US 4,726,405 A · Extension table assembly for table saws

Abstract

An extension table assembly for a table saw, the extension assembly including an elongated top slab assembly supported by a wheeled carriage and attachable at one end to the top table of a table saw to be coplanar therewith, a series of fences carried by the top slab assembly at successively different spacings from that end of the top slab, each being movable from an operative position extending above the slab to an inoperative position not extending thereabove, and a loader assembly formed by a part of the top slab assembly and being pivotal to a vertical position for receiving a vertically disposed large or heavy work piece so that it may be easily moved onto the slab assembly by tilting the loader assembly back to horizontal. The wheeled carriage is collapsibly foldable upwardly against the bottom of the top slab assembly, this collapsing action being accomplished semi-automatically by pushing the assembly forwardly over the rearward edge of a truck bed.

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Dependent claims

An extension table assembly for a table saw, said table saw having a table top through which a saw blade operates in a vertical plane, and the blade is adjustably movable transversely to its plane relative to said table top, said table extension assembly comprising:

a. an elongated top slab assembly,
b. a floor-engaging sub-structure supporting said top slab assembly so that the latter is coplanar with the table top of said table saw,
c. connector means operable to join one end of said top slab assembly releasably to an edge of the table top of the table saw parallel to the plane of the saw blade, and
d. a series of fence members carried by said top slab assembly and extending transversely thereof, said fence members being disposed at successively greater distances from the end of the top slab assembly connectable to said table saw, and each of said fence members being connected to said top slab assembly for movement between an operative position projecting upwardly from the top surface of the top slab assembly and an inoperative position not projecting above said top surface.

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a. an elongated top slab assembly,
b. a floor-engaging sub-structure supporting said top slab assembly so that the latter is coplanar with the table top of said table saw, and
c. connector means operable to join one end of said top slab assembly releasably to an edge of the table top of the table saw parallel to the plane of the saw blade, the end portion of said top slab assembly opposite to the end thereof connectable to said table saw being pivoted to the remainder of the assembly on a horizontal transverse axis spaced apart from the extreme end of the top slab assembly to form a loader section, said loader section being pivotal to a vertical position to shorten the total length of the top assembly for better storage proportions, and to receive a flat work piece disposed in a vertical plane, whereby said work piece may be tilted to lie on the remainder of the table extension by tilting said loader section back to a horizontal position.

a. an elongated top slab assembly,
b. a floor-engaging sub-structure supporting said top slab assembly so that the latter is coplanar with the table top of said table saw, said sub-structure constituting a wheeled carriage, whereby said assembly, when disconnected from said table saw, constitutes a wheeled cart which may be used for conveniently transporting many different materials, and
c. connector means operable to join one end of said top slab assembly releasably to an edge of the table top of the table saw parallel to the plane of the saw blade.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Extension table assembly for table saws

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Extension table assembly for table saws

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Abstract

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