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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7530173 | Variable cutting angle hand plane A variable cutting angle hand plane is provided. The variable cutting hand plan has a base unit configured for holding an iron, wherein the base unit has a sole and a throat extending through the base unit to the sole. The base unit has an adjustable frog for suppor... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7228631 | Contouring shave The invention is directed to a hand tool for cutting shavings from the surface of a workpiece of wood (or other workable material) to shape and make smooth any three-dimensional surface having concave, flat, and/or convex contours. The thickness of the shavings is m... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216435 | Adjustable wooden spokeshave A spokeshave providing an easily used depth of cut adjustment that is simple, effective and requires no extra tool or blade removal for adjustment. The blade of the spokeshave is mounted on two posts that project normal to the back of the blade, and the posts are re... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7117602 | Shoulder plane A plane such as a shoulder plane having at least two set screws positioned in apertures in the body, the set screws adapted to bear against opposite sides of the blade laterally to adjust the blade in position. An adjustment assembly is also provided, where rotation... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6931733 | Carpenter's combination plane A carpenter's combination plane comprised of a basic holder and a blade holder, adapted with various holder accessories depending on the size of the work surface and the distance of reciprocal planing; other auxiliary accessories may be provided to the holder access... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905290 | Hand rasp with groove blade and adjustable guide for scoring construction material An improved hand rasp comprises a planar plate with an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface. An ergonomic handle is affixed to the anterior surface of the plate. A groove blade is removably affixed to the posterior surface of the plate by attachment me... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6708412 | Bench plane jointer fence A bench plane jointer fence having a fence body secured to the side of any conventional ferromagnetic bench plane by two rare earth magnets mounted in the fence body and by the cooperation between a fence registration surface that bears against the sole of the plane... | 03/23/2004 |
| 5503200 | Shaft tapering device A shaft tapering device having a body block with a transverse borehole through which the shaft to be tapered is introduced. A recess in the top of the body block intersects the borehole, forming an aperture into which a cutting blade extends substantially... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5212870 | Edge planer An edge planer including a tube having two end portions, a slot longitudinally formed in the tube, one or more blade edges formed in the tube, a strip engaged in the slot, a handgrip engaged on each of the end portions of the tube, screws fixing the handg... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5140778 | Support and stop for hand held sander to control depth and angle of cut A portable wood sander comprising retractable interim fences to support the tool, while sanding, on the surface of an independent supporting structure, other than the surface of the work piece being sanded, and other straddling fences to stop the abrasive... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5136786 | Planing tool A low weight, high stability, disassemblable low metal content planing tool is set forth. The overall length of removeable handles is approximately equal to the longitudinal length of the tool. In narrow workspaces the tool can be operated with such handl... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5044082 | Method and means of notching sheets Rolls of paper are converted by unwinding, cutting and stacking into a relatively high stack of paper sheets of a predetermined uniform size. At least one of the vertical corners of the stack is removed by running an electrically driven manual planer down... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4920651 | Sheetrock beveling apparatus A sheetrock beveling apparatus having a housing with a substantially planar surface on one side thereof. A handle is attached to the other side of the housing. A blade is rotatably attached to the housing about an axis and includes an electric motor for s... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4621427 | Guide device for a mobile working tool A guide device for a tool such as a manual planing machine or a manual milling machine comprises a compass point connected to the tool by several guide rods. Curving or circular working processes are possible with this guide device. The compass point is p... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4603479 | Guide means for manual planing tools A manual planing or milling tool having a rotary driven cutter is displaceable longitudinally along a fixedly arranged guide rail. The tool is connected with a holder which carries a running part sliding on the guide rail. The holder may be guided pivotin... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4584772 | Hand-held planing tool with a rotary cutter A hand-held planing tool has a housing with a chamber adapted to receive a rotary driven planer head. The chamber is sized to receive either a small planer head and blade which makes a shallow flat planar cut in a workpiece, or a larger planer head and bl... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4495697 | Plasterboard trimming tool A plasterboard trimming tool includes a main support element that consists of two parallel arms interconnected by a web and having lateral guiding surfaces which face one another and confine the marginal portion of the plasterboard between themselves in o... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4442878 | Hand-held power tool with a mechanism A hand-held power tool, such as an electric planer or the like, comprises a mechanism for moving or forwarding the body of the tool in a straight hand path. The mechanism includes a rotary wheel or a plate attached to the tool body so that the rotary whee... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4433710 | Power planing tool A plane adapted to cut hinge recesses in a door edge is disclosed. The plane housing has a base having a cutout. A rotary cutter, rotatable relative to the base, is mounted from the base and in alignment with the cutout. Means are provided for selectively... | 02/28/1984 |
