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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Barry Wixey, Sanibel, FL (US);
Robert P. Welsh, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
David L. Wikle, Dallastown, PA (US);
David J. Doss, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Barry Wixey, Sanibel, FL (US);
Robert P. Welsh, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
David L. Wikle, Dallastown, PA (US);
David J. Doss, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A portable power planer for planing the top surface of a workpiece. The portable power planer includes a base, which defines a reference surface, a cutting blade, which defines a cutting plane, and a setting mechanism may be employed to prevent a distance between the reference surface and the cutting plane from being adjusted to a dimension that is smaller than a height dimension that is selected from a group of predetermined dimensions. The setting mechanism includes first and second stop members, one being coupled to the base and the other being associated with the cutting blade. One of the stop members includes a plurality of differently dimensioned sectors or contact points that may be selectively positioned inline with the other stop member to inhibit movement of the cutting blade toward the base if the dimension therebetween is equal to a dimension associated with a given one of the contact points.