Patent ID: 6289951
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
A wood planing machine comprising:a base having a plurality of spaced apart posts that extend upright therefrom;a cutter carriage mounted movably on said posts; anda carriage locking unit including a plurality of clamp members pivoted on said cutter carriage and turnable respectively toward said posts, a plurality of linkage members, each of which extends between two adjacent ones of said clamp members, and each of which has a front end and a rear end that engages one of two adjacent ones of said clamp members, and a plurality of actuating members, each of which has a pivot end pivoted on said front end of one of said linkage members for turning relative thereto, said pivot end having a cam face that is eccentric relative to a center of rotation of said actuating member, and engaging the other one of said two adjacent ones of said clamp members in a cam action manner, each of said actuating members being turnable relative to the respective one of said linkage members between a clamped position, in which the two adjacent ones of said clamp members are respectively pushed by said rear end of the respective one of said linkage members and the respective one of said actuating members, thereby providing a clamping force onto said posts and thus preventing movement of said cutter carriage along said posts, and a release position, in which the two adjacent ones of said clamp members are released from said rear end of the respective one of said linkage members and the respective one of said actuating members to turn away from said posts, thereby permitting the movement of said cutter carriage along said posts.