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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7650917 | Arched top door facing and system for forming an arched door facing The present invention is directed to a system and method for forming an arched top door facing, and the resulting facing. The system includes a panel, a table and a cutting assembly. The panel has a first surface intended to be interiorly disposed and a second surfa... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7240704 | Dado guide An apparatus for cutting a precision dado in a board includes a base member. The base member includes an adjustable clamp that surrounds a guide fence and which can move along the length of the fence. The fence is clamped to the board where desired for each dado. Th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7131470 | Fence router table system A table with a working surface has a parallel rail on each side of the working surface. A slide assembly includes a shaft with ends and a pair of brackets. Each bracket has a hole. The holes receive the ends of the shaft. The slide assembly includes cylindrical tunn... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131898 | Adjustable surface positioning guide for a rotary hand-held tool A removable surface positioning guide for a rotary hand-held tool provides one or more adjustable features for selective positioning of a surface engaging bit driven by the rotary hand-held tool. The surface positioning guide may include a pivot joint between a guid... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124793 | Portable planer for a single use stand An apparatus for a portable planer 12 having rails 14 with means for mounting to a single use stand 16, 18. The planer 12 has a pair of rails 14 with bolts 48 depending from the base thereof having threads with nuts 50 | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093628 | Method of and apparatus for forming timbers with rounded ends The method of forming timbers especially for use as webs in timber roof trusses comprising feeding timbers in a predetermined path with the timbers extending transversely to the direction of feed and, as the timbers are so fed, shaping the ends thereof to rounded fo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6964286 | Attachment fixture for manufacturing elliptical arches using a single-pass radius molding system The present invention is an attachment fixture that is used in conjunction with a single-pass radius molding system to manufacture elliptical arches. The attachment fixture includes a vertical beam, a horizontal self-centering rack mounted at top end of the vertical... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962180 | Attachment fixture for manufacturing elliptical arches using a single-pass radius molding system The present invention is an attachment fixture that is used in conjunction with a single-pass radius molding system to manufacture elliptical arches. The attachment fixture includes a vertical beam, a horizontal self-centering rack mounted at top end of the vertical... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6942438 | Keyway cutter tool and method An apparatus and method for forming a keyway in a workpiece is provided. The apparatus includes a shank and cutter, the shank and cutter immovably associated with respect to each other during the keyway forming operation. The apparatus is engageable with a computer ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6705810 | Guide device In a guide device for cutting a groove of this invention, a rectilinear guide member comprises a pair of guide members where the opening width between the guide members for an initial cut is set to be the same as the diameter of a router bit by inserting a pair of i... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698476 | Woodworking apparatus An apparatus includes a structure supporting a circular blade, a carriage on the structure for linear movement relative to the blade, and a lathe mounted on the carriage, the lathe rotatably supporting a workpiece in proximity to the blade. In one aspect,... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6622762 | Electric hand tool with function-enhancing accessories The invention relates to an electric hand tool (6) with an electric motor contained in a housing, which drives a chip-removing tool (8). The mounting section (14) of a mounting rail (1) is mounted in a detent locking fashion onto the mounting base (3) of ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6585018 | Linear guide for shaping tools First and second guide plates are engaged for linear sliding between them by a channel and rib engagement system. A grooving tool is carried by the plate associated with the rib, and the rib is in axial alignment with the tool head, such that the tool hea... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6568442 | Router bit for floorboard The invention is for a method for removing at least a portion of a floorboard from a plurality of floorboards installed on a surface base. The method comprises isolating the floorboard or portion thereof for removal and removing a central portion of the i... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6539992 | Radial overarm router A radial overarm router is disclosed. The radial overarm router includes a machine base with a work surface, a vertical column, a bearing housing, a slide assembly, and a carriage subassembly. The bearing housing is mounted to, and may rotate about, the v... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6530302 | Cabinetmaking system A cabinetmaking system having a framing table including opposed fences on each side and a series of adjustably positionable clamps. One of the fences includes a removable central section for maneuvering a cutting tool therethrough. The clamps each include... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520227 | Apparatus and method for mounting routers in tables An apparatus to support a hand held motorized tool in an inverted position that allows easy removal of the tool for hand held purposes. The apparatus is defined by a receiver in a frame and an opening for removal of the tool. A lid may further stabilize t... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6520224 | Power tool mounting plate The mounting plate includes an upper panel having an aperture for receipt of the cutting implement of a power tool such as a bit or a saw. The panel is adapted to be received in the opening for an insert formed in the work bench where its upper surface is... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6510878 | Router baseplate assembly precision aligner and guide An attachable baseplate for a highspeed router which can be used with router in an upright handheld position, or in an inverted position with router suspended by same baseplate in a router table. Front edge of baseplate has cutout portion for sliding enga... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6505659 | Tool support A support mechanism for a router comprises a plate having top and bottom sides and an opening therethrough, and a carriage supported in suspension beneath the plate for supporting a router coaxial with the opening. A pair of guide posts slidably support t... