Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Barry Wixey · Robert P. Welsh · David L. Wikle · Jyh Cherng Lin · Leo Chang · Chin Long Chi ·
Assignee(s)	Black & Decker Inc. ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Michael Aronoff · Adan Ayala ·
Primary Examiner	Shelley Self ·
Application Number	US10657934
Filing date	09/09/2003
Issue date	12/02/2008
Prior Publication Data	US20040250882 - 12/16/2004
Predicted expiration date	04/17/2022
U.S. Classifications	144/117.1  · 144/227  ·
International Classifications	B27C100  ·
Kind Code	B2
Related U.S. Application Data	CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/428,385, filed on May 2, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,708,774, which is in turn a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/124,746, filed on Apr. 17, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,601,621, which in turn claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/284,486, filed on Apr. 18, 2001, now abandoned.

Patent Family

Abstract

A portable power planer for planing the top surface of a workpiece. The portable power planer includes a base assembly, a carriage assembly disposed above the base assembly, the carriage assembly includes a cutterhead assembly, the carriage assembly being vertically movable to change distance between the base assembly and the carriage assembly, a hand crank attached to the carriage assembly for changing the distance between the base assembly and the carriage assembly, a material removal gauge disposed on the carriage assembly, a switch disposed on the carriage assembly, and a height scale disposed on the base assembly, wherein the material removal gauge, the switch and the height scale are on the front side of the power planer, and the hand crank is substantially on the front half of the power planer.

Independent Claims | See all claims (14)

1. 1. A power planer for planing a top surface of a workpiece comprising: a base assembly; a carriage assembly disposed above the base assembly and operably connected to the base assembly, the carriage assembly comprising a cutterhead assembly, the carriage assembly being vertically movable to change distance between the base assembly and the carriage assembly; a hand crank attached to the carriage assembly for changing the distance between the base assembly and the carriage assembly, the hand crank being vertically movable with the carriage assembly; a material removal gauge disposed on the carriage assembly; a switch disposed on the carriage assembly; a speed selector handle disposed on the carriage assembly for adjusting the speed of rotation of the cutterhead assembly; and a height scale disposed on the base assembly; wherein the material removal gauge, the switch, and the speed selector handle, and the height scale are on the front side of the power planer and wherein the speed selector handle can be rotated between at least two positions.
2. 13. A power planer for planing a top surface of a workpiece comprising: a base assembly including at least one guide post; a carriage assembly disposed above the base assembly and threadingly engaging the at least one guide post, the carriage assembly comprising at least one nut assembly threadingly engaging the corresponding at least one guide post, a motor, and a cutterhead assembly driven by the motor, the carriage assembly being vertically movable to change distance between the base assembly and the carriage assembly; a hand crank attached to the carriage assembly for changing the distance between the base assembly and the carriage assembly; a material removal gauge disposed on the carriage assembly; a switch disposed on the carriage assembly; and a height scale disposed on the base assembly; wherein the at least one nut assembly comprises a main body threadingly engaging the corresponding at least one guide post, a lower plate threadingly engaging the corresponding at least one guide post, at least one screw extending through the lower plate and threadingly engaging the main body, and a spring disposed between the main body and the lower plate.