Featherboard assembly
AssigneeJessem Tool Corporation
InventorDarrin E. Smith
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Abstract
A featherboard assembly for use with a work table. The featherboard assembly includes a featherboard having a body and an axis. The featherboard assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism associated with the featherboard for attaching the featherboard to the work table. The adjustment mechanism permits the featherboard to be adjusted on the table along a first axis and permits the featherboard to be adjusted along a second axis. The adjustment mechanism is capable of locking the featherboard against movement along the second axis while the featherboard is moved along the first axis and locking the featherboard against movement along the first axis while the featherboard is moved along the second axis.
Claims14
A featherboard assembly for use with a work table comprising:
- a featherboard having a body and an axis;
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- an adjustment mechanism associated with the featherboard for attaching the featherboard to the work table and permitting the featherboard to be adjusted on the table along a first, x-axis and permitting the featherboard to be adjusted along a second, y-axis, the adjustment mechanism comprising a guide separate from the body of the featherboard and separate from fingers of the featherboard for guiding movement of the body of the featherboard relative to the guide, a first locking element locking the body of the featherboard against movement relative to the guide along the y-axis but not locking the body of the featherboard against movement with the guide along the x-axis thus permitting the body of the featherboard to be moved on the table along the x-axis to a selected position of x-adjustment, and a second locking element locking the body of the featherboard against movement with the guide along the x-axis but not locking the body of the featherboard against movement relative to the guide along the y-axis thus permitting the body of the featherboard to be moved on the table along the y-axis to a selected position of y-adjustment.
A method of adjusting a featherboard assembly with respect to a work table, the featherboard assembly including a featherboard having a body, a guide separate from the featherboard, and an axis, the method comprising:
- attaching the featherboard assembly to the work table and moving the featherboard body along the table along a first axis;
- locking the featherboard body against movement along the first axis with a first locking element;
- moving the featherboard body relative to the guide along a second axis while the featherboard body is locked against movement along the first axis by the first locking element, the guide being separate from fingers of the featherboard;
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- locking the featherboard body against movement along the second axis with a second locking element, the first locking element not locking the featherboard body against movement along the second axis and the second locking element not locking the featherboard body against movement along the first axis.
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