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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 1/00 ;
Abstract
A thickness planer is described having a carriage locking mechanism to minimize vibration and movement of the carriage during the planing operation. Also described is a depth of cut indicator to display the thickness of the material to be removed during the planing operation. A mechanism is also disclosed for facilitating setting the carriage and cutting head to a predetermined height over the base quickly and accurately.