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Abstract

A combination workpiece positioning, hold-down and anti-kickback device for a work table having a fence against which a workpiece is guided, includes a non-rotatable positioning member having an arcuate cam surface at one edge for engaging a side surface of a workpiece on the work table; an adjustment device for moving the positioning member in lengthwise and transverse directions relative to the workpiece and for locking the same thereat; a pivot pivotally mounting the positioning member to the adjustment device; a spring for biasing the positioning member in a pivot direction into engagement with the side surface of the workpiece; a non-rotatable hold-down member having a second arcuate cam surface at one edge for engaging an upper surface of the workpiece; an adjustment device for moving the hold-down member in lengthwise, transverse and vertical directions relative to the workpiece, and for locking the same thereat; a pivot pivotally mounting the hold-down member to the second adjustment device; and a second spring for biasing the hold-down member in a second pivot direction into engagement with the upper surface of the workpiece.

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