Patent ID: 11931812
Assignee: nan
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. An auto-adjusting pocket hole jig docking station, comprising:
a housing including a housing body, and a cover portion received by the housing body;
an adjustment mechanism reciprocally carried by the housing, the adjustment mechanism including a guide block gear rack and a plunger gear rack moveable between a raised position and a lowered position;
the plunger gear rack carried by the body and reciprocally movable between the raised position and the lowered position, relative the body as controlled by the thickness of a workpiece;
the guide block gear rack carried by the body and reciprocally movable between the raised position and the lowered position, relative the body; and
a double pinion gear rotatably carried by the housing, the double pinion gear including a first gear in meshing engagement with the plunger gear rack and a second gear in meshing engagement with the guide block gear rack, the first gear and the second gear of the double pinion gear having a rotational ratio therebetween;
wherein movement of the plunger gear rack moves the guide block gear rack a distance proportional to the rotational ratio; and
a depth stop member coupled to the body and movable between a retracted position and an extended position in response to movement of the guide block gear rack.