Tool suspension system
Patent 4300863 Issued on November 17, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: 
August 21, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
August 21, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorApplicationNo. 06/180119 filed on 08/21/1980US Classes:409/109, Including cross-slide tool carrier409/103, Including cutter and tracer fixed to move laterally together409/93, Duplicating means409/97With means to support templet above or under workExaminersPrimary: Briggs, William R.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB23Q 35/10 (20060101)B23Q 35/00 (20060101) B24B 17/00 (20060101) B24B 17/02 (20060101) B44B 3/00 (20060101) AbstractA system for suspending a tool for horizontal movement with respect to a workpiece, wherein a carriage carrying said tool is slidably carried on a set of parallel rails, which are in turn slidably carried by a second set of parallel rails at right angles to the first set of rails, to allow motion of the tool along any path in a horizontal plane. The tool suspension system is disclosed in a sign cutting apparatus wherein a template and workpiece are mounted on a work table and the carriage includes a stylus for tracing a pattern on the template to be reproduced in the workpiece by movement of the tool utilizing the suspension system, which is independent of the work table. | |
