Patent ID: 7730914

Claim:
A feeding mechanism adapted for use with a woodworking machine, the woodworking machine including a worktable that is disposed for supporting a workpiece thereon and that has a workpiece feeding side and a workpiece discharge side opposite to the workpiece feeding side, and a cutter that is provided on the worktable between the workpiece feeding side and the workpiece discharge side, said feeding mechanism comprising: a rail unit adapted to be disposed on the workpiece feeding side and the workpiece discharge side of the worktable and extending along a first direction; a feeding unit including a slidable body that is adapted to extend across the worktable in a second direction transverse to the first direction, that is disposed slidably on said rail unit, and that has an abutment surface adapted to be perpendicular to the worktable and extending in the second direction, two rollers that are disposed on said slidable body and that are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, a belt component that is trained on said rollers and that abuts against said abutment surface of said slidable body, and a driving component that is disposed for driving said rollers to rotate along with said belt component; and a press roller unit adapted to extend slidably across the worktable in the second direction and including a slidable seat that is disposed slidably on said rail unit, a press roller that is connected pivotally to said slidable seat, and a resilient component that is adapted for biasing said press roller to press the workpiece against said feeding unit.