U.S. patent number 3,643,935 [Application Number 04/863,050] was granted by the patent office on 1972-02-22 for door-hanging workbench.
Invention is credited to Archie Y. Bell.
United States Patent |
3,643,935 |
Bell |
February 22, 1972 |
DOOR-HANGING WORKBENCH
Abstract
A door-hanging workbench consisting of a chassis mounted on
wheels for supporting a door in one position or another while
cutouts are made on one side for hinges, on the other side for
mounting such hardware has knobs, latch bolts and locks. Horizontal
carriers support and clamp the door on the bench and are tiltably
mounted on upright supports so that the door can be held with
either edge uppermost or with the flat side horizontal. The carrier
is adjustable so that the same workbench can accommodate doors of
various different sizes.
Inventors: |
Bell; Archie Y. (Glendale,
CA) |
Family
ID: |
25340113 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/863,050 |
Filed: |
October 2, 1969 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
269/16; 269/17;
269/85; 269/152; 269/905; 414/10; 108/8; 269/84; 269/149;
269/904 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04F
21/0023 (20130101); B62B 3/108 (20130101); B62B
1/268 (20130101); B25H 1/00 (20130101); Y10S
269/904 (20130101); Y10S 269/905 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
B25H
1/00 (20060101); E04F 21/00 (20060101); B62B
3/10 (20060101); B25b 001/22 (); A47f 005/12 () |
Field of
Search: |
;269/321F,56,58,152,16,17,323,149 ;214/1S,1SW ;248/133,447,457,451
;108/8 ;144/288 ;143/47J |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Juhasz; Andrew R.
Claims
Having described the invention, what is claimed as new in support
of Letters Patent is:
1. A workbench for performing work on a panel of selected breadth
and length, said workbench comprising a chassis, a pair of spaced
upright supports on said chassis, movable means for receiving said
panel, said means being limited to panel carrier beams independent
of each other, one said beam being tiltably attached to each said
upright support, and laterally extendable and retractable retainers
on said carrier beams adapted to engage side edges of the panel for
positioning the panel on said carrier beams, outwardly facing edges
of said carrier beams for supporting said panel being in the same
flat plane, said movable means being free of structure which is
parallel to said carrier beams and which extends above said plane,
stop means on the chassis adjacent the floor, said carrier having a
first position of engagement with said stop means in one edgewise
working position of said carrier and said panel wherein one side of
said carrier is adjacent the floor and the other side is uppermost
and exposed for work thereon, and a second position of engagement
against said stop means in a second edgewise working position of
said carrier and said panel wherein said one side is uppermost and
exposed for work thereon, and wherein end edges of said panel
always remain exposed.
2. A workbench as in claim 1 including means releasably anchoring
said carrier in the respective working positions.
3. A workbench as in claim 1 including clamping means acting
between said carrier and said extendable and retractable retainer
whereby to adjust said retainers for accommodation of panels of
different widths.
4. A workbench for performing work on panels, said workbench
comprising a chassis, a pair of spaced upright supports on said
chassis, panel carrier means tiltably attached to said upright
supports and laterally extendable and retractable retainers on said
carrier means adapted to engage side edges of the panel for holding
the panel in position on said carrier, said carrier having a first
tilted working position wherein one side thereof is adjacent the
floor and the other side is uppermost, and a second tilted working
position wherein said one side is uppermost, said carrier
comprising a beam for each upright support, a longitudinally
adjustable stop at each end of the beam adapted to engage the
chassis to limit tilt of the carrier, and separate retainer
elements each having a slidably adjustable position on the
respective beam for engagement with the respective edge of the
panel.
5. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there are caster wheels on
said chassis and at least one of said wheels having a brake.
6. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there is a movable bracket
adjacent the midportion of said carrier adapted to support the
panel in a position wherein the adjacent face of the panel is held
free of the carrier.
7. A workbench as in claim 1 including a tool basket slung between
said supports at a location beneath said carrier.
8. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there are locating means and
tightening means cooperable with said panel carrier means in
horizontal position whereby to hold the panel in horizontal
position for work thereon.
9. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there is a stop component at
each end of the carrier means engageable with the stop means, said
components having a slidable adjustment relative to the carrier
means for setting the position of the carrier means.
