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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6622762 | Electric hand tool with function-enhancing accessories The invention relates to an electric hand tool (6) with an electric motor contained in a housing, which drives a chip-removing tool (8). The mounting section (14) of a mounting rail (1) is mounted in a detent locking fashion onto the mounting base (3) of ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6523269 | Apparatus and method for routing radii and drawing full-scale layouts An apparatus and method for routing radii and for producing full-scale layouts is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a guide of smaller radius than the work, a carriage adapted to trace the guide, and a trammel adjustably extending from the carriage. Th... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6378580 | Arch cutting jig apparatus A jig apparatus that allows one to cut arches in a work piece quickly and efficiently. It is comprised of a bar that has sliding adjustable clamps that secure a cable which go around pulleys on a router or other cutting device that when the cable is pulle... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5347721 | Method and device for drawing curved lines A drafting tool for drawing a circle or curved arc has interlocked, independently rotatable concentric rings. The rings have radially extending openings that can be aligned to form a radial track. A carriage for carrying a pencil or other marking element ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5333389 | Letter guide apparatus A board member including a plurality of linear and arcuate tracks are provided, with each of the tracks including respective openings directed therethrough extending from the board top through bottom walls to permit the execution of lettering by the board... | 08/02/1994 |
| 4911214 | Universal router trammel The present invention relates to a router trammel including several attachments and features which allow the user to operate a router to accurately and reproducibly create different designs and cuts on a piece of wood. The inventive device includes an adj... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4878409 | Circular mat cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting circular arcs or holes in a picture mat includes a flat base upon which the mat rests and a platform provided above the base . A disc member is suitably mounted for rotation adjacent the platform about a center axis. A crank mecha... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4685496 | Accessory tool for hand routers A woodworking router accessory tool having a rectangular router base member having rollers in the bottomfor easy rolling against a straight edge for linear cutting. An adjustable length radius bar attaches to the base member for circle cutting, and longit... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4683836 | Airbrush guidance system A novel and improved airbrush support and guidance apparatus which permits an airbrush to be held at a uniform standoff distance and at a preselected orientation with respect to a workpiece surface while traversing the workpiece surface in a preselected p... | 08/04/1987 |
