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Class 144/240 - Solid


Subclass of Class 144 - Woodworking
Definition: Rotary cutter comprising single integral cutters, not including
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 11/04/2003


NumberTitleIssue Date
6640854Machining assembly including a rotating tool and exhaust hood
The invention relates to a treatment unit with a cutting tool (1) for treating wood, plastic or the like. Said treatment unit comprises a suction hood (6) with a ring (17) that encircles the tool (1) completely in the circumferential direction and at leas...
11/04/2003
6568442Router 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
6561238Menu-driven, configurable door processing station
A door preparation station includes a data processing control system that drives a display for presenting sequential series of menu selections that illicit operator information that is used as control data to configure the station for preparing a door for...
05/13/2003
6546974Stump 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
6401772System 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
6382279Method for manufacturing a box, provided with a lid, from a thin tree trunk or a branch
A cylindrical hollow blank 1 is separated longitudinally from inside an elongate block of wood by axial boring, the blank is dried and its outer and inner surfaces finished, eg by milling, turning and sanding, and a bottom piece (2, FIG. 2) and, if requir...
05/07/2002
6206062Shank-type cutter of a hard material
In a shaft-type cutter body of hard material including a shaft for mounting the cutter in a chuck and a head including cutting areas with cutting edges disposed around the circumference of the head, the shaft and the head are formed integrally by injectio...
03/27/2001
6196286Method 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
6158487Miter 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
5899251Wood 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
5890409Slotting blade with out-of-phase serrations
A durable male slotting blade for creating cleanly sheared slots in corrugated cardboard. The male slotting blade is adapted to be mounted to a slotter head of a cardboard box fabricating machine, and is provided with a cutting surface having first and se...
04/06/1999
5595226Drilling/cutting machine for making joints in wooden members
A drilling/cutting machine for forming joints for accommodating metal protrusions of a metal plate connector. The machine can cut one or more joints simultaneously with a drilling/cutting bit that drills and simultaneously cuts smaller and larger width sl...
01/21/1997
5507331Drilling/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
5499667Drill/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
5361813Wood patch cutting method and apparatus
An apparatus and method for making wood patches wherein an elongate piece of wood patch stock is inserted longitudinally into an end of the apparatus. The wood patch stock is incrementally moved toward cutting blades by a clamp mounted on a carriage. A ch...
11/08/1994
5267593Router spindle adapter apparatus
A spindle arranged for mounting shaper cutters to an associated router is configured to include a lower shaft coaxially aligned with an upper shaft having an abutment collar therebetween. An upper threaded boss mounts a fastener assembly to secure and pos...
12/07/1993
511616645 degree miter undercutter bit
A miter undercutter bit is provided which is functional to make a 45 degree angled miter. The assembly includes a rotatable shaft having a cutter mounted thereon. The cutter comprises a pair of 45 degree angle arms which upon rotation thereof make the mit...
05/26/1992
5088755Snow ski, procedure for its manufacture and device for the implementation of this procedure
This snow ski, the sides of which have an inclination which is variable in relation to the plane of the sole of the ski, at different points along its length, and are constituted by curved convex or concave lines, in which the profiles of the sides are of...
02/18/1992
4993465Router tool for and method of producing workpieces with alternating contour mating surfaces
Workpieces with alternating contour mating surfaces are produced by a routing tool comprising a working portion having an axis and an outer contour shaped so that in an axial cross-section of the working portion the outer contour includes a plurality of s...
02/19/1991
4936361Rotary cutter
A rotary cutter bar for a tree felling apparatus. The bar comprises a cylindrical rod having a plurality of raised cutting teeth on its surface. Each tooth is in the form of a short curved bar. The teeth are located on a plurality of equally spaced-apart,...
06/26/1990
4874001Manicurist's bit
A manicurist's bit for shaving away layers of an artificial fingernail. The bit comprises an elongated body portion having a right circular cross section, and has a plurality of angled knurls extending along the width of the body portion. In a preferred e...
10/17/1989
4865093Apparatus and method of producing chair mats and the like
An apparatus and method for forming a workpiece or chair mat with cleats on the underside thereof, and with a marginal peripheral area void of cleats, and for trimming the edge of a generally planar workpiece. A rotatable work table is provided for positi...
09/12/1989
4850407Wood working tool
A cutter to be mounted on a spindle of a rotary tool for use in shaping timber. The cutter comprising a rigid member to be mounted co-axially on the tool spindle to rotate therewith and having a plurality of spaced cutting teeth about the periphery of the...
07/25/1989
4844135Panel routing method and means
Panel raising is accomplished with an elongate router cutter tool working against a workpiece or panel which is supported edgewise on the working surface of a work table....
07/04/1989
4782869Device for mechanically splitting cleavable objects
A device for mechanically splitting cleavable objects, especially blocks of wood, comprising two rotatable splitting wheels (2) whose rotation is effected by a motor (9). The splitting wheels (2) are provided with a number of teeth (40) and rotate in the ...
11/08/1988
4655648Router tool and insert for same
A router tool and a cutting insert for transverse cutting of a work piece, preferably of fiber reinforced plastics. The router comprises a shank and a cylindrical router body having chip gullets and sites that have received cutting inserts. Each insert ha...
04/07/1987
4610581End mill and method
An end mill adapted to make a full depth cut in a workpiece in a single pass and having the helix pitch angle of the cutting edges from 10° to 30°. In operation tightly curled substantially straight elongated chips substantially as long as the depth of ...
09/09/1986
4593734Frame routing apparatus
A special router for cutting an L-shaped groove in elongated frame members has an elongated cutter stem and an axis about which the stem is rotatable; the stem has substantially parallelogram cross sections in planes normal to that axis; and a cutter head...
06/10/1986
4470733Multiple function cutting tool
An improved cutting tool is provided for performing a number of different cutting functions. A pair of radial cutting edges are provided for boring and chamfering. Peripheral cutting edges are provided for slotting and profile milling. Relatively shallow ...
09/11/1984
4454901Multi-directional rotary saw
A substantially triangular-shaped multi-directional rotary saw blade suitable for arcuate and plunge cutting is disclosed....
06/19/1984
4244669Cutter head for cutting templates from cardboards, plastics, and the like
A cutter head for cutting templates from cardboards, plastics, and the like, which includes a high speed rotatable cutting stylus, and a holding-down device for holding down the material from which the templates are to be cut out. The holding-down device ...
01/13/1981
4145159Bit for electric drills
The present invention relates to an improved drill bit. In the present invention there are disposed opposite each other on a shank a cutting blade with no relief and a post. The post prevents a center swing and is of a small diameter equivalent to a cutti...
03/20/1979
4082128Planing and disintegrating apparatus
A planing apparatus comprises a knife replaceably mounted in a carrier and having two parallel major faces and two parallel minor faces inclined with respect to the major faces whereby the cross section of the knife forms a parallelogram, each of the mino...
04/04/1978
 
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