DOOR-HANGING WORKBENCH

• US 3,643,935 A
• Filed: 10/02/1969
• Issued: 02/22/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Archie Y. Bell
• Original Assignee: Archie Y. Bell
• Inventors: Bell, Archie Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Juhasz, Andrew R.
• Application Number:
  US04/863,050
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 269/321F,56,58,152,16,17,323,149 214/1S,1SW 248/133,447,457,451 108/8 144/288 143/47J
• US Class Current: 269/16
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/00 Work benches; Portable stands or supports for positioning portable tools or work to be operated on thereby
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 1/268 the objects being plates, doors, panels or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/108 the objects being plates, doors, panels, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 21/0023 for mounting door leaves, window sashes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 269/904 Work holder for positioning elements of building in installed location
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 269/905 Work holder for doors and door frames

Abstract

A door-hanging workbench consisting of a chassis mounted on wheels for supporting a door in one position or another while cutouts are made on one side for hinges, on the other side for mounting such hardware has knobs, latch bolts and locks. Horizontal carriers support and clamp the door on the bench and are tiltably mounted on upright supports so that the door can be held with either edge uppermost or with the flat side horizontal. The carrier is adjustable so that the same workbench can accommodate doors of various different sizes.

Claims

1. A workbench for performing work on a panel of selected breadth and length, said workbench comprising a chassis, a pair of spaced upright supports on said chassis, movable means for receiving said panel, said means being limited to panel carrier beams independent of each other, one said beam being tiltably attached to each said upright support, and laterally extendable and retractable retainers on said carrier beams adapted to engage side edges of the panel for positioning the panel on said carrier beams, outwardly facing edges of said carrier beams for supporting said panel being in the same flat plane, said movable means being free of structure which is parallel to said carrier beams and which extends above said plane, stop means on the chassis adjacent the floor, said carrier having a first position of engagement with said stop means in one edgewise working position of said carrier and said panel wherein one side of said carrier is adjacent the floor and the other side is uppermost and exposed for work thereon, and a second position of engagement against said stop means in a second edgewise working position of said carrier and said panel wherein said one side is uppermost and exposed for work thereon, and wherein end edges of said panel always remain exposed.

2. A workbench as in claim 1 including means releasably anchoring said carrier in the respective working positions.

3. A workbench as in claim 1 including clamping means acting between said carrier and said extendable and retractable retainer whereby to adjust said retainers for accommodation of panels of different widths.

4. A workbench for performing work on panels, said workbench comprising a chassis, a pair of spaced upright supports on said chassis, panel carrier means tiltably attached to said upright supports and laterally extendable and retractable retainers on said carrier means adapted to engage side edges of the panel for holding the panel in position on said carrier, said carrier having a first tilted working position wherein one side thereof is adjacent the floor and the other side is uppermost, and a second tilted working position wherein said one side is uppermost, said carrier comprising a beam for each upright support, a longitudinally adjustable stop at each end of the beam adapted to engage the chassis to limit tilt of the carrier, and separate retainer elements each having a slidably adjustable position on the respective beam for engagement with the respective edge of the panel.

5. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there are caster wheels on said chassis and at least one of said wheels having a brake.

6. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there is a movable bracket adjacent the midportion of said carrier adapted to support the panel in a position wherein the adjacent face of the panel is hEld free of the carrier.

7. A workbench as in claim 1 including a tool basket slung between said supports at a location beneath said carrier.

8. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there are locating means and tightening means cooperable with said panel carrier means in horizontal position whereby to hold the panel in horizontal position for work thereon.

9. A workbench as in claim 1 wherein there is a stop component at each end of the carrier means engageable with the stop means, said components having a slidable adjustment relative to the carrier means for setting the position of the carrier means.