Patent ID: 8011399
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
1. A woodworking bench comprising, in combination: a table having a top face, a side extending from the top face and a bottom face extending from the side parallel to and spaced from the top face, with the table being mounted on a base of a woodworking machine; a table extension having a top face, a first side extending from the top face of the table extension, a bottom face extending from said first side of the table extension parallel to and spaced from the top face of the table extension, and a second side extending between the top and bottom faces of the table extension spaced an extension distance from the first side, with the side of the table abutting with said first side of the table extension; two first tracks mounted in the table, with the bottom face of the table comprising two engaging grooves extending from the side and spaced from the top face in which the two first tracks are fixed; two second tracks mounted in the table extension and respectively aligned with the two first tracks of the table, with the bottom face of the table extension comprising two grooves extending from the first side towards the second side over one half of the extension distance and spaced from the top face of the table extension and in which the two second tracks are fixed; two supporting rods each having a first end slidably received in one of the two first tracks and a second end slidably received in one of the two second tracks with the supporting rods extending from the first face of the table extension over one half of the extension distance, with the second end of each said two supporting rods including an adjusting hole, with the adjusting hole extending perpendicular to the top faces of the table and the table extension; and means for adjusting coplanarity of the top face of the table and the top face of the table extension comprising an adjusting member adjustably received in the adjusting hole of the second end of each said supporting rod, with the adjusting member having an end abutted against the one of the two second tracks opposite to the one of the two second tracks, with the adjusting member being adjustable in a direction in the adjusting hole to space the end of the adjusting member from each said supporting rod at different spacings, with the adjusting member being moveable in the adjusting hole in the direction perpendicular to the top faces of the table and the table extension.