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US 6,126,529 AGranted
Belt sander stabilizer
OwnerThomas Heyerinventor
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Abstract
A belt sander stabilizer for keeps a sander body and the portion of the sander belt that makes contact with the surface being sanded level during operation. The belt sander includes a shield having an upper panel and a pair of lateral sides that downwardly extend from side edges of the upper panel. A pair of support arms are pivotally coupled to the lateral sides and are adapted for engaging a surface to be sanded.
Claims9
A sanding system, comprising in combination:
- a belt sander having a sanding belt and a shield having an upper panel and a pair of lateral sides downwardly extending from side edges of said upper panel;
- and
- a support arm pivotally coupled to each of said lateral sides of said shield and adapted for engaging a surface to be sanded.
A sanding system, comprising in combination:
- a belt sander having a sanding belt and a shield having an upper panel and a pair of lateral sides downwardly extending from side edges of said upper panel;
- a stabilizing device mounted to said belt sander, said stabilizing device comprising:
- a support arms pivotally coupled to each of said lateral sides of said shield and adapted for engaging a surface to be sanded, each of said support arms having an end, said end having a bore and a bolt through said bore, said bolt being coupled to one of said lateral sides of said shield such that said end of said support arms pivots freely around said bolt;
- each of said support arms having a roller coupled thereto adapted for rolling along a surface to be sanded;
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- wherein each of said rollers has a sealed bearing;
- a front portion of said upper panel curving downwardly;
- a front edge of each of said lateral sides tapering rearwardly from said front portion of said upper panel towards a bottom edge of said lateral side;
- a rear edge of each of said lateral sides tapering rearwardly from said upper panel towards said bottom edge of said lateral side;
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- said upper panel having a notch extending forwardly from a real edge thereof.
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