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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Donald Robert Bosten, Jackson, TN (US);
John Robert Kriaski, Jackson, TN (US);
Randy Glen Cooper, Milan, TN (US);
John Charles Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Porter-Cable Corporation, Jackson, TN (US);
Abstract
An in-line sander comprising a sander body which houses a motor coupled to an in-line oscillating mechanism. The in-line oscillating mechanism is adapted and configured to move a sanding pad in a linear oscillating motion. A corner or detail pad has a substantially flat lower surface and a substantially pointed front portion bounded laterally by two substantially-linear corner-sanding edges having an included angle of less than 90 degrees. A forward end of this substantially pointed front portion of the preferred corner or detail pad protrudes ahead of a front end of the sander body throughout the linear oscillating motion of the pad. The front portion of the preferred corner or detail pad has particular application for sanding into corners of a carcass.