Patent ID: 6792878
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A47B,B01D

Abstract:
A work table comprising:a stand; a workpiece-supporting box including a bottom plate disposed on said stand and having a peripheral edge, and a peripheral wall extending upwardly from said peripheral edge of said bottom plate to define a receiving chamber, said peripheral wall including a front wall that confines a front side of said receiving chamber and that is formed with a plurality of outlet holes, and a rear wall that is opposite to said front wall and that confines a rear side of said receiving chamber; an auxiliary casing extending frontwardly from said front wall to confine a side chamber that is in fluid communication with said receiving chamber via said outlet holes in said front wall, said auxiliary casing having a bottom that confines a bottom side of said side chamber and that is formed with an outlet port; a plurality of chamber-forming partitions disposed uprightly on said bottom plate in said receiving chamber and connected to said front and rear walls so as to divide said receiving chamber into a plurality of distributor-receiving chambers, each of which is in fluid communication with said side chamber via a respective one of said outlet holes; a sawdust collecting mechanism including a plurality of distributor members of inverted V-shaped cross-section disposed in said distributor-receiving chambers, respectively, each of said distributor members having an apex vertically spaced apart from said bottom plate, and left and right guide plates extending downwardly and inclinedly from said apex to said bottom plate, each of said distributor members cooperating with said bottom plate to form a lower chamber which is in fluid communication with said side chamber via the respective one of said outlet holes, and cooperating with an adjacent pair of said chamber-forming partitions to form an upper chamber above said lower chamber, each of said left and right guide plates being formed with a plurality of spaced apart entrance holes in fluid communication with said upper and lower chambers, and a working panel disposed on said peripheral wall and covering said upper chambers, said working panel being formed with a plurality of spaced apart apertures that are in fluid communication with said upper chambers; and a suctioning device including an air conduit connected to said outlet port of said side chamber, and a sawdust container connected to said air conduit so as to collect sawdust in said sawdust container via said apertures in said working panel, said upper and lower chambers, said outlet holes in said front wall, and said outlet port in said side chamber upon actuation of said suctioning device.