Patent ID: 8366091
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: B23Q

Abstract:
1. An automatic stop gauge for positioning a workpiece along a workpiece support surface of a tool setup to position the workpiece relative to a working member of the tool for engagement of the workpiece thereby at predetermined positions along the workpiece, the stop gauge comprising: a rail extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged for coupling to the workpiece support surface; a series of holes extending through the rail in a transverse direction oriented downwardly cross-wise to the longitudinal direction, the holes in the series having predetermined spacing between adjacent holes along the longitudinal direction; and a set of pins configured to be received within different ones of said holes in a free sliding condition in which each pin is freely slidable along the hole between a stop position in which a lower end of the pin projects outwardly from the rail and a retracted position in which the pin does not project outwardly from the rail; wherein the downward direction of the holes gravitationally biases each pin into the stop position when situated in the free sliding condition in one of the holes.