Adjustment mechanism
AssigneeDelta International Machinery Corp.
InventorJaime E. Garcia
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Abstract
An adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of a surface relative to a first element includes a first arm having first and second members. One of the first and second members is pivotally mounted to the first element about a first axis. The other of the first and second members is pivotally mounted to a second element, having the surface thereon, about a second axis. The first member includes a first bore therein, and at least a portion of the second member is received by and is slidably movable within the first bore. A locking mechanism selectively restrains sliding movement of the second member within the first bore to thereby adjust the length of the first arm and vary the position of the surface relative to the first element.
Claims44
An apparatus including an adjustment mechanism, the apparatus comprising:
- a base having a first inclined surface;
- a support slidably mounted on said first inclined surface;
- a first arm having first and second members, one of said first and second members pivotally mounted to said base about a first axis, the other of said first and second members pivotally mounted to said support about a second axis, said first member including a first bore therein, at least a portion of said second member received and slidably movable within said first bore;
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- a locking mechanism selectively restraining sliding movement of said second member within said first bore.
An apparatus for one of cutting and abrading a workpiece, the apparatus comprising:
- a base having an inclined surface;
- a workpiece support table movably mounted on said inclined surface;
- a workpiece table elevation adjustment mechanism selectively adjusting an elevation of said workpiece support table relative to said base, said workpiece table elevation adjustment mechanism comprising:
- an adjustable arm of variable length comprising a first end and a second end, one of said first end and said second end pivotally mounted to said base about a first axis, the other of said first end and said second end mounted to said workpiece support table about a second axis, said adjustable arm further comprising first and second sections, said second section including a sleeve portion, a region of said first section received and slidably movable within said sleeve portion;
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- a locking mechanism, said locking mechanism selectively restraining movement of said first section relative to said second section.
The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising:
- a second arm, said second arm having a fixed length and first and second ends, said first end of said second arm pivotally mounted to said base;
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- a third arm, said third arm having a primary end and a secondary end, said primary end pivotally mounted about said second axis, said secondary end pivotally mounted to said second end of said first arm about a third axis.
An adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of a surface relative to a first element, the surface resident on a second element, the adjustment mechanism comprising:
- a first arm having first and second members, one of said first and second members being pivotally mounted to the first element about a first axis, the other of said first and second members being pivotally mounted to said second element about a second axis, said first member including a first bore therein, at least a portion of the second member received and slidably movable within said first bore;
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- a locking mechanism selectively restraining sliding movement of said second member within said first bore.
An adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of a workpiece support table of a machine selected from a woodworking machine and a metal working machine relative to a first element of the machine, the adjustment mechanism comprising:
- an adjustable arm of variable length comprising a first end and a second end, one of said first end and said second end pivotally mounted to the first element about a first axis, the other of said first end and said second end mounted to said workpiece support table about a second axis, said adjustable arm further comprising first and second sections, said second section including a sleeve portion, a region of said first section received and slidably movable within said sleeve portion;
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- a locking mechanism, said locking mechanism selectively restraining movement of said first section relative to said second section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.