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AssigneePorter-Cable Corporation
InventorsDonald R. Bosten, James T. Stolzer, Randy G. Cooper, Waymon L. McNeal, Jr., Leslie J. Banduch
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Improvements made to a router a relate to a switchable router brake system. The switchable brake system permits a motor brake to be selectably engaged to operate when the router motor is turned off. When engaged, the motor brake, which comprises a brake resistor being placed electrically across the motor windings, causes the router motor to stop rotating almost immediately. This feature, however, is not always desired; the switchable brake system permits the operator to engage the use of the brake only when desired, thus providing the option to selectively eliminate jerking caused electric brake torque induced in the router when the brake engages.
A router having a motor brake system for use with a plunge router, the router comprising:
A router having a motor brake system for use with a plunge router, the router comprising:
A motor brake system for use with a router having a router motor, a router base, a motor housing configured for containing the router motor to support the router motor above the router base, and a first router handle coupled to the motor housing, the motor brake system comprising a selectably engagable motor brake.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.