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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2021
Festool Gmbh, Wendlingen am Neckar, DE;
Tobias Hoefer, Urbach, DE;
Festool GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Track saws with self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies and methods of operating self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies of track saws are disclosed herein. The track saws include a motor, an arbor, and a base plate. The base plate defines an arbor-facing side and an arbor-opposed side. The base plate includes a rib-receiving channel and a self-adjusting rib-guide assembly. The self-adjusting rib-guide assembly at least partially defines the rib-receiving channel and is configured to automatically accommodate a range of raised rib transverse widths. The methods include positioning a raised elongate rib of the track within a rib-receiving channel of a base plate of the track saw. During the positioning, the methods also include establishing a contact force between the raised elongate rib and the self-adjusting rib-guide assembly. Responsive to the contact force, the methods further include moving at least a portion of the self-adjusting rib-guide assembly relative to a remainder of the track saw.