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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311477 | Cutting insert and cutting tool A metal cutting tool is provided with at least one cutting insert mounted in an insert pocket in communication with an adjusting mechanism, the cutting insert comprising at least one insert adjusting slot extending between two opposing major faces thereof and openin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7210509 | Chipping head A chipping head, particularly a chipping head of a chipping canter, is disclosed comprising a head body having thereon mounted multiple chipping knives that are adapted on the head body in an annular fashion spaced at a distance from each other. Onto the chipping he... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204663 | Multi-purpose end-mill A multi-purpose end-mill to be used for different machining purposes, in particularly useful for closed or open contours machining. The end-mill comprises a cylindrical shank portion connected to a first cutting portion provided with a plurality of spaced-apart cutt... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7155789 | Cutter adjustment system An improvement for a cartridge case trimmer which indexes on the shoulder of the case as established by the resizing die and permits a rotating cutter assembly to trim the neck of cases from the inside at a controllable angle. The cutter assembly includes a notched ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153067 | Rotary cutting tool having multiple helical cutting edges with differing helix angles A rotary cutting tool is disclosed including a substantially cylindrical main body having a shank portion at one end and a point at an opposite end. Five flutes are formed in an outer surface of the main body. Each of the flutes extends continuously from the point t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137420 | Mortiser tool A mortiser tool comprises a drill bit, a cutting element mounted around the drill bit and a motor means. In use a motor rotates the drill bit independently of the cutting element, and in use a motor moves the drill bit in a first reciprocating action, in which the c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6938961 | Apparatus for breaking up solid objects An improved buster point assembly is disclosed. The improved buster point assembly has an elongated shaft attached to a replaceable tip. The replaceable tip includes a working end and a connecting end, the connecting end has a chamber for receiving a distal end of t... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923227 | Canter chipper head The present invention provides a canter chipper head that comprises a rotor suitable for rotation about a rotation axis. The rotor has a lateral side and a frontal side, and includes a first cutting assembly and a second cutting assembly that are each mounted to the... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6640853 | Wood-milling cutter The present invention relates to a wood-milling cutter. A circular cutter head includes a plurality of semicircular engaging grooves at the rim thereof for receiving a plurality of hilts with corresponding arched surface. A semicircular screw hole is form... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6546974 | Stump removal tool A stump removal tool for boring around a stump at ground level. The stump removal tool includes an elongate member having a first end, a second end and outer peripheral wall extending between the first and second ends. The elongate member has a generally ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6401772 | System and method for forming dovetail joints An apparatus for cutting dovetail joints comprises one or more trapezoidal mortising chisels mountable on a drill press, each trapezoidal mortising chisel having a trapezoidal cross sectional shape with a particular slope or "pitch" on its non-parallel si... | 06/11/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6196286 | Method and tool for manufacturing a shaped edge, veneer surfaced, furniture top A method for manufacturing a wood veneer surfaced furniture top with a profiled edge, utilizing a special tool and process, which when used collectively, eliminates the need for certain relatively costly machinery and manufacturing processes.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6190099 | Motor-driven hand tool The invention relates to a motor-driven hand tool for machining of workpieces, in particular planar workpieces, having a guide surface which can be placed on the workpiece to be treated, and a face milling cutter for processing which projects past the gui... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6158487 | Miter joint keying system A keying system for a miter joint with a work holder for engaging the outer surfaces of the boards when assembled. A flat planar tool guide is fixed to the work holder and has a slot that receives and guides a router tool to cut a slot through both boards... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6148880 | Flat-surface milling machine A planer-type face milling machine for processing wood having a drive motor that is coupled to a work spindle, which supports, on a free end, a milling head, which on its front side supports cutting edges, the milling head being configured particularly as... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6116831 | Mortise drilling apparatus and method A drilling template for carving into the lateral edge or the jamb of a door, a slot shaped and dimensioned to receive either a lock and its mounting plate or its strikeplate has a series of drill bit bores at regular spaced-apart intervals along a central... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6007279 | Chipper-toothed hole saw A hole-cutting device for attachment to a portable electric drill or similar rotating machine. The device has a cylindrical body with a rearward edge and a forward edge; a mounting plate is affixed across the rearward edge, and a series of chipper teeth a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6000449 | Cutting head with exchangeable hard-metal cutting blades for wood working In a cutting head with exchangeable hard metal cutting blades for woodworking, wherein the cutting head includes a body with a center hub portion and arms extending radially therefrom and having support surfaces with cutting blades mounted thereon, the su... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5899251 | Wood machineable joint One or a plurality of machined timber elements of complimentary first and second configuration wherein each element is characterized by having at least one face surface (1,2) and one abutment surface (3,4) wherein said abutment surface incorporates in sai... