Mitre box with corner clamps
AssigneeThe Stanley Works
InventorJoseph P. DeCarolis
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Abstract
A mitre box includes a base member upon which is detachably secured a corner clamp providing a pair of movable jaw members movable at right angles to each other and relative to cooperating fixed clamp faces on opposite sides of a guide channel therein. The base member has a work support surface which is aligned with the guide channel and coplanar with the support surfaces of the corner clamp. Cooperating locating means are provided on the base member and corner clamp to position the members in predetermined alignment, and releasable fastening means secure the two members in assembly. Also included are a pair of guide posts upon which is slidably carried saw guide means to position an associated saw in alignment with the guide channel in the corner clamp.
Claims10
A mitre box with a removable corner clamp comprising:
- A. a base member having an upper surface including a work support portion and a clamp mounting portion;
- B. a corner clamp including a body seated on said clamp mounting portion and a pair of jaw members movably mounted on opposite sides of a guide channel in the central portion thereof aligned with said work support portion of said base member, said jaw members being movable at right angles to each other and relative to cooperating fixed clamp faces on said central portion, said movable jaw members being disposed at an angle of 45.degree. to said guide channel and parallel to said fixed clamp faces, said corner clamp and said base member support portion being cooperatively configured and dimensioned to provide coplanar support surfaces to seat workpieces disposed between the fixed clamp faces and movable jaw members, said corner clamp and base member having cooperating means thereon for positioning said corner clamp in a predetermined position on said base member;
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- C. means detachably securing said corner clamp body upon the upper surface of said base member, with said work support portion of said base member extending longitudinally in alignment with said guide channel and having its upper surface substantially coplanar with said support surface of said clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.