Detachable magnetic base for machine tool table
AssigneeLopre Products, Inc.
InventorNicola Lore
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Abstract
A detachable magnetic base for a machine tool table is described having a permanent magnet for contact with the table, a body member thereabove for securing auxiliary devices thereto, and a manually adjustable bolt passing through the body member and magnet to engage the table and release the magnet for removal or to disengage from the table and permit the magnetic base to become affixed to the table. Other uses are described.
Claims6
A magnetic base for detachably securing auxililary devices to a ferrous metal table of a machine tool comprising a substantially flat base member containing a permanently magnetized material adapted to adhere securely to said table and provided with a central hole therein, a body member securely affixed thereabove to said magnetic base member for supporting said devices, means for affixing said body member to said base member comprising a first threaded bolt provided with a central hole therein passing therethrough from one end to the other, said body member being provided with an upper threaded hole aligned with the hole in said bolt and adapted to receive a second threaded bolt for disengaging said magnetic base from said table, and a second threaded bolt in said upper threaded hole provided at the top thereof with a manually operable means for turning the same, and at the bottom thereof with a material softer than that of said table for engagement therewith, whereby upon advancing or retracting said second threaded bolt with respect to said table, said base may be either disengaged from said table or placed in magnetic engagement therewith.
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