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5893400 | Debarker head assembly An improved debarking apparatus, which includes a substantially, cylindrically shaped debarker head having a plurality of cutting blades to form its out peripheral surface, the debarker head mounted on a central shaft so that it may rotate freely on the s... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5626446 | Flat drill bit with opposing vertical cutting edges A flat drill bit having a shaft with an axis of rotation and a flat drill bit head connected to the shaft. The flat drill bit head includes opposing flat front and back faces, left and right edgewalls between the front and back faces, and a bottom endwall... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5507331 | Drilling/cutting bit, and method of making joint A drilling/cutting bit for forming joints in wooden members to be connected together by a coupling. The bit simultaneously forms a smaller width slot, a larger width slot, and a curved transition between the slots.... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5499667 | Drill/cutting bit, and method of making structural joint A drill/cutting tool for making joints in wooden members for receiving a metal plate connector. The drill/cutting tool can bore a hole, and then simultaneously cut a smaller width groove and larger width groove from the hole to complete forming the joint.... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5360041 | Stump grinder A stump grinder adapted to be attached to and driven by a bushhog in which a vertical plate is attached to a horizontal circular plate having means for attachment to a bushhog. The vertical plate comprises a central wedge-shaped bit having a pair of cutti... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5323823 | Wood router bit A router bit for laterally cutting through sheets of wood product, such as plywood and the like. The bit includes a shank portion adapted to be gripped in the chuck of a router, a fluted portion, and a tip. The fluted portion has two helical left-hand flu... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5222842 | Milling tool The milling tool, in one form, has a shank having a shank rotation axis, a first cutting-edge carrier having at least one cutting edge and at least two arched areas and a second cutting-edge carrier having at least one cutting edge and at least two arched... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5207540 | Apparatus for forming diamond-shaped edges on ornamental chains The apparatus is used for forming a diamond shape on ornamental chains (C) of variable width, and comprises a support having a slide guide flange (1A) with an intermediate gap (3) for the space required for the diamond-shaping tool (5), a shoe for lateral... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5154215 | Router bit with replaceable knife A router bit body has an open center space that permits plunge cutting and that facilitates the ejection of chips from the router bit body. The knife is screwed to a sloping knife-supporting plane surface that underlies and reinforces the knife and that r... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5143490 | Bit for cutting sheetrock Disclosed is a bit which can be cut both axially and laterally, and which is especially useful to cut an access opening in a sheetrock panel covering an electrical outlet box. The bit self-guides itself laterally around the periphery of the outlet box so ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5127774 | Tool bit for cleaning the bottom of a dado channel A specialized, solid, cylindrical tool bit for cleaning uneven surface material from the bottom or floor of a dado channel previously cut in a workpiece. The bit operates at rotation speeds in excess of 10,000 revolutions per minute and has a cutting memb... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5063980 | Cutter head assembly Shims are selectively added to, in one form of the invention, or removed from, in another form of the invention, the space between a cutter body and a circular saw blade in a cutter tool assembly for cutting a round on wood products, to compensate for the... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4798503 | Tenon forming tool A tenon forming tool which is an attachment for a powered hand drill.... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4753558 | Installation drill The present invention concerns in brief a drill (1) for making of preferably through installation bores, through which bores flexible shafts, cables and the like can be lead in. The drill (1) comprises a bore crown (2) and a shank (3). The bore crown (2) ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4675975 | Combination planing and finishing tool This combination tool (10) includes a body (12) attachable to a drill press (16) by means of a shaft (14). The body includes an end face (34) for attachment of an abrasive finishing disc (36) and provides a mounting for cutter inserts (40). Each cutter in... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4614463 | Cutter having removable cutting blades A cutter body has a plurality of detachable blades mounted in a cutter body plate which extends into a hub that is mounted on a power shaft. Each blade comprises an upper blade edge and a lower blade edge held in place by a block which is removably retain... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4580934 | Hole sizing tool A rotary hole sizing tool for enlarging a pre-existing hole comprising a shank portion, a disk-like cutting member having cutting edges formed on the axially advancing face thereof, a pilot member for engaging the walls of the pre-existing hole and aligni... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4551918 | Honeycomb core cutting tool and method of using A set of two cutting units are located on the end of a tool to be rotated. The cutting units are radially aligned and on a bevel. Each blade on each cutting unit has a radial rake of at least 60 degrees, a clearance angle, and serrations cut at an angle n... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4541757 | Propellant milling tool, butterfly cutter A cutting tool for milling solid propellant for rocket motors includes a cutting arm that is fixedly attached at a center location to a rotatable arbor or shaft. The cutting arm has a cutting blade and inwardly located hole at each end with each of the bl... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4434826 | Wood wheel cutter A shank is provided for stationary support from a rotary drive structure with the shank coaxial with the axis of rotation of the drive structure. The shank includes a head on one end having an outwardly opening bit receiving bore formed therein coaxial wi... | 03/06/1984 |
