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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2009
Jay A. Goddard, Easley, SC (US);
Randy Mcdonald, Sussex, WI (US);
Dale Borchardt, Wind Lake, WI (US);
Troy Thorson, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jeffrey Hessenberger, Neosho, WI (US);
Christopher Berg, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey Holly, West Bend, WI (US);
Jay A. Goddard, Easley, SC (US);
Randy McDonald, Sussex, WI (US);
Dale Borchardt, Wind Lake, WI (US);
Troy Thorson, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jeffrey Hessenberger, Neosho, WI (US);
Christopher Berg, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey Holly, West Bend, WI (US);
Techtronic Power Tools Technology Limited, Tortola, VG;
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A router includes a base, a motor housing supported by the base for movement along a first axis, and an adjustment mechanism having a shaft, with a thread portion, connected to the motor housing for rotation about a second axis. The adjustment mechanism also includes a unitarily formed lock mechanism supported by the base. The lock mechanism includes a thread-engaging member that, when engaged with the thread portion, causes small changes to the position of the housing relative to the base in response to rotation of the shaft. The lock mechanism is movable between an engaged position, in which the thread-engaging member engages the thread portion, and a disengaged position, in which the thread-engaging member disengages the thread portion and the housing is freely movable relative to the base to provide course adjustment of the position of the housing relative to the base.