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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6449864 | Method and apparatus for rotary cutter blade adjustment A longitudinal gage fixture extends the entire length of the cutting blade and provides positively locked, parallel surfaces that uniformly and reliably set the proper height of the gage blade along its length while in a blade holder, In use, the device r... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6186199 | Milling tool for machining workpieces of wood, a derived timer product, a plastic material, etc. A milling tool for machining workpieces of wood, derived timber products, plastic material etc., has a support with a receiving portion and a cutting portion. The cutting portion has cutouts with a support surface for receiving at least two exchangeable c... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6161602 | Unitary finger joint cutting bit and finger joint cutting head incorporating the same A finger joint cutting tool includes unitary finger joint cutter bits. Each cutter bit has a unitary body to provide several integrally formed finger cutting teeth for finger jointing wood materials. Preferably the body is formed by an electrical discharg... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5915429 | Compact small diameter log sawmill A sawmill that is a compact integrated unit of a multiplicity of components all mounted on a common frame for performing different functions to produce pieces of lumber from a log. Logs can be processed that have a minimum diameter of approximately 2" and... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5398739 | Rotary cutting head assembly The present invention includes a rotatable cutting head assembly (12), such as for a planer or a jointer, which planes a work surface on a workpiece (22). The cutting head assembly (12) comprises a rotatable elongate support block (30), a pair of blades (... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5363892 | Hand planing tool with a rotating blade mount A hand-operated planer has a rotating blade holder having a base body, at least one planing blade and a pressing plate which presses the at least one planing blade against the base body, the pressing plate having one side which presses the planing blade a... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5329978 | Planer The invention provides an improved planar which effectively prevents undesirable torn grain. The planer of the invention includes at least one planer knife or blade and at least one pressing member, both attached to and supported on a cutterhead. The pres... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5022160 | Hand-operated power tool A power tool includes a housing, a cylindrical cutter block rotatably mounted and a drive to rotate the cutter block. Front and rear sole plates support the tool on a work piece.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4749014 | Cutterhead for a power planer A cutterhead for a power planer has an elongated core with threaded holes for releasably mounting a pressure plate with a cutting blade being clamped between the pressure plate and the core. The core has a support surface contacted by the cover portion, a... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4347882 | Cutterhead for a power planer The invention is directed to a rotary cutterhead for a portable power planer tool, as well as a method of making the cutterhead. The cutterhead includes an elongated core and a pressure plate mounted on the core and which cooperates therewith to define a ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4066111 | Cutter head assembly for power planers A cutter head assembly having two types of independent connecting means to insure that the cutting blade remains mounted to the cutting block even in the unlikely event that one type of connection should fail. The first type of connecting means are connecting ... | 01/03/1978 |
