Indexing mechanism for dental block wood molding

Claim 1

In combination with a radial wood saw of the type having a cantilevered arm supported above a worktable providing a work support surface, a saw support frame movable back and forth on said arm and a driven notching type saw blade supported on said saw frame and movable therewith along a path of cutting above and across the worktable surface, an auxiliary dental block molding indexing mechanism, comprising: a. guide means fixed to the saw worktable surface and adapted to provide a fixed guide for sliding movement of an elongated dental block molding work piece in a fixed path perpendicular to the saw blade cutting path whereby said saw blade when moved in its path across the path of said work piece may notch the same; b. an elongated indexing arm having a flexibly mounted tip portion, said indexing arm being slidably mounted at one end at a position laterally removed from the saw blade path and being adapted to move back and forth for a predetermined distance adapting said arm tip portion to move parallel to the direction of, above and to slide on the work piece; and c. means for actuating said indexing arm wherein said tip portion after a first notch has been cut in said work piece by said saw blade and while said saw blade is withdrawn may engage the leading edge of said first notch and advance said work piece along said guide means said predetermined distance and thereafter following each notching of the work piece may so engage each successive notch until said work piece has been fully notched to produce a dental mold block molding therefrom.