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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255144 | Guide for workbench The guide controls the angle of stock on the working surface of a workbench. The guide is slidable along a guide rod and has a rotary element to which a backing block is attached for supporting the stock. The rotary element is provided with a detent which causes the... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243587 | Pivoting rear blade guard The present invention is directed to a blade guard assembly capable of allowing increased capacity for saws, such as radial arm saw, miter saws, and the like. The assembly includes a U-shaped guard and a pivot pin for allowing the guard to obtain a plurality of posi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234380 | Side pressure splitter The present invention is directed to an apparatus for maintaining contact between a portion of a workpiece between a kerf intrusion device and an alignment fence. In an aspect of the present invention, a table saw is configured with a support having a support surfac... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7140286 | Dual adjustable feather jig A dual adjustable feather jig for simultaneously holding a piece of wood stock firmly against a stationary rip fence and against the top surface of a worktable. The feather jig includes a lower feather board with a âTâ in channel bar adjustably mounted on the bo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6935215 | Slicing machine and conveyor system with automatic product width compensation The invention provides a slicing and conveying system that includes a slicing blade that cuts slices from a loaf, and an output conveyor located below the slicing blade for receiving the slices in a draft. A control system automatically adjusts a lateral movement of... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6755106 | Device for die cutting a stack consisting of sheet-type materials The invention concerns a device for die-cutting a stack of sheet-like materials, particularly labels, whereby the stack is pressed into the die-cutter blade by a relative movement of a punching ram and a hollow cylindrical die-cutter blade. For such a device, it is ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6568441 | Holding arms for shaper cutting and the like A pair of holding arms which can be installed quickly and used to press a workpiece in a safe manner against a guide fence, regardless of the cuts made upon it, when the workpiece is moved past a shaper having cutter blades rotatably mounted on a stationa... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6227087 | Liquid jet cutter for cutting a rolled dough product A cutting apparatus cuts a rolled dough product. The apparatus includes a conveyor conveying a rolled dough cylinder along a dough travel path. A nozzle is coupled to a liquid source providing liquid under pressure and is directed toward the dough travel ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6105480 | Apparatus for separating ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber An apparatus for separating a ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber at a plurality of positions at once, wherein the ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber includes a number of single-core fibers arranged in parallel. This apparatus comprises a first cutti... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6053085 | Ribbon separation tool and method for separating an optical fiber ribbon A ribbon separation tool (10) for separating optical fiber ribbons (C1,C2,C3) into subsets of optical fibers. Ribbon separation tool (10) includes a stationary shearing device (27), and a moveable shearing device (17), the moveable shearing device (17) is... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5482098 | Feeding device for curved workpieces A device for feeding a curved workpiece is presented. A shaping device incorporating a feeding device of the present invention comprises a base; a cutting head projecting vertically above the base for shaping the workpiece; and a jig mounted to the base f... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5367933 | Power tool shield and guiding apparatus A power tool guiding and shielding apparatus that is magnetically attached to a work surface. The guide holds a work piece against a guide fence and the work table, allowing the work piece to slide on the work table while being machined. The shield is att... | 11/29/1994 |
| 4938111 | Anti-kickback device for a wood processing machine The disclosure herein describes an anti-kickback device for use in a wood ocessing machine. The invention is concerned with mounting, upstream of an arrangement of circular saws, a series of fingers pivotably mounted on a shaft mounted transversely of the... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4919028 | Shearing machine The present invention relates to a shearing machine in which the upper shearing blade can be easily adjusted and positioned. The upper blade is held on a pivotal plate member which is pivotally held on a ram by means of a hinge means to be rotated to adju... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4733586 | Method of and apparatus for making a capillary-action nib for a pen or marker A method of and apparatus for the production of wicking tips for pens and markers in which the blanks, pointed at their ends, are first notched on opposite sides and are then cut through between the notches to form two tips from each blank. The invention ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4677887 | Band saw stand The band saw stand presented herein comprises a base and a pair of vertical support member for maintaining a portable band saw in a secure upright position. A worktable and guide are attachable to the saw stand whereby the device can be quickly assembled ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4644834 | Apparatus for positioning of sheet metal plates arranged on a metal feed table of a metal shear A feed lever and a lateral stop with individual guide members spaced apart and arranged in slot-shaped grooves of the metal feed table supported so that they can be raised and lowered on a support. The guide members are each equipped with a guide body pos... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4624294 | Wood thickness attachment A wood thickness attachment for a jointer planer that has an angle/wood guide and cutter roller is provided. The attachment is attached and adjusted to the angle/wood guide and includes a roller guide that will engage a piece of wood which can be cut by t... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4554850 | Machine for cutting V-belts from a V-belt band A machine for cutting one or more V-belts from a band of several V-belts and including a base on which are journalled parallel, powered rolls driven as by a hand crank. A frame above the base adjustably supports a carriage positionable transversely of a V... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4551948 | Glass shaping machine A glass shaping apparatus having a housing including a work surface integrally formed to the housing top and a variable-speed drive motor mounted within the housing with a drive shaft, including a grinding surface, protruding through a penetration onto th... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4430914 | Rotary apparatus for advancing a web For use with a thermoforming press adapted to form individual articles in the body of a thermoplastic web which has a degree of inherent stiffness, a trimming station for trimming the formed articles from the web subsequent to their formation characterize... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4385540 | Apparatus for scoring glass sheets Apparatus for scoring glass sheets comprises a rotary drive roll having a tire of resilient material for drivingly engaging the underside of a sheet of glass to be cut. A scoring wheel is mounted above the drive roll and is adjustable to move toward and a... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4368656 | Manual tool for cutting polymeric belt body A manual tool for cutting a polymeric endless power transmission belt body is provided wherein the belt body has a plurality of endless V-belt elements fastened in spaced side-by-side relation by a common endless structure to define alternating projection... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4331054 | Electric gel slicer A gel slicer consisting of a support with a gel guide trough and a feed screw journalled parallel to the trough. A feed plunger assembly is threadedly engaged on the feed screw and has a plunger portion slidably engaged in the trough. The feed screw is in... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4298170 | Shear bar for forage harvesters or the like An improved shear bar for cooperative interaction with the cutterhead of a forage harvester is disclosed. The shear bar structure includes a multiplicity of elongate rib-like projections on the top surface thereof extending lengthwise away from the cutter... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4294145 | Machine for the crosscutting of a web conveyed as a multi-ply web A machine for the crosscutting of a multi-ply web includes a crosscutter, a guide preceding the crosscutter in the direction of web travel and a feed section disposed between the web guide and the crosscutter preceding the web to the crosscutter which inc... | 10/13/1981 |
