Patent ID: 8141802
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: B02C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An improvement to a machine with an infeed system that includes a feed table having a left side, and a right side generally perpendicular to the ground; a feed table surface generally parallel to the ground with an infeed edge; a lower feed stop bar positioned below and away from the feed table's infeed edge opposite the infeed direction; and an outfeed edge wherein the feed table is operatively pivotally attached to a machine frame at a feed table pivot axis, the improvement comprising: an extension of a machine frame with an aperture or pin located below and at an outfeed end of the feed table pivot axis and link arm that extends from the lower feed stop bar to the aperture or pin of the frame extension wherein the link arm includes a slot such that the lower feed stop bar is free to move when the feed table is in a lowered position, and the lower feed stop bar is locked when the feed table is in the raised position.