Patent ID: 6095210
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B27G,Y10T

Abstract:
A shaper head for use with woodworking equipment and comprisinga cylindrical base member defining a central axis which extends in a longitudinal direction, and having at least one longitudinally extending channel in the outer surface thereof, with said channel having a forwardly facing side wall and an opposing rearwardly facing side wall,a cutting blade positioned in said channel and including a first surface overlying and engaging said forwardly facing side wall of said channel, and a second surface facing said rearwardly facing side wall of said channel in a spaced apart arrangement, and such that the second surface of said blade and the rearwardly facing side wall of said channel lie in respective planes which are each inclined at an acute angle with respect to a radial plane which includes said central axis and passes outwardly through said channel, and such that said acute angles both open in a radially inward direction, anda gib of wedge shape in cross section disposed in said channel, said gib including a rear wall overlying and engaging said second surface of said blade, and a front wall overlying and engaging said rearwardly facing side wall of said channel,said forwardly facing side wall of said channel and said first surface of said cutting blade having interengaging longitudinally extending corrugations which serve to resist radially outward movement of the blade from the channel, andsaid base member including at least one threaded opening extending in a generally circumferential direction and communicating with said rearwardly facing side wall of said channel, and a set screw threadedly received in said one threaded opening so as to engage said front wall of said gib.