Patent ID: 6616515
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
A jointing attachment for a thickness planer having a rotatable top cutter head and a rotatable bottom cutter head mounted on a movable carriage having an outboard side provided with a laterally displaceable grinding element and an inboard side wherein both of the cutter heads are provided with a plurality of inserted tooth carbide heads and the jointing attachment comprisesan auxiliary motor member having an output shaft provided with at least one pulley reel, a drive belt unit including a drive belt member having one end adapted to be operatively connected to a selected one of said top and bottom cutter heads wherein the other end of the drive belt member is adapted to be operatively connected to said at least one pulley reel; and, means for mounting said auxiliary motor member in a free floating fashion relative to the thickness planer, whereby the drive belt member is used to support a portion of the auxiliary motor member relative to the inboard side of the movable carriage.