Table assembly for a multipurpose tool

• Main Authors: BARTLETT; ROBERT L, MCKEE; ROBERT N
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.04.1985
• Edition: 3
• Subjects: BROACHING; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; FILING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; SAWING; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING

A table assembly for a multipurpose tool is used in combination with a tool of the type having a frame, a pair of parallel way tubes mounted on the frame, a headstock mounted on the frame having a motor driven spindle, and releasable pivots which allow the way tubes to be pivoted about their ends to a substantially vertical positions. The table assembly includes a table top, a pivot mounted beneath the table top, a pair of support legs having racks on opposite sides thereof and attached to the pivot, and a carriage, mounted on the way tubes, having channels to receive the support legs. A pair of pinion gears are positioned within the channels to mesh with the racks and are driven by a crank having a locking mechanism so that the table can be displaced relative to the carriage. The table top can be pivoted to a position so that it is perpendicular to and faces an axis of the output spindle in a drill press mode, or the support legs can be removed from the channels in the carriage, and the table and support legs reversed in position relative to the carriage so that the table faces away from the spindle in an under-the-table shaper mode.