Patent ID: 7086434
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: B23D,B27B,B28D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A docking frame for a cutting machine which comprises a cutting head and a main frame having four side edges, wherein said docking frame comprises: a docking station comprising a boundary frame defining a docking socket therewithin, wherein said docking socket has a depth corresponding to a height of a bottom portion of said cutting machine for fittingly receiving said bottom portion of said cutting machine within said docking socket at a position that said four side edges of said main frame is supported on said boundary frame so as to support said cutting head of said cutting machine above said docking station; a locker device comprising a plurality of locking members adapted for spacedly and outwardly extended from said side edges of said main frame of said cutting machine, and a plurality of locker arms spacedly extended from said boundary frame to detachably engage with said locking members respectively for detachably locking said bottom portion of said cutting machine at said boundary frame within said docking socket; and a peripheral functional gear provided at said docking station as a supplemental implement for said cutting machine so as to enhance a workability of the cutting machine, wherein said peripheral functional gear comprises: a retractable utility table slidably mounted within said docking socket at a position below said bottom portion of said cutting machine, wherein said boundary frame further has a side opening communicating with said docking socket such that said retractable utility table is slidably folded between a storage position and a working position, wherein at said storage position, said retractable utility table is slidably received within said docking station, and at said working position, said retractable utility table is sidewardly slid out of said docking station through said side opening to form as a side working platform for said cutting machine; a utility tools box mounted on a side of said boundary frame of said docking station for containing utility tools of said cutting machine; and a dolly frame comprising two wheel assemblies rotatably and spacedly mounted at a bottom portion of said boundary frame at a rear side thereof and a dolly handle frontwardly extended from said boundary frame in such a manner that said docking station is pivotally lifted up via said dolly handle for carrying said cutting machine on said docking frame via said wheel assemblies.