Portable rail system for mounting an engraving device
AssigneeRedArt Technologies LLC.
InventorHenry Ashworth
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Abstract
A portable rail system for mounting an engraving device includes rails and crossbar members that are precisely joined, and include height adjustment devices for incrementally adjusting the height of the rail system relative to a work surface or contact surface, thus making the portable rail system capable of being assembled and disassembled at a work site to enable the use of an engraving device, such as a CNC router engraving systems, in situ, or on-site, rather than in a workshop. The portable rail system enables the use of a CNC router device or other engraving device on vertical surfaces.
Claims18
A portable rail system for mounting an engraving device used for engraving hard materials in situ, comprising:
- two rail lengths, each rail length having a first end and a second end;
- at least two crossbars positioned, in use, to each extend between the two rail lengths to position the two rail lengths in parallel spaced apart arrangement relative to each other, each said crossbar having a first end and a second end;
- and
- locating pins positioned at said first end and/or said second end of either said two rail lengths or said at least two crossbars, the locating pins being received within correspondingly positioned bores formed through at least two of said first end or said second end of either said two rail lengths or said at least two crossbars.
A method for assembling a portable rail system for an engraving device used for engraving hard materials in situ, comprising:
- providing a modular rail system comprising two rail lengths, each rail length having a first end and a second end, at least two crossbars positioned, in use, to each extend between the two rail lengths to position the two rail lengths in parallel spaced apart arrangement relative to each other, each said crossbar having a first end and a second end, and locating pins positioned at said first end or said second end of either of said two rail lengths or at said at least two crossbars, the locating pins being received within correspondingly positioned bores formed through at least two of said first end or said second end of either said two rail lengths or said at least two crossbars;
- arranging the two rail lengths spaced apart from each other and generally parallel to each other;
- arranging the at least two crossbars to extend between the two rail lengths and positioning the first end and second end of each crossbar to align with a first end or second end of the two rail lengths to form a frame;
- inserting the locating pins into the corresponding bores to snugly engage the crossbars to the two rail lengths;
- and
- securing the at least two crossbars to the two rail lengths by locking members located in proximity to the locating pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.