Description
In order to keep pace with the demand for more rapid and economical
installation of doors on new construction, sundry attempts have
been made to prefabricate doors matching them with the door frame
in the hope that when the door is delivered to the job with the
frame already in place, the door can be merely matched to the
proper frame and hung so as to swing and close properly. In
practice, however, this and comparable attempts to improve the
speed and reliability of door installation have met with a variety
of difficulties and problems which continue to require fitting on
the job. Although small hollow core doors can often be removed
readily by the craftsman and worked over on the site so as to be
properly hung, there is a continually prevailing practice to
increase the size and weight of doors, especially on public
buildings, to the point where they are so heavy that they can be
managed by one man only with difficulty, many such doors
encountered daily weighing as much as 200 lbs. or more. Because of
such circumstances, even though conventional workbenches have been
provided for the use of craftsmen when preparing a door for hanging
such, for example, as cutting recesses for hinges, boring or
mortising recesses for the mounting of locks and latch bolts, and
also for cutting oversized doors to size and properly beveling
them, the average bench is not constructed for special rapid
handling but more for craftsmen's use and frequently, with the
increasing weight of doors, fails to provide for ease and speed
demanded by current construction technology.
It is therefore among the objects of the invention to provide a new
and improved workbench upon which a panel can be positioned, the
workbench being such as to present either edge or the flat side of
the panel to a convenient work location where the craftsman can
readily perform whatever job may be necessary.
Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved
portable door hanging workbench upon which the door may be placed
for movement about the premises to a desired location and which is
also equipped to such an extent that the door can be shifted to
various positions on the workbench as, for example, to one position
for cutting recesses for hinges, to another position for mounting a
door lock, and to still another position for cutting to size,
planing or even finishing the surface.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a new and
improved portable door-hanging bench possessed of a door carrier
which can be moved to a handy location permitting the door to be
placed upon the bench with appreciable ease and thereafter moved
about on the bench as may be needed by the craftsman in working on
the door.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a new and
improved portable door hanging bench upon which not only the door
may be carried about and positioned in a proper location for work
on it but which also is capable of carrying the necessary
craftsman's tools.
With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the
construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of
the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as
hereinafter set forth, pointed out in the appended claims and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of the portable door-hanging
bench showing a door of relatively great width mounted thereon as
shown in broken lines.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2--2 of FIG. 1 showing
the carrier with the door in one tilted position, and an auxiliary
door positioner by means of which a door may be brought to the
location of the bench.
FIG. 3 is an end elevational view similar to FIG. 2 but showing the
door swung to an opposite edge-up position and showing also the
carrier adjusted to a door of narrower width.
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on the line
4--4 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view with the door and
carrier in still another position of adjustment.
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on the line
6--6 of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is fragmentary cross-sectional view showing a portion of the
carrier with the door removed.
In an embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of
illustration there is shown a chassis indicated generally by the
reference character 10 mounted upon caster wheels 11, 12, 13, and
14. At least one of the caster wheels as, for example, the caster
wheel 12 should be equipped with a brake or locking device of
appropriate conventional sort. The chassis 10 in the embodiment
illustrated consists of spaced-parallel channel sections 15 and 16
forming opposite ends of the chassis interconnected by means of
four bars 17, the chassis therefore being one of relatively open
construction.
On each channel section there is mounted an upright support or post
20, here shown as being square in section, and received in a collar
21 in which it is confined by a screw 22. A similar upright support
or post 23 is received in a collar 24 on the channel section 16 at
the opposite end of the chassis 10.
On the top of each upright support is a tiltable beam 30, there
being provided a bracket 31 on the beam, tiltably supported upon a
support 20. A knurled knob 33 in threaded engagement with a shaft
32 can be tightened against washers 34 and 35 and friction pads 36
and 37, whereby to anchor the beam 30 either in horizontal or any
other position and to loosen it when there is need for it to be
tilted to one side or the other.
As may be observed from the sectional views of FIGS. 3, 5, and 7,
the beam 30 is tubular and has, at the left-hand end as viewed in
FIG. 5, an extendable and retractable retainer 38, held in a
selected extended or retracted position by means of a tightening
screw 39. A flange 40 on the retainer member provides a stop when
engaging a pad 41 on the top of the channel section to hold the
beam 30 in a selected angular tilt as for example shown in FIG.
2.
At the opposite end of the beam 30 is a similar retainer 42 held in
selected position by means of a tightening screw 43, and at the
outer end of which is a flange 44 serving as a stop when it engages
a pad 45 at the opposite end of the channel section 15. There is a
similar beam structure and appropriate retainer on the top of each
of the upright supports 20 and 23, hence a description of one will
suffice for both.
