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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:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis C. Peterson, Spooner, WI (US);
Assignee:
Nesson Enterprises, River Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/500 ; B23B 4/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 3/500 ; B23B 4/502 ;
Abstract
A system for aligning the bit of a hand-held tool with the surface of a workpiece wherein a laser beam essentially parallel to the axis of the bit is projected forwardly toward the workpiece and onto a mirror maintained at a preselected angle to the workpiece surface. The incident beam is reflected backwardly onto means detecting both the incident beam and the reflected beam and indicating when the beams are coincident.