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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
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 carriage assembly and a carriage elevation mechanism for translating the carriage assembly. The carriage elevation mechanism includes a plurality of threaded guide posts and an elevation mechanism that employs a plurality of threaded structures that are threadably engaged to the guide posts. A locking mechanism is also provided to inhibit movement of the carriage assembly along the guide posts.