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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913728 | Planer and thicknesser A planer and thicknesser comprising a frame having a passageway that substantially extends through the frame. The planer and thicknesser further comprises an upper table having front and rear sections mounted on the frame, wherein a slot is located between the front... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7832435 | Cutter head of a planar machine A cutter head of a planer machine includes a rotatable mount body having opposite flat mount and counter regions that are symmetrical to each other, a cutter blade disposed to abut against the flat mount region so as to enable a cutting edge to extend beyond a later... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7798186 | High speed planer head A high speed planer head. Disclosed according to one aspect of the invention is a hub and a threaded member. The hub is axially disposed for rotation about an axis, and has a pocket for receiving a first knife against a supporting wall of the pocket. The threaded me... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7757733 | Planer with carriage locking mechanism A locking mechanism for a thickness planer having a base and a carriage with a cutting head. The carriage is mounted to a plurality of support columns movably attached to the base. The locking mechanism includes a first lock plate associated with the base and positi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7712492 | Planing blade axle The planing blade axle includes an axle body and blades assembled externally onto the axle body in a predefined pattern. Tapped holes are arranged onto the blade assembly surface of the axle body for assembly of blades. A pyramidal through-hole is placed centrally o... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708038 | Substantially helical, stepped blade row cutterhead having removable blade units A cutterhead for a peripheral milling machine including a cutterhead body including a generally cylindrical portion and a plurality of circumferential, spaced and offset blade unit mounting cavities extending into the cutterhead body from the periphery of the cylind... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703487 | Cutterhead A cutterhead for use with a power tool includes a generally cylindrical body with a knife recess extending generally parallel to an axis of the body. The knife recess has a wall at an acute angle to a tangent of the outer surface. Received in the knife recess are a ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7588063 | Planer and thicknesser A planer and thicknesser comprising a frame having a passageway that substantially extends through the frame. The planer and thicknesser further comprises an upper table having front and rear sections mounted on the frame, wherein a slot is located between the front... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7546859 | Planer apparatus A planer having a base, a first support member attached to the base and supporting a cutterhead for selective travel in a first direction toward the base and a second opposite direction, a top frame attached to the first support member and a depth stop mechanism att... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7490641 | Optimizing planer system and method An optimizing planer system includes a control system; a workpiece feed path; and, an optimizing planer. The optimizing planer is operably coupled to the control system. The optimizing planer is located along the workpiece feed path and has an entrance, for receipt ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7458402 | Portable power planer A portable power planer for planing the top surface of a workpiece. The portable power planer includes a base assembly, a carriage assembly disposed above the base assembly, the carriage assembly includes a cutterhead assembly, the carriage assembly being vertically... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7428917 | Portable power planer with height scale A power planer having a base, a carriage assembly and a height scale. The carriage assembly includes a cutterhead that may be adjustably positioned relative to a datum that is defined by the base. The height scale has a rotary scale that rotates in response to movem... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7328732 | Swiftly and minutely adjusting device for a wood-planer working table A swiftly and minutely adjusting device for a wood-planer working table includes a bottom base, a stationary working table, a movable working table, a linking rod unit, an adjusting device, a guide plate and a tightening grip. The movable working table is slidably c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7299839 | Debris collection system for a planer A planer comprising a body comprising an aperture formed within it to accommodate a deflector; the body being mounted on a shoe, the shoe having an aperture formed through it; a cutting drum rotatably mounted within a recess formed by a wall within the body; a motor... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299837 | Planing heads assembly for an automated planing machine A planing heads positioning device to be used with an automatic planing machine for planing sides of a piece of lumber moving along a travelling course is provided. The device includes a main frame and a planing assembly including first and second planing head arran... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299838 | Debris collection container for a planer A planer assembly consisting of a planer and a debris collection container, the debris collection container comprising a receptacle for storage of debris generated by a planer during its planing action and a connector which connects the receptacle to a planer and th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293588 | Woodworking tools A rotary shaper tool for use in conjunction with a power tool used to rotate the shaper tool in which a cutter panel is formed about a cylindrical framework. The cutter panel is formed with rows or sets of cutter teeth and an array of vent holes. Chips formed by the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7252124 | Work feeding and conveying device for a planing machine A work feeding and conveying device for a planing machine includes a conveying unit assembled on an intermediate base of a planing machine. The conveying unit has a power source, a front shaft, a rear shaft and a conveying belt. The front shaft is secured at the fro... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246977 | Indicating device with large graduations for a plane An indicating device with large graduations for a plane is installed at a combining section of a main base and a worktable of the plane, including a graduation ruler, a pointer and a rack. The graduation ruler formed as an arc is provided with graduations with numbe... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245385 | Characterizing unsteady pressures in pipes using optical measurement devices An apparatus for measuring at least one parameter associated with a fluid flowing within a pipe comprises an optical measurement device and a signal processor. The optical measurement device provides output signals indicative of unsteady pressures within the fluid a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241209 | Orbiting polishing tool An orbiting polishing tool for at least one of polishing and material removal. The orbiting polishing tool may include a housing of a housing assembly rotatable about a first axis. The orbiting polishing tool may also include at least one abrasive wheel rotatable ab... