Outboard tracing station for carving machine
AssigneeKurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorJohn O. Lenz
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A carving machine which has universally movable multiple work spindles mounted on a frame, and movable along rails in a normal manner. The tracing station (the station which holds the pattern used in the carving operation) is located outboard of one lateral side of the rails, and outboard of the frame, so that a worker can easily trace on large patterns at the tracing station.
Claims5
A carving machine comprising in combination a frame, said frame having fore and aft extending side members that are spaced apart laterally from each other, and cross member means holding said fore and aft extending side members together, means on said frame positioned between said side members to support workpieces to be carved, carving arm means mounted on said frame, said carving arm means also being positioned between said side members, and tracing station arm means duplicating movements of the carving arm means positioned to the lateral side of one of said side members, means to mount a pattern to the outside of one of said side members aligned with said tracing station arm means, and means to couple and support the carving arm means and the tracing station arm means which cause the movement of the tracing station arm means to be duplicated by the carving arm means, the means to couple and support and the means to mount a pattern being supported by the frame adjacent said one side member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.