Patent · US Expired

Safety stop for woodworking machines

US4768571A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 3, 1986
Grant dateSep 6, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 3, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23Q3/005
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A safety stop for woodworking machines, particularly milling machines, having a first stop plate and a second stop plate (10, 12) which are arranged in a common plane on both sides of the tool (14) and leave between them a slot (16) for the passage of the tool (14), and having stop bars (32) which extend parallel to each other and span the slot (16); in order to provide a work unit which is formed of parts which cannot be lost and which is adapted to be placed in readiness for operation without tools, the stop bars (32) are so integrated in the first stop plate (10) that they can be introduced from grooves (30) incorporated in said stop plate into grooves (30) in the second stop plate (12).

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