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Article: Tennessee Inventors Develop Router Bit System
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 9, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 9 -- Alan Phillips and John W. Schnell, both of Jackson, Tenn., have developed a router bit system.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A router bit system includes a bit (or bits) and a bit holding assembly for attaching the bit to the drive shaft of a router without the use of additional hand tools. The bit holding assembly, which is attached to the drive shaft of the router, includes a chuck having a bore for receiving a shank of the bit. A collar for engaging and releasing the bit from the bit holding assembly slides between a first position for engaging the bit and a second position for releasing the bit. The collar is biased to the first ...