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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Ernest Fischer, Skokie, IL (US);
Brady J. Groth, Chicago, IL (US);
Ernest Fischer, Skokie, IL (US);
Brady J. Groth, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A power tool includes a work-piece support surface, a swing arm assembly movable along a swing path between a first swing arm position whereat a portion of a shaping device supported by the swing arm assembly extends above the work-piece support surface and a second swing arm position whereat the portion of the shaping device does not extend above the work-piece support surface, a latch pin movable between a first position whereat the latch pin is engaged with the swing arm assembly and a second position whereat the latch is not engaged with the swing arm assembly, a pressure operated actuator configured to force the latch pin from the first position to the second position and to force the swing arm assembly away from the first swing arm position and toward the second swing arm position, and a control system configured to actuate the actuator.