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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Broadview, IL (US);
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Ruben Reinwald, Schwaigern, DE;
David Pozgay, Wilmette, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A plunge base for a power tool includes a base plate having a generally flat bottom surface and defining an opening through which a router bit of a router supported by the plunge base extends to engage a workpiece. A carriage support extends vertically upward from the base plate on one side of the opening. A router carriage is slidably retained on the carriage support. The router carriage is slidable toward and away from the base plate between a first position and a second position and is configured to releasably secure a router thereto the router aligned with the opening in the base. A plunge lock mechanism is configured to retain the router carriage at any position between and including the first position and the second position in relation to the carriage support.