Patent ID: 11938579
Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A machine tool table comprising:
a table with a top surface;
a fence selectively engageable with the table, said fence being rectangular in cross section and including:
a top and a bottom opposed to the top;
a first side and a second side extending between the top and the bottom, wherein the second side is opposed to the first side;
a first end and a second end extending between the first side and the second side, wherein the second end is opposed to the first end;

a hollow interior bounded and defined by the top, the bottom, the first side, the second side, the first end, and the second end of the fence;
a first opening to the hollow interior defined in the fence;
a second opening to the hollow interior defined in the fence remote from the first opening;
a vacuum port operatively engaged with the fence proximate the second opening, wherein the vacuum port is adapted to be connected to a remote vacuum assembly;
wherein the hollow interior of the fence is adapted to receive dust and debris from the top surface of the table via the first opening; and
wherein the vacuum port is adapted to receive the dust and debris from the hollow interior via the second opening and to direct the dust and debris to the remote vacuum assembly.