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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392830 | Micro-adjustment device for the angle stop plank of a planer An adjustable stop plank for a power tool includes a drive mechanism connected to the stop plank for continuous adjustment of the angle of the stop plank with respect to the work surface and has a display for indicating the current angle of the stop plank. In one fo... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7347233 | Table saw jig for cutting box joints A jig for cutting box joints on a table saw, including guide bar clamps adapted to be joined to guide bars of a table saw; a spacer joined to the guide bar clamps; a spacer strip joined to the spacer, the spacer strip defining spacer apertures; a board clamp joined ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7127976 | Guide for a cutting tool A guide comprises one or more brackets for securing the guide to a cutting tool, a horizontal support member secured to and moveable with respect to the brackets, and one or more arm assemblies secured to the horizontal support member and adapted to secure a working... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7082974 | Box joint fixture and method An apparatus for cutting dados in two boards used to form a box joint includes a support member and a rear member adapted for securing the apparatus to a miter of a table saw or to another type of a woodworking power tool. An insert assembly in the support member in... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7036414 | Work piece guiding system for a table saw An improved table having improvements related to stock support, such as a rip fence stock support, as well as a lateral-table support system; features of laterally-slideable front and back rip fence guide rails, including an improved front rail configuration, an imp... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6899004 | Sawing apparatus and saw fence system A sawing apparatus and a saw fence. The saw apparatus may include a work surface. The saw may include a rail system disposed along the edges of the work surface, for the attachment of accessories thereto. The saw may be provided with workpiece guide adapted to be at... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6715390 | Wood working machine For a woodworking machine having a horizontally disposed working table with a top planar surface and a saw blade transverse to the table, there is provided an elongated work-retainer fence having a planar facing disposed substantially perpendicular to the planar sur... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6619347 | Combination workpiece positioning/hold-down and anti-kickback device for a work table A combination workpiece positioning, hold-down and anti-kickback device for a work table having a fence against which a workpiece is guided, includes a non-rotatable positioning member having an arcuate cam surface at one edge for engaging a side surface ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6595252 | Method of assembling a floor-bridging unit A method of producing the floor-bridging units, which increases production rate of the floor-bridging units. First rough lumber beams are fed through a planer, which planes the lumber to the required consistent size tolerance. The planed lumber is transfe... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6520225 | Guide for a tool A guide for a tool such as a router includes a support structure attachable to a table and having a mounting surface. A fence portion such as a rectangular fence block is coupled to said mounting surface for guiding a workpiece to and from the tool. An ad... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6488062 | Protective hood for wood milling machines Disclosed is a protective hood for a wood-milling machine to cover a milling spindle which projects vertically out of a horizontal machine table. The protective hood is formed of two side walls connected to one another by a cover and a rear wall, and a fr... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6478060 | Wood planing machine with a workpiece-guiding plate A wood planing machine includes a workpiece-guiding plate disposed on a machine bed, a base disposed fixedly on the bed, and a seat disposed movably on the base. Two fixing blocks are disposed fixedly on two opposite sides of the seat. Two coupling blocks... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6467516 | Wood planing machine with an inclining unit A wood planing machine includes a work table, a workpiece guiding support and an inclining unit having a guiding seat secured to the work table, and first, second and third sliding members. The first sliding member is formed with a vertical groove and par... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6360798 | Router tables Router tables, generally used for woodworking, have fences used to guide workpieces during cutting. The router table has a table top which has a top work surface and a router bit hole through the table top. A plurality of support legs are provided below t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6305449 | Adjustable router table jig The present invention facilitates the fabrication of an unlimited variety of dovetail joints without the use of standardized template devices. Additionally, the device is capable of supporting a workpiece on both sides of the router bit cutting edge and a... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6250349 | Jointer fence systems and methods A jointer fence assembly and method for a jointer system comprising a table assembly defining a table surface and a cutter gap and a cutter assembly arranged within the cutter gap. The jointer fence assembly comprises a fence member assembly defining a fe... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237658 | Workpiece guide apparatus for wood routers, shapers and the like A guide apparatus for workpieces being run thru machines such as wood-shapers or the like having guide fences, wherein the apparatus has elongated support rail structure having attachment clamps for quickly and easily removably affixing the apparatus to a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6116304 | Power tool guide assembly A power tool guide system is provided including a base plate and at least one stanchion assembly mounted on the base plate. Also included is a guide assembly mounted on the stanchion assembly and defining a guide for slidably receiving a power tool thereo... