US Patent Issued to Festool on May 20 for "Machine tool comprising a lateral contact body and an abutment body" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,988, issued on May 20, was assigned to Festool GmbH (Wendlingen, Germany).

"Machine tool comprising a lateral contact body and an abutment body" was invented by David Capaccioli (Plympton, Mass.) and Rudiger Holderle (Aichelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine tool for machining workpieces, wherein the machine tool includes a machine base for setting down on a ground surface. The machine tool further includes a drive assembly arranged on the machine base with a drive motor and a tool receptacle drivable by the drive motor. machine base has a support surface for supporting the workpiece and includes at least one side...