Patent · US Expired

Pressure foot for machine tool

US4514122A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 1982
Grant dateApr 30, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 30, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/307056
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved pressure foot contact assembly comprising a small number of plastic parts provided to replace a more complex and expensive contact assembly employed in a prior art pressure foot for a routing machine. In the preferred embodiment, a slotted cylindrical plastic member forms a spring biasing means which has a larger life and replaces numerous more expensive parts of the prior art structure.

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