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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
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 power planer having a base, a carriage assembly and a height scale. The carriage assembly includes a cutterhead that may be adjustably positioned relative to a datum that is defined by the base. The height scale has a rotary scale that rotates in response to movement of the carriage assembly relative to the base. A value of a displayed portion of the rotary scale is related to a distance between the cutterhead and the base.