Patent · US Expired

Routing machine

US5273089A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 1992
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

A routing machine has a motor housing with a lower side having a tool receptacle for a milling tool, a foot plate adapted to be placed on a workpiece, guiding columns extending perpendicularly relative to the foot plate, the motor housing being arranged displaceably on the guiding columns parallel to an axis of the milling tool, a clamping sleeve having a clamping screw and releasably fixing the motor housing on at least one of the guiding columns, at least one spring supporting the motor housing on the foot plate, an adjusting member axially displaceable relative to the clamping sleeve over a thread and supports a weight of the motor housing. The spring has an upper end abutting against the adjusting member. The motor housing is supported relative to the adjusting member on bearings and is fixed in an axial direction of the guiding column at both sides.

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