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US 6,050,759 AGranted
Depth of cut mechanism
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorDaniel Bone
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Abstract
A hand held router (2) includes a rotatable member (22) having screwthread engagement with the housing (4) of the router (2). Rotation of the rotatable member (22) causes adjustment of the depth of cut of the router bit (18) protruding through the rotatable member (22). A releasable detent means (30) engages with latching members (28) in the rotatable member (22) thereby to enable locking of the depth of cut mechanism.
Claims11
A depth-of-cut mechanism for a power tool including a housing, comprising:
- a rotatable member having a screwthread for engagement with a corresponding screwthread on a power tool housing;
- a plurality of latch members formed around the periphery of the rotatable member and a releasable detent means for engaging with the latch members, the releasable detent means being biased towards a first position for engagement with the latching members thereby to prevent rotation of the rotatable member and movable towards a second position wherein the rotatable member is free to rotate;
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- wherein rotation of the rotatable member relative to the power tool enables adjustment of the depth of cut of the power tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.