Device for mounting a rail or the like on a surface
OwnerAnders Johnseninventor
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Abstract
A device for mounting a rail (1) on a surface which particularly is non-horizontal, comprises at least one mounting element (11) adapted to be secured on said surface, at least one connecting element, which is displaceably received in a guide extending along the rail and an engaging arrangement having means for mutual clamping connection of the connecting element and the mounting element in order to connect the rail with the mounting element. The engaging arrangement comprises means (23, 24) for provisionally coupling the connecting element and the mounting element by means of a hooking movement of the connecting element having a movement component substantially parallel to said surface.
Claims16
In a saw assembly comprising a rail (1), a carriage (2) movable therealong and a sawing machine (3) to be secured to said carriage for movement therewith;
- a device for mounting the rail on a surface (6) which is non-horizontal, said device comprising at least one mounting element (11) adapted to be secured on said surface, said rail (1) having a guide (21) extending along the rail, at least one connecting element (22) which is displaceably received in said guide (21) and an engaging arrangement having means (23,24) for mutual clamping connection of the connecting element and the mounting element to order to connect the rail (1) to the mounting element secured on said surface, wherein the engaging arrangement comprises means (23,24) of the connecting element (22) and of the mounting element (11) for provisionally coupling the connecting element and the mounting element secured to the surface (6) by means of a hooking movement of the connecting element having a movement component substantially parallel to said surface (6), the coupling means being designed to prevent movement of the connecting element in the direction downwardly along the surface and in the direction away from the surface in the coupled position, and the device comprises at least one locking means (38) operable independently of the engaging arrangement (23,24) for locking the connecting element (22) relative to the rail in a desired position along the guide (21) of the rail (1).
A saw assembly comprising:
- an elongated rail having an outer machine supporting side and an inner wall facing side, said rail having a T-shaped guide track extending the length of said wall facing side, said rail including clamping portions on opposite sides of said track defining an open web there between;
- a T-shaped connecting element slidable in and along said track, said connecting element having a rib slidable between said clamping portions and a web slidable in the web of said track;
- a carriage engaged for movement along said machine supporting side of said rail;
- a machine unit mounted to said carriage for movement with said carriage along said rail;
- a mounting element having a base plate fixable to a non-horizontal surface and a mounting plate spaced from said base plate;
- one of said connecting element and mounting plate including a slot therein having an introduction opening and extending substantially parallel to the surface to which said base plate is to be fixed;
- a neck portion connected to the other of said connecting element and mounting plate and extending through the slot;
- a head portion engaged with said neck portion for clamping said connecting element to said mounting plate, said head portion being of a size to be introducible into said introduction opening and being larger than said slot, said neck portion being moveable along said slot;
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- locking means connected to said connecting element and engagable with said rail for locking said connecting element at a selected position along said rail, said locking means acting independently of the clamping of said head portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.