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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L Morrison, Shreveport, LA (US);
Assignee:
WCI Outdoor Products, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D / ; B27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30387 ; 30383 ;
Abstract
A guide bar coding system which permits a user to easily and correctly match a saw chain to a saw guide bar. The guide bar has a laminate or multi-layer structure, and includes a recessed surface that is colored or painted to define guide bar indicia which is indicative of characteristics of the guide bar. Replacement saw chains have saw chain indicia which indicate characteristics of the saw chain. A user selects an appropriate replacement saw chain by matching the saw chain indicia to the guide bar indicia.