Patent ID: 8840098
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
1. A portable workpiece stopping device for mounting on a work surface at a prescribed distance in a longitudinal orientation from a primary tool, the device comprising: a base member having an underside which defines a mounting plane and includes a plurality of fastener openings spaced apart one from the other in a direction of the mounting plane and arranged to receive fasteners therethrough for attaching the base member to the work surface; a stop member defining a stop face thereon; an operating mechanism including an intermediate body supporting the stop member on the base member such that the stop member is movable relative to the base member in a prescribed direction of the operating mechanism between an obstructing position, in which the stop face of the stop member is oriented perpendicular to said longitudinal orientation and is arranged to be positioned for engagement with an end of a workpiece, and a non-obstructing position in which access of the workpiece to the primary tool is substantially unobstructed by the stop member; the operating mechanism including an action stop which prevents movement of the stop member relative to the base member beyond the obstructing position in the prescribed direction from the non-obstructing position to the obstructing position; an adjustment mechanism coupling the intermediate body of the operating mechanism to one of the base member or the stop member; the adjustment mechanism including a clamping member operable between a moveable position in which relative adjustment in a horizontal plane is permitted between the intermediate body of the operating mechanism and said one of the base member or the stop member and a clamped position in which the intermediate body is fixed to said one of the base member or the stop member; the operating mechanism being operable to displace the stop member from the obstructing position to the non-obstructing position in the clamped position of the adjustment mechanism; and a support shelf defining an upper supporting surface arranged to support a workpiece thereon, the support shelf being configured relative to the base member for upward/downward sliding movement so as to be heightwise adjustable relative to the base member when in the obstructing position.