub base;
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- c. means for trapping and removing dust and wood particles from the portable router and the work area, the means for trapping and removing coupled to the base.
A method for cutting a pattern into a piece of wood using a router, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. positioning a template around a piece of wood;
- b. coupling a circular sub base to a base of a router, the circular sub base adapted to cooperatively interact with the template;
- c. coupling a dust hood to the circular sub base and to the base of the router;
- d. creating a vacuum inside the dust hood for removing chips and dust from around a router bit;
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- e. guiding the router around the template using the sub base, to cut a pattern in the piece of wood.
A method for cutting a pattern into a piece of wood using a portable router, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. positioning a template around a piece of wood;
- b. coupling a circular sub base to a base of a portable router, the circular sub base adapted to cooperatively interact with the template;
- c. coupling a dust hood to the base of the router;
- d. creating a vacuum inside the dust hood for removing chips and dust from around a router bit;
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- e. guiding the router around the template using the sub base, to cut a pattern in the piece of wood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.