US629405A

US629405A - Work-bench.

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Publication number: US629405A
Application number: US69420598A
Authority: US
Inventors: Volney E Taylor
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1898-10-21
Filing date: 1898-10-21
Publication date: 1899-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 1916-07-25

Description

no. 629,405. Patented July 25, I899.

' v. E. TAYLOR.

WORK BENCH.

(Application filed Oct. 21, 1898.)

{No Model.)

UNITED STATES ATENT IFFICE.

VOLNEY E. TAYLOR, OF RARDEN, OHIO.

WORK-BENCH.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,405,- dated July 25, 1899:

Application filed October 21,1898. Serial No. 694,205. (No model.)

1 following is a specification.

' frame against collapsing.

My invention relates to certain improvements in work-benches such as are commonly used by carpenters and others for holding work; and the object of my invention is to provide a work-bench of a simple and inexpensive nature which shall be strong and compact in construction and shall be especially adapted for use in holding doors, sashes, and the like while they are being dressed and fitted.

My invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, combination, and arrangement of the severalparts of the improved work-bench, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is made simpler, cheaper, and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully'set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved work-bench, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig.3 is an enlarged detail view showing the means for holding the top rail adjustably in place. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view showing the means for holding the dogs ad justably in place on said top rail.

As shown in the views,the work-bench comprises two open end frames 1 1,'connected at the front of the bench by means of braces 2 and br'acedpas shown at 3, to add strength to them. The brace 3, as shown at 4 in Fig. 2, is formed of a tie-bolt secured at its ends to the frame and having a pipe or piece of metal tubing slipped over it and arranged to hear at its ends against washers to hold the A tool-box 5 is sothe shoulder.

which is mounted for movement lengthwise along the bench a top rail 8 of any desired length, having formed in it at suitable intervals openings 9, adapted for the insertion of a pin 10, the lower end of which, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, engages a socket formed in one of the end frames 1, so as to hold the top rail 8 against endwise movement. The openings 9 are also adapted to receive pins 11, as shown in Fig. 4, said pins serving to hold in place on the top rail slide-plates 12, formed ofv metal and having ears which extend'down over the sides of said top rail and carry at their lower ends shafts 13, having their outer ends provided with heads 14 and having their inner ends screw-threaded to receive nuts 15, adapted to bear against theinner faces of the plates 12. The heads 14: of the shafts are adapted to bear against the outer side of the door or other piece of work,

atthe ends thereof, the slide-plates 12 being adjusted to suit the length of the door, after which the nuts 15 are screwed up, so as to securely clamp the door or other piece of work in place to the bench. Jacks 16 are also provided to hold the upper edge of the door or other piece of work held on the bench, (indicated at min Fig. 2,) said jacks having angular heads to engage the edge of the door and being longitudinally slotted, as shown at 17,

for the passage of pins 18 on the ends of toolbox 5. The pins 18 are screw-threaded to receive nuts 19, so that the jacks 16 may be adjusted lengthwise and swung pivotally on pins 18, so as to accommodate articles of different widths, after, which said jacks may be secured to the tool-box by screwing up the work and hold the same to the bench, as

shown in Fig. 2. The lower side of each dog 21 is formed with a series of rack-teeth 22, adapted to be engaged by projecting lips 23, formed on the plates or strips 6 at the bot.- toms of the openings 20, so as to permit of holding the dogs adjustably to the bench. Where the door or other piece of work m is of considerable width, the dogs 21 may be dispensed with, if desired, the lower edge of the piece 00, resting upon feet 1, extending forward from the lower parts of the frames 1; but Where doors, sashes, or the like of less width are to be dressed the dogs 21 will be adjusted up to the frames 1 to the height necessary to permit the upper edge of the work resting thereon to project' above the top rail 8 of the bench in position to be dressed.

In use the piece of work w is placed either on the feet 1 or on the dogs 21, as above described, with its upper edge extending above the top rail 8, and one end is held clamped to the bench by means of one of the headed shafts 13, the slide-piate l2,carrying the other shaft, being then adjusted along the top rail into position to clamp the other end of the work. The edges of the work are then dressed, and if hinges are to be fitted and the work be of considerable width the jacks 16 will be adjusted and set so as to firmly hold the projecting upper part of the work.

From the above description it will be seen that theimproved work-bench constructed according to my invention is extremely simple and inexpensive and is, moreover, strong, compact, and portable, so as to permit of being carried upon the shoulder from place to place, and it will also be obvious from the above description that the device constructed according to my invention is capable of considerable modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understoodas limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts herein set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a work-bench having guides at its upper part, a top rail adjustable lengthwise in said guides and provided with means for holdingitin adjusted position, and means carried by said top rail and capable of operation independent of the movement of said top rail for clamping the end of a door,

sash or the like to the bench, substantially as' set forth.

2. The combination of awork-bench having means to support the lower edge of a door, sash or the like, and jacks pivoted at the back part of the bench for clamping the end portion of the piece of work thereto, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of awork-bench having means to support the lower edge of a door, sash or the like, means carried by the upper part of the bench for clamping the end portion of the piece of work thereto, and a jack carried by the upper part of the bench to engage the projecting upper part of said door, sash or the like, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a work-bench, the combination of end frames, reinforcing-strips secured thereto and projecting above the tops of said end frames to form guides, a top rail adjustable lengthwise in said guides and having means to hold it in adjusted position, and means carried by the top rail for clamping the work to the bench, substantially as set forth.

5. In a work-bench the combination of end frames, reinforcing-strips secured thereto and projecting above the tops of said end-frames to form guides, one of said guides and frames having sockets, a top rail adjustable lengthwise in said guides and having a series of openings, a pin adapted for insertion in the openings of the top rail and in the sockets of the guides and frame and means carried by the top rail for clamping the work to the bench, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a work-bench having guides at its upper part, a top rail adjustable lengthwise in said guides and provided with means for holdingit in adjusted position and clamping devices adjustably mounted on the top rail and capable of operation independent of the movement thereof for clamping the ends of-a piece of work to the bench, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a work-bench, a top rail ad just-ably mounted thereon, slide-plates adjustable along the top rail, screw-shafts carried by the slide-plates and provided with heads to clamp the ends of the work, and nuts screwing on the shafts, substantially as set forth.

VOLNEY E. TAYLOR. lVitnesses;

D. A. GARDNER, F. W. BALLENGER.

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