On each of the beams 30 is a tilt support bracket 45 provided with
a foot 46 for engagement with the door in an appropriate position
of adjustment and including a detent 47 to hold the bracket 45 in
the solid line removed position of FIGS. 1 and 3, when desired.
Slidably mounted upon the retainer 38 is a retainer clamp 48,
adapted to be held in a selected position by means of a tightening
screw 49 and presenting a pad 50 for engagement with an appropriate
edge 51 of a panel or door 52. Reference is made primarily to the
panel as consisting of a door but the workbench is convenient for
handling virtually any type of panel on which work needs to be
done. At the opposite end a retainer clamp 53 held in selected
position by a tightening screw 54 carries a pad 55 which is
presented to an opposite edge 56 of the door 52. FIGS. 2 and 5
shown the retainer clamps in the position of adjustment to
accommodate a door 52 of maximum width. When the door is of
diminished width, the retainer clamps can be slid inwardly until
the pad in each instance engages with the respective edge of the
door, thereby to firmly hold the door in position on each of the
beams 30.
A basket 60 for tools has a hook 61 at one end in supporting
engagement with a bracket 62 on the adjacent upright support 23. At
the opposite end of the basket 60 is a similar hook 63 in
engagement with a bracket 64 on the upright support 20, whereby the
bracket can be slung at a convenient height approximately beneath
the midportion of the door, but wherein the bracket is exposed on
one side or the other of the door when the door is in tilted
position, thereby to give the craftsman easy access to tools in the
basket. By having the basket 60 an open mesh, there is avoided a
progressive accumulation of sawdust and shavings created by work
done on the door.
On those occasions when the door may be of narrower construction,
the tilt position of the beams on one side or the other of the
chassis 10 remains determined by the outwardly extended position of
the respective retainers 38 and 42. The retainer clamps, however,
are slid inwardly on each side so that the respective pads are in
proper engagement with a door 52'. Doors of intermediate breadth
can be similarly accommodated.
In use, the beams are tilted downwardly on one side or the other as
exemplified by the tilt toward the left as viewed in FIG. 2, there
to have the door 52 loaded upon them. As a convenience and
especially for the handling of extra heavy doors, a door positioner
indicated generally by the reference character 67 may be used. This
consists of a fork element 68 between which is a single wheel 69,
there being an open pocket 70 in which the door may be positioned
edgewise on an appropriate pad 71 with the pad supporting the door
at substantially its midportion so that it balances on the single
wheel. A handlebar 72 attached to one side of the fork element 68
and lying in close parallel relationship throughout substantially
the entire width of the door, so that a handhold 73 at the upper
end is near the upper edge of the door, can effectively facilitate
handling. The door when brought to a position adjacent the chassis
10 by use of the door positioner 67 can be lifted at one end by
tilting the positioner until the appropriate edge of the door
overlies the adjacent retainer clamp 48 after which the opposite
end of the door can be lifted free of the door positioner 67 and
placed upon the appropriate retainer clamp at the other end of the
chassis. The door will then be in the position shown by the solid
line of FIG. 2. In this position, the upper edge of the door is
facing uppermost so that it can be readily worked upon by the
craftsman for such an operation as recessing the edge of the door
for reception of hinges. When this operation is complete, all that
is necessary is for the craftsman to swing the beams and the door
52 to the opposite position of tilt as suggested in FIG. 3 in which
position the opposite edge of the door is presented uppermost for
work upon it. This may entail not only cutting a mortise hole for a
lock, but also permits the edge of the door to be planed or sanded
or if need be to be beveled. In that position adjacent retainer
clamp can be lifter clear and tightened in clear position until the
work has been completed.
Should it be necessary to work on the door in a horizontal position
as shown in FIG. 5, the beams are merely tilted to horizontal
position which can be detected by a spring pressed detent 74, as
shown in FIG. 6, and there tightened in position by use of the knob
33. Inasmuch as opposite ends of the door are clear, one end or the
other can be readily cut to size should the door be too high.
Further still, should it be desirable, the door can be held to an
almost vertical position by extending the tilt support brackets 45
to the broken line position of FIG. 3, thereby holding the upper
edge of the door entirely clear of the retainer clamps for such
work as might be more advantageously done upon it in that
position.
Once the door has been cut, beveled, and such hardware applied as
appropriate, it can be lifted from the beams by reversing the
procedure described for placing the door on the beams in the first
instance, the beams being tilted to one or another of the positions
of FIGS. 2, or 3 for this purpose. Obviously, should the door be
light enough to be handled without need for the door positioner 67,
the positioner can be dispensed with.
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