Combination saw guide and coolant applicator for band sawing machines

Claim 1

A GUIDE SHOE FOR ENDWISE MOVING SAW BLADES COMPRISING: A BLOCK HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BLADE ENGAGING FACE; MEANS ON THE BLOCK MEDIALLY OF THE ENDS OF ITS RECTANGULAR BLADE ENGAGING FACE, BY WHICH THE BLOCK MAY BE MOUNTED WITH THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION OF ITS SAID FACE PARALLEL TO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE SAW BLADE, SO THAT SAID FACE OF THE BLOCK HAS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM ENDS; SPACED RAILS EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF SAID FACE AND FORMING TRACKS ALONG WHICH THE SAW BLADE RIDES, THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID RAILS BEING OPEN AT THE DOWNSTREAM END AND CLOSED AT THE UPSTREAM END OF ITS SAID BLADE ENGAGING FACE AND PROVIDING AN ELONGATED COOLANT APPLYING AND DISCHARGING CHANNEL; AND MEANS IN SAID BLOCK NEARER THE UPSTREAM END OF ITS SAID BLADE ENGAGING FACE THAN THE DOWNSTREAM END THEREOF DEFINING AN INLET PASSAGE LEADING TO SAID CHANNEL FROM AN EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE BLOCK OTHER THAN ITS BLADE ENGAGING FACE, THROUGH WHICH LIQUID COOLANT MAY BE FED TO THE CHANNEL.