Lathe

Claim 1

A LATHE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A BED, (B) A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL WAYS EXTENDING PARALLELLY ALONG SAID BED, ONE OF SAID WAYS RECEIVED ABOVE AND REARWARD FROM THE OTHER WAY, (C) A LOCATING SURFACE AT ONE END OF SAID BED AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID WAYS, (D) A HEADSTOCK UNIT RECEIVED ON SAID LOCATING SURFACE AND AGAINST SAID OTHER WAY, SAID HEADSTOCK UNIT HAVING A RECESSED AREA THEREBEHIND ADJACENT TO SAID ONE WAY TO PROVIDE A SPACE THEREBETWEEN, (E) A TAILSTOCK UNIT RECEIVED ON SAID WAYS IN A CANTILEVER MANNER AND SPACED FROM SAID HEADSTOCK UNIT, (F) A SADDLE UNIT RECEIVED ON SAID WAYS BETWEEN SAID HEADSTOCK AND TAILSTOCK UNITS, SAID SADDLE HAVING ONE ARM PORTION EXTENDING TOWARD THE HEADSTOCK UNIT PARALLEL TO SAID ONE WAY AND BEARING THEREAGAINST AND ANOTHER ARM PORTION EXTENDING THEREFROM AND BRIDGING ACROSS SAID WAYS, (G) A CROSS SLIDE RECEIVED ON SAID OTHER SADDLE ARM PORTION FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG, AND (H) MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SADDLE ALONG SAID WAYS TO MOVE SAID CROSS SLIDE BETWEEN SPACED POSTIONS ADJACENT TO SAID HEADSTOCK AND TAILSTOCK, SAID ONE SAD DLE ARM PORTION EXTENDING INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ONE WAY AND THE HEADSTOCK UNIT WHEN SAID CROSS SLIDE IS ADJACENT TO SAID HEADSTOCK UNIT, SAID MEANS INCLUDING (1) A FEED SCREW SUPPORTED PARALLEL TO SAID WAYS AND (2) A NUT ENGAGED OVER SAID FEED SCREW AND ATTACHED TO SAID SADDLE AT THE END OF SAID ONE ARM PORTION TOWARD SAID HEADSTOCK UNIT.