Adjustable device for feeding work pieces of different thicknesses past a rip saw for cutting purposes

Claim 1

In combination: (a) a table having a slot with a portion of a disc rip saw projecting therethrough and a fence paralleling the adjacent face of said rip saw and being adjustable toward and away therefrom; (b) a guide rail securable to said fence and adjustable therewith; (c) a carriage U-shaped in cross section and slidable along the top of said guide rail and having two sides slidably contacting the adjacent sides of said guide rail; (d) a work piece engaging and moving member pivotally and adjustably carried by the side of said carriage disposed nearest to the rip saw and a handle connected to and extending away from the opposite side of said carriage so as to be disposed on the opposite side of said guide rail from the saw; (e) an adjustable stop supported on the same carriage side as said work-engaging member and contacting said member after the latter has been adjusted for the work piece thickness for holding it in the desired angle so that the pointed end of said member will contact the work piece of the desired thickness; and (f) whereby a manual movement of said carriage along said guide rail toward said rip saw will cause said member to move the work piece into cutting engagement with the saw, the operator's hand being disposed on the guide rail side facing away from the saw for protecting the hand.