Woodworking inventions 07/09

20090188584 - Wood working machine: A wood working machine is described that includes a mounting plate assembly for supporting a cutting tool, the mounting plate assembly including a base plate, first and second spaced apart intermediate plates on the base plate, and first and second guide plate elements pivotally supported on respective first and second... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20090188585 - Mobile hand-held cutting device guide and support apparatus: A nimble and free moving guide and support apparatus for hand-held cutting devices. The device utilizes vertical support members to maintain contact with a work surface, while a base plate maintains contact with the material to be cut. Above said base plate is mounted a cutting device, such as a... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20090188586 - Method and apparatus for drum debarking of wood: The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for drum debarking of wood, the bark being removed from the wood in a debarking drum being rotatable alternatively in the opposite directions and having different debarking properties in the alternative directions of rotation thereof. According to the invention, the wood and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090188587 - Multiple router device for simultaneously cutting multiple edges: A device that includes a plurality of routers, where the plurality of routers are independently positioned and can be placed in various orientations relative to the object being cut. The plurality of routers can be mounted on the same side, opposite side, or at any angle in between. The plurality... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20090183799 - Planer with carriage locking mechanism: A locking mechanism for a thickness planer having a base and a carriage with a cutting head. The carriage is mounted to a plurality of support columns movably attached to the base. The locking mechanism includes a first lock plate associated with the base and positioned adjacent to a first... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090183800 - Dust shroud for gas powered circular saws: A dust shroud for gas powered circular saws allows for mounting to a circular saw and for use therewith out hindering the use of the saw. The shroud does not interfere with the ability to operate the saw or set the saw on the ground, and effectively collects dust and... Agent: BatemanIPLaw Group

20090183801 - Portable work bench: An improved portable work bench includes a structural body, and a platform disposed on and frictionally contacting the structural body. In addition, the platform includes an override mechanism for allowing horizontal movement of the platform along the structural body. Further, the portable work bench may include a plurality of legs... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090178730 - Log debarking blade: A debarking blade includes an elongate blade body having an attachment end, an opposed free end, and an arcuate concave inner edge surface extending between the opposing ends and adapted to face generally inwardly toward the rotational axis of the ring rotor. A detachable cutting tip having a cutting edge... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090178731 - Rehabilitation of discarded wooden railroad ties having disabling cracks in the ends of the ties: Apparatus and methodology are disclosed pertaining to selecting from a stockpile of used and discarded ties those which can be restored for a second use, removing accumulated scale from the selected used ties, redimensioning the selected ties to a usable smaller size, filling and sealing tie end cracks with a... Agent: Lynn G. Foster

20090178732 - Flattened bamboo panel: A flattened bamboo panel is disclosed having one single, solid layer of pressed bamboo culm wall with most of the exterior and interior zones. The processed bamboo panel provides at least one of its longitudinal surfaces seamless and both longitudinal cross sections parallel to each other and perpendicular to the... Agent: Law Offices Of Albert Wai-kit Chan, PLLC

20090173410 - Router: A router includes a base for supporting the router on a work piece surface, a motor housing coupled to the base for movement along a first axis relative to the base, a motor supported by the housing and operable to drive a tool element, and a cantilevered shaft rotatable about... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20090173411 - Flitch planer: Apparatus for shaping a flitch includes an upper shaping head assembly for shaping an upper surface of the flitch, a lower shaping head assembly for shaping a lower surface of the flitch, and a groover assembly for placing at least one groove in a surface of the flitch. The apparatus... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090165892 - Power router tool: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a power router tool having an output shaft with a mechanism for attaching a working tool for engaging a work portion for performing a work operation thereon, comprising a generally cylindrical housing having a motor therein configured to drive the output shaft... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain