Tool support
OwnerRichard M. Hummelinventor
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Abstract
A support mechanism for a router comprises a plate having top and bottom sides and an opening therethrough, and a carriage supported in suspension beneath the plate for supporting a router coaxial with the opening. A pair of guide posts slidably support the carriage for axial displacement toward and away from the plate, and a pair of adjusting screws which are rotatable relative to said plate interengage with the carriage for rotation of the screws to displace said carriage relative to the plate. Each of said guide posts has a post axis and each of the adjusting screws has a screw axis, the axes of the posts, and adjusting screws are coplanar with one another and with the opening axis. The adjusting screws are rotated simultaneously by a sprocket wheel and sprocket chain drive train on the bottom side of the plate.
Claims52
A support mechanism for a router having a router axis, comprising a plate having top and bottom sides and an opening therethrough having an opening axis, a carriage beneath said plate for supporting a router coaxial with said opening axis, a pair of guide posts slidably supporting said carriage for axial displacement toward and away from said plate, and a of adjusting screws rotatable relative to said plate and interengaging with said carriage for rotation of said screws to displace said carriage relative to said plate, each of said guide posts having a post axis, each of said adjusting screws having a screw axis, the axes of the posts being coplanar with said opening axis, and the axes of the adjusting screws being coplanar with said opening axis.
A support mechanism for a router having a router axis, comprising a plate having top and bottom sides and an opening therethrough having an opening axis, a carriage beneath said plate for supporting a router coaxial with said opening axis, a pair of guide posts each having a post axis parallel to said opening axis, said guide posts slidably supporting said carriage for axial displacement toward and away from said plate, said guide posts being on diametrically opposite sides of said opening, and a pair of adjusting screws on diametrically opposite sides of said opening, each adjusting screw being rotatable relative to said plate about a corresponding screw axis parallel to said opening axis, and said adjusting screws interengaging with said carriage for rotation of the screws to displace said carriage relative to said plate.
A support mechanism for a router having a router axis, comprising a plate having top and bottom sides and an opening therethrough having an opening axis, a carriage beneath said late for supporting a router coaxial with said opening axis, a pair of guide posts on said bottom side slidably supporting said carriage for axial displacement toward and away from said plate, each guide post having a post axis, said carriage comprising a body portion having an arcuate recess therein and a clamp plate removably mounted on said body portion and having an arcuate surface facing said recess when said clamp plate is mounted on said body portion, said recess and arcuate surface providing an opening through said carriage for engaging about a router to be supported by the carriage for displacement therewith, and the opening through said carriage having an axis coplanar with the axes of the guide posts.
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