Gregory Martin Poole

US Patent:

7640676, Jan 5, 2010

Filed:

Oct 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/544393

Inventors:

Gregory Scott Poole - Matthews NC, US

International Classification:

B23Q 15/00

US Classification:

33630, 33628, 83 74

Abstract:

In one embodiment of the present invention, a distance measuring device for use with a power tool having an alignment area for receiving a work piece, comprises a measuring sensor proximate to said alignment area that produces a first signal corresponding to longitudinal motion of the work piece within the alignment area; a processor that receives the first signal, determines a longitudinal distance traveled by the work piece within the alignment area from the first signal, and outputs a second signal corresponding to the longitudinal distance traveled by said work piece within said alignment area; and a display receiving the second signal from the processor and providing an alpha-numeric representation of the distance traveled by the work piece within the alignment area.