ROUTER APPARATUS

• Main Authors: Firth, Robert, Linton, Andrew
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.12.2019
• Subjects: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOTPARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING, DRILLING, MILLING, TURNING OR UNIVERSAL MACHINES FORWOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A power tool including a housing mounted to be moveable with respect to, and spaced from, a base, said housing including a motor to rotate a shaft which includes, at its free end, a tool holder for a tool, said shaft extending from the housing such that the tool holder is located at or adjacent to the base and can pass through an aperture in said base, said housing connected to the base by one or more support assemblies, and a sleeve provided to be positioned on the base and form therein an area in which the said tool and aperture in the base are located when performing work on a workpiece. Dust extraction apparatus can be connected and the base can be selectively provided with guide means and also includes attachment means to allow the power tool to be selectively located with a worksurface or a guide plate.