US 5,971,677 AGranted

Control arm system

OwnerLawrence Laninventor

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Abstract

A control arm system, whose first support bar is passed through by a vertical post, enabling the first support bar to swivel round horizontally by any angle, the far end of the first support bar carrying a vertical rod, which in turn passes through a first link support to enable the first link support to swivel around the far end of the first support bar horizontally; while the first link support is further provided with two bolts that are mounted vertically above each other, pointing in a horizontal direction, and which serve to hold a second support bar, made of two parallel link bars of equal length, in a way that it is movable up and down with the two bolts as cardinal points, the far end of the second support bar in turn being connected to a second link support, which holds a rotary tool, being held by two bolts mounted vertically above each other, pointing in a horizontal direction, where the distance between the two bolts of the second link support and the two bolts of the first link support is equal; wherein, when the second support bar moves up and down, the rotary tool maintains a vertical orientation and, by the horizontal swiveling movement of the first support bar and the first link support may change the working position.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A control arm system to hold a rotary tool for work perpendicular to a horizontal workbench comprising:

a vertical post affixed to and extending upward from said workbench,
a first support bar extending horizontally from said vertical post, a first end of said first support bar is pivotally connected to said vertical post,
a vertical rod that pivotally connects said first support bar to a first link support, said link support thereby rotating around said vertical rod,
a second support bar comprising two parallel link bars of equal length, a first end of each of said link bars is hingedly attached to said first link support, said second support bar moving up and down relative to said first link support,
a counterforce element, a first end of said counterforce element is pivotally attached to said first link support in a horizontal plane between the horizontal planes of attachment points of said link bars, and a second end of said counterforce element is pivotally attached to one of said link bars such that when downward pressure is applied to said second support bar, said counterforce element is contracted, and when said downward pressure is released, said counterforce element will expand to its original position, thereby urging said second support bar to its original position, and
a second link support to hold said rotary tool, said second link support is pivotally attached to each of said link bars of said second support bar;
wherein
said rotary tool is moved to any desired position within its range of motion over said workbench via said first support bar pivoting about said vertical post and said first link support pivoting about said vertical rod,
said second support bar is moved down to move said rotary tool toward said workbench and said second support bar is moved up to move said rotary tool away from said workbench, said counterforce element works to counterbalance weight of said rotary tool and said second support bar;
and
said second link support pivots relative to each of said link bars of said second support bar so as to maintain said rotary tool in vertical alignment relative to said workbench when said second support bar is moved up and down.

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A control arm system to hold a rotary tool for work perpendicular to a horizontal workbench comprising:

a vertical post affixed to and extending upward from said workbench,
a first support bar extending horizontally from said vertical post, a first end of said first support bar is pivotally connected to said vertical post,
a vertical rod that pivotally connects said first support bar to a first link support, said link support thereby rotating around said vertical rod,
a second support bar comprising two parallel link bars of equal length, a first end of each of said link bars is hingedly attached to said first link support, said second support bar moving up and down relative to said first link support,
a counterforce element, a first end of said counterforce element is pivotally attached to said first link support in a horizontal plane between the horizontal planes of attachment points of said link bars, and a second end of said counterforce element is pivotally attached to one of said link bars such that when downward pressure is applied to said second support bar, said counterforce element is expanded, and when said downward pressure is released, said counterforce element will contract to its original position, thereby urging said second support bar to its original position, and
a second link support to hold said rotary tool, said second link support is pivotally attached to each of said link bars of said second support bar;
wherein
said rotary tool is moved to any desired position within its range of motion over said workbench via said first support bar pivoting about said vertical post and said first link support pivoting about said vertical rod,
said second support bar is moved down to move said rotary tool toward said workbench and said second support bar is moved up to move said rotary tool away from said workbench, said counterforce element works to counterbalance weight of said rotary tool and said second support bar, and
said second link support pivots relative to each of said link bars of said second support bar so as to maintain said rotary tool in vertical alignment relative to said workbench when said second support bar is moved up and down.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/670,113Filed 25 Jun 1996
Granted: 26 Oct 1999
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B23B 39/12
General-purpose boring or drilling machines or devices; Sets of boring and/or drilling machines: radial drilling machines
B23Q 1/5475
A single rotating pair followed parallelly by a single rotating pair: followed perpendicularly by a single rotating pair
B23Q 1/5493
A single rotating pair followed parallelly by a single rotating pair: followed parallelly by a single sliding pair
B25H 1/0021
Work benches; Portable stands or supports for positioning portable tools or work to be operated on thereby: stands, supports or guiding devices…