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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 1994

Filed:

Sep. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:

Richard S Woods, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);

Assignee:

Empire Level Mfg. Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27F / ; B27G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1441 / ; 33197 ; 33562 ; 144 27 ; 1441 / ;
Abstract

A router template for use in conjunction with a milling tool to create mortises of predetermined size and spacing in an underlying work surface, such as a door edge and door jamb, for butt hinges, a strike plate, and a latch plate. A plurality of router template bodies having template inserts will accommodate strike plates, latch plates, a variety of hinge sizes, and the typical thickness of these hardware work pieces. The router template bodies may be used in conjunction with a guide bar to provide typical positioning for the hinges along the door edge and jamb. This tool may be used with minimal adjustment.


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