Lathe

Claim 1

IN A LATHE: AN ELONGATED, HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BED HAVING A FRONT AND A BACK WITH THE FRONT BEING HIGHER IN VERTICAL ELEVATION THAN THE BACK; AN UPPER WAY CONNECTED ADJACENT TO THE TOP PART OF SAID FRONT AND EXTENDING ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BED, THE WAY HAVING A BEARING SURFACE AND THE BEARING SURFACE EXTENDING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE VERTICAL; A LOWER WAY CONNECTED TO SAID BACK AND EXTENDING ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BED, THE WAY HAVING A HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BEARING SURFACE, THE UPPER WAY BEING AT A HIGHER VERTICAL ELEVATION THAN THE LOWER WAY AND THE TWO WAYS, IN PLAN, BEING SPACED APART; AN INTERMEDIATE WAY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING ALONG AN AXIS OF THE BED AND THE INTERMEDIATE WAY, BOTH IN ELEVATION AND IN PLAN, BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER WAYS, THE INTERMEDIATE WAY HAVING A PAIR OF GUIDING AND BEARING SURFACES ONE OF WHICH IS VERTICALLY ORIENTED AND THE OTHER ORIENTED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE VERTICAL AND THE VERTIAL SURFACE FACING THE BACK OF THE LATHE AND THE OTHER SURFACE FACING THE FRONT OF THE LATHE; A FEED SCREW ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON AND EXTENDING ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BED, THE SCREW, BOTH IN ELEVATION AND IN PLAN, BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID UPPER WAY AND SAID INTERMEDIATE WAY; A CARRIAGEE DISPOSED OVER AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO THE AXIS OF THE BED; MECHANISM ON THE CARRIAGE COMPRISING BEARING SURFACES RESPECTIVELY ENGAGING THE BEARING SURFACES ON SAID UPPER AND LOWER WAYS AND ALSO ENGAGING THE GUIDING AND BEARING SURFACES ON SAID INTERMEDIATE WAY; NUT MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE ENGAGING SAID FEED SCREW AND CAUSING MOTION OF THE CARRIAGE ALONG THE AXIS OF THE BED WITH ROTATION OF THE SCREW; AND MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE COMPRISING A CROSS SLIDE GUIDEWAY, THE GUIDEWAY EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF THE BED AND BEING ORIENTED AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE VERTICAL.