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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 17, 2004
Rockne Wade Behne, Jackson, TN (US);
Todd Chipner, Jackson, TN (US);
Jaime Garcia, Jackson, TN (US);
John Charles Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Brent Edward Stafford, McLemoresville, TN (US);
Zhilong Zhang, Collierville, TN (US);
Rockne Wade Behne, Jackson, TN (US);
Todd Chipner, Jackson, TN (US);
Jaime Garcia, Jackson, TN (US);
John Charles Smith, Jackson, TN (US);
Brent Edward Stafford, McLemoresville, TN (US);
Zhilong Zhang, Collierville, TN (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
An improved table having improvements related to stock support, such as a rip fence stock support, as well as a lateral-table support system; features of laterally-slideable front and back rip fence guide rails, including an improved front rail configuration, an improved rear rail configuration, and an especially-configured front and back rail combination, including a rail configuration having cross-sectional aspects configured for use as both the front and rear rail, each instance of improved rail configuration providing the basis for an improved rip-fence locking system; improved sliding-rail lock shoes, including lock shoes that comprise an improved cross section for sliding in T-track, as well as lock and support shoes having a particular raised rib, also for improved sliding in a laterally-adjustable rail system, and a system wherein of one two rail shoes per rail, a rail-locking support shoe, is configured for biasing, and wherein the other shoe for each rail, a rail supporting shoe, remains fixed; front and back laterally-sliding fence rails coupled together in combination with an improved locking system; and a blade guard with quick-coupling and quick-release configuration for quickly and easily coupling and releasing the guard to and from the blade arbor.