Patent ID: 6058825
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
A cutter for cutting a kerf in a work piece, the cutter being formed from a plate element having a defined thickness and in an upright position comprising a body portion having said defined thickness and disposed in a substantially upright plane, said body portion having forward and rearward regions, a cutting portion on the rearward region having a forwardly facing cutting edge which extends upwardly to a selected elevation above the body portion and laterally of the plane of the body portion to a first distance to one side of said plane, and a depth gauge portion on the forward region projecting upwardly from said body portion, said depth gauge portion including an upwardly facing upper surface wherein said upper surface has a generally constant width substantially equal to said defined thickness, said depth gauge portion having a first section and a second section joined to and progressing rearwadly from said first section, wherein in said first section, said upper surface is disposed at a first angle diverging from said plane on progressing reawardly in the cutter, and in said second section, said upper surface converges toward and intersects said plane, said second section upper surface extending beyond said plane at an angle relative thereto and diverging from said plane on progressing rearwardly at the side of said plane opposite said one side, said first and second section upper surfaces being formed such that on progressing rearwardly they progress substantially upwardly through said first section and into said second section.