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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Spencer B. Dick, Portland, OR (US);
Stuart Aldrich, Portland, OR (US);
David A. Morgan, Portland, OR (US);
Spencer B. Dick, Portland, OR (US);
Stuart Aldrich, Portland, OR (US);
David A. Morgan, Portland, OR (US);
Frecision Automation, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
A material handling system for a table saw that controls the orientation and speed of material as it moves through the system. The material handling system includes an idler device having upper and lower support surfaces configured to maintain a piece of processed material in the processing path until it substantially passes the upper support surface. The material handling system includes a ramp configured to deliver a piece of processed material from the processing path to a return conveyor.