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237586 | Rotatable cutting tool There is provided a rotatable cutting tool for supporting at least one knife in at least two alternate angular cutting configurations. The cutting tool includes a body that defines at least one cavity extending generally in a longitudinal direction of the body. Each... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7182112 | Wood planing machine with an improved cutter head and method A cutter head for wood planing machine comprises elongated slots, wedges and blade retainers of a cooperative configuration that allows the blade retainers to be positioned in the slots with the wedges overlying the blade retainers. The wedges may be shifted upwardl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168897 | Planing/chamfering attachment for a rotary hand tool A planing attachment for a rotary hand tool of the type having a generally cylindrical body with an output shaft at a nose end thereof to which a cutting bit can be attached, the attachment being configured at an attaching end to matingly engage the nose end of the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134462 | Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine A rotary cutter of a wood planing machine includes: a rotary shaft that has alternately disposed fan-shaped vanes and fan-shaped grooves; and blades secured respectively to the fan-shaped vanes. Each of the fan-shaped vanes has a leading face and a trailing face. Ea... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108028 | Debris collection container for a planer A debris collection container for a planer comprising a receptacle for storage of debris generated by a planer during its planing action and a connector which connects the receptacle to a planer and through which debris can pass from the a planer to the receptacle d... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100648 | Plane-blade adjusting device for a planing machine A plane-blade adjusting device for a planing machine includes a blade shaft, a plurality of plane blades, plural covers and plural eccentric tubular posts. The blade shaft body is provided with plural set flat surfaces for each plane blade to rest on and then each c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100649 | Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine A rotary cutter includes: an elongated shaft that defines a rotation axis and that has two opposite mounting ends, and at least one axially extending blade-mounting surface parallel to the rotation axis and extending between the mounting ends; a pair of blade-aligni... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7064462 | Power tools with switched reluctance motor A method of assembling a power tool, a power tool, a method of assembling an electrical device, and an electrical device includes a switched reluctance motor. The electrical device is preferably a hand-held power tool, however, any type of electrical device that inc... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055561 | Planer apparatus A planer having a base, a first support member attached to the base and supporting a cutterhead for selective travel in a first direction toward the base and a second opposite direction, a top frame attached to the first support member and a depth stop mechanism att... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051776 | Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine A rotary cutter includes: an elongated polygonal shaft that defines a rotation axis, that has blade-mounting surfaces parallel to and surrounding the rotation axis, and that is formed with blade-aligning studs for aligning a blade, the blade-mounting surfaces being ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028728 | Wood planing machine with coupling units A wood planing machine includes a cutter carriage mounted movably on screw rods, upper and lower couplers mounted adjustably on the cutter carriage and threadedly engaging the screw rods, and upper and lower screws for securing the upper and lower couplers to the cu... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013938 | Shiftable rolling feed device for a wood planing machine A drive shiftable rolling feed device includes front and rear feed rollers mounted on a support carriage of a wood planing machine for feeding a workpiece, a reduction gear train disposed to convert a primary drive of a cutter shaft into two reduction drives and cou... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000331 | Measuring and tool setting device for use on woodworking machines This invention relates to a measuring and tool setting device having a bridging cursor body 11 of plastics material, wood, metal or any combination of these with an integral locking cam mechanism 12 these acting upon a steel rule or scale 13 whi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971422 | Locking device for a plane machine A locking device for a plane machine includes a handle, an actuating rod, two side bases, an urging block respectively provided at two sides of each side base. The actuating rod is urged by a spring to bias a bit to one side of a machine base of a plane machine when... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966122 | Gauge for measuring movement of a power tool and dust collector for work bench A gauge for measuring the extent of alteration in the level of carriage on which a power tool such as a router or saw is mounted. The carriage is mounted beneath a working surface on which a piece of work is placed. The cutting implement of the power tool such as a ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951231 | Planer apparatus A planer having a base, a first support member attached to the base and supporting a cutterhead for selective travel in a first direction toward the base and a second opposite direction, a top frame attached to the first support member and a depth stop mechanism att... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945291 | Device for eliminating a gap of the threaded rod of a plane machine A device for eliminating a gap of the threaded rod of a plane machine has four gap nuts respectively screwed with four threaded rods under the threaded rod bases of a planing table. Four springs are respectively fitted between the backlash nuts and the threaded rod ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926051 | Planing cutter The invention is a planing cutter with a cylindrical cutter body (1) with recesses (3) along its enveloping surface. Each recess is delimited by a front wall (4), a rear wall (5) and a bottom (6) and contains a cutting element (... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918419 | Portable power planer A portable power planer for planing the top surface of a workpiece. The portable power planer includes a carriage assembly and a carriage elevation mechanism for translating the carriage assembly. The carriage elevation mechanism includes a plurality of threaded gui... | 07/19/2005 |
