Patent ID: 6494649
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A table for a drill press, wherein the drill press has a column and a head that is operatively connected to the column thereof, said table comprising:A) a plate portion for attaching to, and extending laterally from, the column of the drill press; and B) a receptor portion associated with said plate portion, wherein said plate portion has: I) an uppermost surface for facing the head of the drill press; and II) a lowermost surface that is opposite to said uppermost surface thereof, wherein said plate portion further has a throughbore that is circular-shaped, extends centrally therethrough from said uppermost surface thereof to said lowermost surface thereof, and is defined by a perimeter, wherein said receptor portion is a cup that depends perpendicularly from said plate portion, wherein said cup is tubular, cylindrically-shaped, hollow, and has a longitudinal side wall with: a) an uppermost end that is open, and coincident with said perimeter of, and communicates with, said throughbore in said plate portion, with said cup depending therefrom; and b) a lowermost end that is closed by a floor so as to allow said cup to form a well in said plate portion, and when said well is empty, said well provides a space for a sanding cylinder that is operatively connected to the head of the drill press to depend partially in and sand a workpiece resting on said uppermost surface of said plate portion and abutting against the sanding cylinder.