Patent ID: 6585018
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B23Q,B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
A guide for directing a power driven shaping tool adapted to carry a tool head in a predetermined position, for movement along a linear axis of movement, comprising:a first plate having first and second opposite faces positioned parallel to the linear axis of movement; means for, in use, connecting a shaping tool to the first side of the first plate in a predetermined position from which a tool head carried by the shaping tool can be extended to a predetermined tool head position beyond the second side of the first plate; means for guiding movement of the first plate along the linear axis of movement, selected from the group consisting of: (1) a longitudinally elongated channel follower positioned parallel to the linear axis of movement, aligned with the predetermined tool head position, and extending from the second face of the first plate; (2) a plurality of juxtaposed guiding members joined in a linearly extendable series by pivot means operable on parallel axes, interconnecting said guiding members, wherein said guiding members are moveable along the axis of movement between a folded position and an extended position, and wherein a guiding member on a leading end of the linear series is pivotally joined to said first plate, and a guiding member located on a trailing end of the linear series carries a means for anchoring the trailing member, in use, to an external surface; and (3) the combination thereof; whereby the means for guiding movement of the first plate directs the first plate in movement along the linear axis of movement.