Patent ID: 11931815
Assignee: WF MEYERS COMPANY INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A guide bar system comprising:
a guide bar having a height extending from a bottom edge to a top edge of the guide bar, a width extending from a first side to a second side of the guide bar, and a length extending from a first end section to a second end section of the guide bar and having a central section between said first end section and said second end section;
a bottom channel defined in said guide bar, wherein said bottom channel is adjacent to the bottom edge of said guide bar and extends along at least a portion of the length of the guide bar;
a first upper fluid channel defined in the first side of said guide bar, wherein a fluid entrance to said first upper fluid channel is located in said first end section of said guide bar, and wherein said first upper fluid channel extends to said central section of said guide bar;
a second upper fluid channel defined in the first or second side of said guide bar, wherein a fluid entrance to said second upper fluid channel is located in said second end section of said guide bar, and wherein said second upper fluid channel extends to said central section of said guide bar;
a first upper fluid channel cap positioned over the first upper fluid channel and closing said first upper fluid channel to the first side of the guide bar along a length thereof;
wherein the first upper fluid channel cap has at least a portion positioned laterally inward of the first side of the guide bar; and
wherein said first upper fluid channel and said second upper fluid channel are in fluid communication with said bottom channel.