Patent ID: 6305089
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B23D,B27B

Abstract:
A cutting guide for use in connection with a cutting device having a blade, said cutting guide comprising:a bracket for retaining said cutting guide against said cutting device, said bracket having an adjustment slot and a cylindrical bore, the cylindrical bore being counter-bored for receiving a retaining bolt extending from said cutting device;a sled-shaped base connected to said bracket having first and second ends, the first end having an upward curved lip, the second end having two upward curved lips defining a bell-shaped slot serving as a blade guide, said slot allowing the blade of the cutting device to pass through said base;an ankle having top surface, a bottom surface, a front wall and a back wall, the top surface of said ankle having a butterfly-shaped blind retaining recess, the bottom surface having a plurality of rollers rotatably retained within a plurality of recesses on the bottom surface of said ankle, the front wall having a blade receiving and aligning slot extending to approximately the center of said ankle; andan inverted T-shaped flexure having an elongated rectangular flange upper portion, an elongated rectangular plate middle portion and a block flange lower portion, the upper portion extending into the adjustment slot of said bracket, the upper portion having a dynamic range slot for varying the height of said flexure within the adjustment slot of said bracket, the middle portion having front and back sides, the front side of the middle portion being beveled, the back side of the middle portion being flat, the lower portion extending within the blind retaining recess of said ankle, said flexure connecting said base to said ankle at a predetermined distance between said ankle and said base.