Patent ID: 6817933
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
A support set for supporting a work piece near its edge comprising:a first support further comprising a body having a first end and a second end, said first end having a first threaded bore and said second end having a second threaded bore in fluid isolation from said first threaded bore, said body having at least a first side bore opening to an outside of said body and in communication with said first threaded bore, said body having at least a second side bore opening to an outside of said body and in communication with said second threaded bore; a first hardened rubber dressable member having a central aperture and a first dressable surface; a first threaded member having a first threaded member through bore extending completely through said first threaded member and threadably engaged through said central aperture of said hardened rubber dressable member and engaging said first threaded bore of said body; a second hardened rubber dressable member having a central aperture and a second dressable surface; a second threaded member having a second threaded member through bore extending completely through said second threaded member and threadably engaged through said central aperture of said hardened rubber dressable member and engaging said second threaded bore of said body; a first flexible vacuum channel in fluid communication with said first side bore; a second flexible vacuum channel in fluid communication with said second side bore; a second support; a second support substantially identical to said first support and wherein said first side bore of said second body is in fluid communication with said first flexible vacuum channel and wherein said second side bore of said second body is in fluid communication with said second flexible vacuum channel, said first and second vacuum channels enabling said first body to enable said first body to pivot in a substantially spaced apart linear motion with respect to said second body, and whereby a vacuum introduced at said first flexible vacuum channel is communicated through said first side bore, is transmitted through said first threaded bore, said first threaded member and an area inward of said first dressable surface of said first hardened rubber dressable member of both said first and said second supports, and whereby a vacuum introduced at said second flexible vacuum channel is communicated through said second side bore is transmitted through said second threaded bore, said second threaded member and an area inward of said second dressable surface of said second hardened rubber dressable member of both said first and said second supports, to enable vacuum support to be had from a work table engaged by one of said first and said second dressable surfaces to be transmitted to a work piece through said first and second supports and to a work piece engaged by the other of said first and said second dressable surfaces of said first and second supports.