---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000003322"
title: "Ball transfer rail for table saw"
published_at: "2026-09-15T20:09:29.514866Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003322"
categories:
  - "industrial-motion-power-transmission/rotary-motion"
keywords:
  - "f16c29/046"
  - "f16c29/046"
  - "b23d47/02"
  - "b23d47/025"
  - "b23d47/025"
  - "b27b25/00"
---

# Ball transfer rail for table saw

## Abstract

A ball transfer assembly includes a steel ball that rotates within a housing having a collar for centering the ball within the housing and a removable plug that forms a seat for the ball and retains the ball and collar within the housing. The plug has a snap lock arrangement with the housing that permits it to be removable allowing the assembly to be taken apart and cleaned. A gasket also aids in preventing the accumulation of dust and wood fibers within the housing. A series of ball transfer assemblies may be aligned in an extruded metal rail to form a long beam with equally spaced in-line ball supports each capable of 360° movement. This ball rail can be set adjacent a table saw. moulder, shaper, or band saw to provide control over the movement of sheet material being cut or moved.

## 1. Drawings

[0001] Sheet 1.

[0002] Sheet 2.

[0003] Sheet 3.