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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:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Mingjun Xie, Tipp City, OH (US);
Assignee:
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83820 ; 83546 ; 83829 ;
Abstract
A guide assembly for receiving a guide bar of a band saw, includes a sleeve-shaped member having first and second ends. A first insert member is positioned within the sleeve-shaped member. An outer peripheral surface portion of the insert member forms a first guide bar receiving channel with an inner peripheral surface portion of the sleeve-shaped member. A second insert member may also be provided to form a second guide bar receiving channel which aligns with the first guide bar receiving channel. Said insert members may also include at least one exposed end having a peripheral lip which overlaps the respective end of the sleeve-shaped member.