Woodworking inventions 12/08

20080314477 - Planer: The invention provides a power tool planer which includes a drum with at least one blade thereon located within a chamber in the tool housing. One end of the chamber is provided with an opening which can be selectively closed by a guard. The guard can be moveable between a... Agent: Head, Johnson & Kachigian

20080314478 - Edger with staggered saws: Embodiments of the present invention provide a wood processing machine adapted to cut wood workpieces along multiple optimized cutting paths. In various embodiments, the wood processing machine includes a first saw assembly and a second saw assembly that is disposed down stream from the first saw assembly. The first saw... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080308184 - Apparatus for hardening the head area of a wooden baseball bat: An apparatus for hardening the hitting head area of a wooden baseball bat by compressing of the wooden fibers on the surface thereof which includes a base housing assembly with a track and a carriage assembly with a rail member. The rail member and the track are engageable together to... Agent: Sperry Zoda And Kane Suite D

20080308185 - Wood planing machine including a rough-plane cutter and a fine-plane cutter: A wood planing machine includes a base adapted to permit a workpiece to be moved thereon in a front-to-rear direction, a plurality guide posts fixed on the base, a mounting seat sleeved movably on the guide posts, a motor disposed on the mounting seat, and a cutting unit disposed on... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20080308186 - Debarking tip assembly with replaceable cutting element: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for debarking logs are shown and described. The disclosed embodiments can be used for quickly and conveniently replacing contact surfaces of swing arm assemblies. Some disclosed embodiments include a swing arm assembly having a debarker tip assembly with a plurality of replaceable cutting elements for engaging... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080308187 - Radial baseball bat: A laminated wood bat having may comprise wedges of wood adhered together in such a manner that the entire surface or sections of the surface of the bat barrel, throat, and handle have the tight grain of the normal hitting surface. Adjacent wedges of wood may be cut from the... Agent: Mark S. Nowotarski

20080308188 - Variable depth router and base: A variable depth router and base assembly can include a ring-type, depth-adjustment mechanism. The base assembly can be a two-piece base wherein one piece is disposed inside the other. One of the pieces can include an annular lip or recess that can cooperate with levers on the adjustment ring to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080302444 - Multi-application wood working knife and clamping assembly: A wood working knife for use in a wood working machine, comprising a knife body having a first cutting edge and an opposed second cutting edge, the knife body having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface. The first clamping surface has opposed clamping features separated by a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080302445 - Structures for supporting splitters of cutting tools: A support structure for a splitter of a cutting tool includes a lock device and a moving device. The lock device can lock and unlock the splitter at a storage position. The moving device can move the splitter from the storage position to an ejected position, in which a part... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080302446 - Method for controlling a power source of a forestry machine: A method for controlling a power source (1, 10) of a forestry machine, wherein the power source utilizes directly or indirectly one or more work devices and/or handling devices (3, 4, 7, 8) positioned in the forestry machine and is controlled by a control unit (2). When the control unit... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080302447 - Router base securing mechanism: The present invention is directed to a mechanism and method for providing above the table securing/unsecuring of a router motor housing. The mechanism of the present invention employs a mechanical connection included on a pivot member to couple with a wrench device extended through the tabletop. The mechanism permits a... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080295918 - Router with lighted base: A hand operated router having a base, with a portion that is transparent. Disposed within the base is at least one light emitting source, where the light emitting source is designed to partially emit light towards a workpiece. The light emitting source may be battery operated or may receive power... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20080295919 - Log splitter with pressure adjustment: h