Multi-purpose support table for a router
AssigneePorta-Nails, Inc.
InventorJohn M. Totten
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Abstract
A table includes a support member having a work surface with an opening extending through the support member and the work surface. A first mechanism for mounting a router with the support member is provided. A router bit extends generally vertically through the opening and beyond the work surface. A second mechanism for mounting the router with the support member is provided so that the router bit extends generally parallel with the work surface. A mechanism for adjusting the dimension between the router bit and the work surface when the router is mounted with the second mechanism is also provided. The support member has a recess for receiving at least a portion of the router bit below the level of the work surface when the router is mounted with the second mechanism.
Claims17
A multi-purpose support table for a router having a router bit, comprising:
- a support member having a work surface with an opening extending through the support member and the work surface;
- first means for mounting the router with the support member so that the router bit extends generally vertically through the opening and beyond the work surface;
- second means for mounting the router with the support member so that the router bit extends generally parallel with the work surface;
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- means for adjusting the dimension between the router bit and the work surface when the router is mounted with the second means.
The multi-purpose support table recited in claim further comprising a recess in the support member for receiving at least a portion of the router bit below the level of the work surface when the router is mounted with the second means.
A support for a router having a router bit, comprising:
- a support member having a work surface;
- means for holding the router alongside the support member with the cutting tool extending generally parallel across the work surface;
- means below the level of the work surface for raising and lowering the holding means together with the router relative to the work surface;
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- means for providing an incremental movement of the raising and lowering means relative to the dimension between the router bit and the work surface, comprising a threaded shaft and crank, each rotation of the crank representing a preselected change of the dimension between the router bit and the work surface.
A multi-purpose support for a router having a router bit mounted therein, comprising:
- a support member having a work surface with a vertical opening extending through the support member and the work surface, the opening having a sufficient dimension to permit the router to pass therethrough;
- means for supporting the router with the support member so that the router bit extends through the opening and vertically beyond the plane of the work surface;
- a safety shield;
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- means connected to the support member for suspending the safety shield a spaced distance from the work surface and in alignment with the center of the opening and the router bit, so that work moved across the work surface is passed under the safety shield and into contact with the bit supported in the opening.
A support for a router having a router bit, comprising:
- a support member having a work surface;
- means for holding the router alongside the support member with the cutting tool extending generally parallel across the work surface, comprising,
- a mounting plate having outside and inside surfaces with a hole extending between the outside and inside surfaces and dimensioned to receive the router bit;
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- means for releasably supporting the router along the outside surface with the router bit extending through the hole and generally parallel with the work surface;
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- means below the level of the work surface for raising and lowering the holding means together with the router relative to the work surface, comprising,
- a brace member fixed with the support below and generally parallel with the work surface, the brace member having a vertically threaded aperture for receiving the threaded shaft generally vertically, with the upper end of the threaded shaft bearing against the holding means for effectuating the desired raising and lowering of the mounting plate together with the router.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.