Patent · US Expired

Portable electric router

US5265657A · kind A · utility

42Cited by
5References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1993
Grant dateNov 30, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/306608
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable electric router having a housing supporting within it a motor on whose shaft is fixed a chuck for fixing in place a rotary cutting bit. A base is provided for fixing an axial position of the housing. A guide plate having a guide surface in contact with the workpiece is fixed to the base for guiding the rotary cutting bit over the workpiece. Further, a radially protruding handle is fixed to the base for slidingly moving the guide plate. The guide plate has an extension section extending immediately below the handle and whose bottom surface is flush with the guide surface. Alternatively, a bottom surface of the handle is flush with the guide surface.

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