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6491072 | Duplicator device for radial arm saw The invention provides a woodworking duplicator which is adapted to be attached to a standard radial arm saw. The device allows a rotating cutting tool and a stylus to be movably supported allowing the user to trace a pattern with the stylus while cutting... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6488061 | Single pass radius molding system A molding system to form a decorative use in a single pass and having a horizontal profile cutter, a first vertical cutter disposed adjacent an end of the horizontal cutter, a second vertical cutter secured to a hinged door by means of an extension, and t... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484767 | Power tool guide and work center A work station is provided having a work surface. The work surface comprises spaced apart bearers (42) which are spaced apart and parallel. The bearers (42) are interconnected by braces (43) and intermediate bearer fits between the parallel bearers (42). ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6470781 | Lifter bore groover tool A lifter bore groover tool having a housing in an essentially rectilinear configuration which has an upper wall and a lower wall and a plurality of side walls. The side walls include a cutting wall and another wall and facing walls there between. A bore i... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6450220 | Coping jig A coping jig for guiding a router in cutting the end of a section of decorative trim, preferably for creating an inside corner. The coping jig includes a stationary molding stage that receives a section of molding to be cut. A template platform is mounted... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6427733 | Portable cutter for cut tree stand A portable device for cutting stand grooves in the trunk of a cut tree, including a frame, a pair of wheels rotatably secured to one end of the frame, and a hitch fixed to the other end of the frame. A support at the frame one end includes a first trunk s... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422117 | Molding coping jig and method An inexpensive jig for holding a piece of crown molding, and guiding a hand-held jigsaw at a particular angle to aid in coping the molding. The jig has a horizontal base plate 1 and two vertical side fences 2A, 2B. A guide plate 3 is attached between the ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415830 | Material support tool used for routers A material support tool used for routers for allowing pieces of wood to be cut accurately and safely. The material support tool used for routers includes a base member having a hole centrally disposed therethrough and being adapted to receive a router bit... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6382276 | Router table adapter base plate The invention relates to a slotless router base plate used for mounting routers by a majority of manufacturers to a router table. A router is attached to a baseplate, and then this router-baseplate assembly is attached to a router table. Numerous hole gro... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378580 | Arch cutting jig apparatus A jig apparatus that allows one to cut arches in a work piece quickly and efficiently. It is comprised of a bar that has sliding adjustable clamps that secure a cable which go around pulleys on a router or other cutting device that when the cable is pulle... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374878 | Portable fixture for woodworking tools A multipurpose, portable fixture for hand held woodworking power tools is described. The portable fixture of the present invention allows for controlled multidirectional operations with the woodworking tools on a workpiece. The woodworking tool may be tip... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6354347 | Router bit for forming raised door panels A router bit for forming the edges of a raised door panel which includes a rotatable drive shaft, a profile cutter fixed to the drive shaft, and a back cutter fixed to the drive shaft for rotation therewith. A cylindrically-shaped pilot member is disposed... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6334744 | Circle cutting jig A jig for use in conjunction with a router to cut circular openings is disclosed herein. The circular jig is comprised of a plate that has an escape hole for receiving a bit of the router therethrough, and a plurality of pivot holes formed therein. The pl... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6330492 | Robotic furniture texturing A programmable furniture texturing robotic system includes a programmable multiaxis robot fixed to a support frame and a table fixed to a support frame such that they form an integrated unit and the programmable multiaxis robot has a furniture texturing t... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6315017 | Joint jig for use with either a table-mounted or a hand-held router A jig facilitates the construction of joints in a working piece, and, more particularly, secures the working piece to be cut and allows it to be passed over a fixed router without sacrificing any of the ease of use or quality associated with prior art jig... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6305447 | Base plate for mounting router in a support table A base plate for mounting a router in a support table provides a plate configured to fit in an orifice, having an inwardly extending ledge thereabout, defined in the support table with the router supported by the base plate to depend therefrom. The base p... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293322 | Sink basin positioning and mounting apparatus An apparatus for positioning and mounting sinks to the underside of solid polymer countertops has a framework assembly consisting of a front rail (14) comprising an aligning channel (16), rail assembly brackets (26) and a centering graph (20); side rails ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6223794 | Woodworking station A woodworking station is provided, in which cutting heads and cutting bits, e.g. routers, small-bodied rotary tools, plunge routers, and others, are either permanently or interchangeably positioned with respect to a tiltable and rotatable cutting table, s... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6206060 | Jig system for positioning the placement of multiple cuts in a workpiece The present invention is a jig system for precisely positioning the placement of multiple cuts such as in the placement of dovetail or box joints cut in a wood panel. A row of multi-use adjustable spacers controls the indexing of a workpiece and can be us... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203255 | Flower like rosette cutting device A router guide apparatus for use in forming rosette designs in a work piece includes a frame having a work surface with a wheel rotatably mounted upon the work surface. The wheel has a plurality of position stops. The rosette design can be formed in a syn... | 03/20/2001 |
