Patent ID: 7290349
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A blade setting tool comprising: an elongated base plate having two opposing end walls projecting upwardly from a top surface of said elongated base plate; a calibration blade having a first plurality of teeth fixedly mounted to an inside surface of a first end wall, said first plurality of teeth parallel to said top surface of the elongated base plate; a compression plate slidably mounted juxtaposed to and spaced apart from an inside surface of a second end wall facing said first end wall; a compression means for compressing said compression plate toward said first end wall when a reciprocating blade/stationary blade assembly is mounted between said compression plate and said first end wall; and at least two apertures in said elongated base plate for mounting by screws said reciprocating blade to a trimmer after a second plurality of teeth on said reciprocating blade intimately engages and mashes with said first plurality of teeth on said calibration plate.