Motor attachment assembly

Claim 1

An attachment assembly for an electric motor provided with a motor base comprising, a foundation member having a raised planar top support plate provided with a plurality of parallel and axially aligned elongated slots therethrough, side walls depending from opposite sides of said support plate, at least one end wall depending from said support plate, an interior longitudinally shiftable slide member having a planar integral slide plate disposed beneath said top support plate and including a plurality of holes therethrough at least two of which are vertically aligned with respective ones of said slotS in said support plate, retaining means carried by the medial portion of each said side wall and extending beneath said support plate to support said slide plate immediately juxtaposed the undersurface of said support plate while allowing of relative longitudinal movement therebetween, said retaining means disposed clear of said slide member holes throughout the longitudinal shifting of said slide member, screw means axially fixed to the medial portion of said foundation member end wall and threadedly engaging said slide member to longitudinally displace said slide plate and holes relative said support plate and slots, a transverse depending flange at one end of said slide plate, a threaded fastener affixed to the medial portion of said slide plate flange and receiving said screw means, a plurality of elevated stud assemblies each having a stud disposed through one said slot and hole, the upper portion of each said stud disposed through an opening in said motor base, threaded fasteners engaging the lower portion of both sides of said motor base to secure the base in a position elevated from said support plate, and separate threaded fasteners engaging the lower portion of each said stud with one said separate fastener disposed above said support plate and another said separate fastener disposed beneath said slide plate for each said stud to rigidly clamp said integral slide plate to said support plate whereby, upon the release of either one of said fasteners engaging each of said stud lower portions said slide plate is unclamped from said support plate and rests upon said retaining means such that subsequent actuation of said screw means permits of longitudinal shifting of said integral slide plate with concurrent shifting of all said stud assemblies without interference between said stud assemblies and said retaining means.