Patent ID: 7484915
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A router comprising: a motor housing; a motor provided in the motor housing for turning a cutting tool; a base for engaging a workpiece, wherein the base includes an aperture for allowing the cutting tool to pass therethrough to engage the workpiece; and a plurality of support columns mounted to said base for allowing the motor housing to move relative to the base in a direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the cutting tool, wherein said plurality of support columns are spaced apart in a direction transverse to said rotational axis, and said motor housing has first and second terminal ends spaced apart in a direction parallel to said rotational axis, and is connected to said plurality of spaced apart support columns by a plurality of support members, and said plurality of support members are spaced apart in a direction parallel to said rotational axis such that a first support member of said plurality of support members at least partly surrounds said plurality of support columns and is located proximate the first terminal end and a second support member of said plurality of support members at least partly surrounds said plurality of support columns and is located proximate the second terminal end.