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6073532 | Cove molding setup device and method A cove molding setup device comprising a platform having a bottom fork adapted to be supported upon a saw table arbor beside a disc blade; a slide bar mounted upon said platform at a plurality of transverse positions with respect to said base fork; a prot... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6041837 | Finger joint jig A jig for cutting a finger joint which eliminates the trial and error required to adjust the spacing between the key and the cutting blade. A key and an abutment are arranged on one side of the cutting blade. The key is connected to an alignment ledge on ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6026870 | Workpiece supporting assembly of carpenter's plane A workpiece supporting assembly of a carpenter's plane is mounted on a workbench of the carpenter's plane and composed of a slide slot seat which is adjustably fastened with the carpenter's plane and provided with a first fastening member, a fastening sea... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5967717 | Router table fence system A router table fence having three nesting aluminum extrusions or spars, two of which lie under a longer third spar. By positioning the inner ends of the two lower spars adjacent to a router cutter protruding through a router table, it is possible to provi... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5954106 | Work bench having an adjustable guide A work bench includes a table secured on top of a base and having a pair of parallel grooves. Two pairs of sprockets are rotatably secured to the table and extended inward of the grooves. Two endless chains are engaged with the sprockets and each has a po... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5908061 | Plunge fence for shapers and router tables An improved woodworking fence system for shaper or router tables which safely, quickly, and accurately produces plunge cuts and other operations without the need to replace the standard original equipment fence and safety devices is provided. These origin... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5899252 | Router bit and routing method A router bit and method for cutting predetermined configurations in a workpiece. The router bit includes a body portion having an axis of rotation, a radial extent about the axis, and a longitudinal extent, and a shank member includes a shank to be retain... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5823239 | Work bench A work bench has a stationary planar upper surface and a fence to which a piece of work is clamped. The fence may be moved so that the position of the work piece may be adjusted. Once in the desired position, the work piece remains immovable. A carriage s... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5722308 | Movable fence for a machine tool An adjustable rip fence for a machine tool has a fence which is movable with respect to the cutting tool due to a rack and pinion. The rail assembly supporting the fence include a pair of stationary rails which are secure to the machine tool. A movable ra... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5617909 | Woodworking machinery jig and fixture system A woodworking machinery jig and fixture system includes a track which is attached to a separate plywood fence, auxiliary table or other workpiece support of woodworking machinery such as a table saw, a band saw, radial arm saw, miter saw, a drill press or... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5533557 | Jointer/planer machine An adjustable worktable fence for a jointer/planer machine is disclosed. The jointer/planer machine includes an elongated worktable having a rotary cutter mounted in alignment with and positioned below a transverse slot in the elongated table. An adjustab... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5447085 | Table saw accessories for improved operability Table saw accessories are shown that are easily mounted on a saw in use or a new saw for the purpose of reducing loads generated on the table saw blade during a sawing operation. Included are a spreading clip that can be pressed onto the leading edge port... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5219011 | Hinge slotting machine An apparatus for removing material from sheet goods to allow attachment of levered closures, such as cabinet door pivot hinges. Consisting in part of a main frame with a plurality of elongated support members of equal length. Having incorporated a plurali... | 06/15/1993 |
| 4690188 | Variable curve linebar with skewable saws The present invention is the combination of a linebar and saw assembly for sawing cants or logs having various amounts of sweep in order to maximize the yield. The linebar is conformable between a straight line and a line which approximates an arc of a ci... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4653560 | Fixed curve linebar The present invention comprises the combination of an elongated curved linebar with at least one saw. This arrangement enables "sawing-around-the-curve" so that increased recovery can be obtained from cants or logs having significant amounts of sweep. The... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4633924 | Variable curve linebar The present invention is a linebar assembly for guiding a cant or log into a saw. It comprises a flexible linebar which can be bent from a straight-line configuration to one approximating a circular arc having a minimum radius of about 30 m. The linebar c... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4027563 | Controlled transversely movable guide means for lumber Precision guide means for accurately directing lumber to and/or receiving cut lengths from saws. The guide means is mounted for selective movement by setworks back and forth across a path along which the lumber moves. A closed hydraulic system includes pi... | 06/07/1977 |
