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US 4,733,704 AGranted
Workbench
OwnerRobert Wolffinventor
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A workbench which includes a workpiece supporting panel carried by a trestle. A clamping device rigidly attaches a manually operated machine tool to an underside of the supporting panel. The machine tool may, for example, be a circular saw, a compass saw, or a router. The supporting panel is provided with at least one cutout for accommodating a portion of the tool of the machine tool such as, for example, a saw blade or a cutter. To simplify the mounting of the manually operated machine tool on the underside of the supporting panel, the supporting panel is adapted to be pivoted from an operative position into a mounting position through an angle of 180.degree. with a locking device being provided for both rotational positions. A slot insert of a chippable material can be provided in the cutout to avoid the danger that pieces of hard metal will fly off the blade if the blade shifts sideways while sawing.
A workbench comprising a trestle means, a supporting panel means for supporting a workpiece, said supporting panel means having a first end and a second end, clamping means for rigidly attaching a manually operated machine tool on an underside of the supporting panel means, means provided in a portion of the supporting panel means for enabling a portion of the machine tool to extend above a top side of the supporting panel means, means for mounting said supporting panel means on said trestle means so as to enable said supporting panel means to be pivoted about a pivot axis through an angle of 180.degree. from an operative position to a machine tool mounting position, and retaining means, provided on said trestle means, for locking said supporting panel means in the operative position with the first end of said supporting panel means resting on a portion of the trestle means and the second end of said supporting panel means elastically bent in an upward direction by said retaining means, and for retaining said supporting panel means in the mounting position.
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