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Adjustable protective hood for a rotary tool

US3969856A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 20, 1974
Grant dateJul 20, 1976
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Expiry dateSep 20, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/7734
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hood for a rotary tool, such as a grinding wheel on a saw or the like, in which the hood is rotatable about the axis of the tool and is spring clamped in adjusted rotary positions. A lever pivoted to the hood has a neutral position in which the clamp is effective for clamping the hood while the lever is moveable in either direction from the neutral position thereof for unclamping the hood while simultaneously adjusting the hood in the same direction.

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