Patent ID: 6283181
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
A wood planing machine comprising:a base frame having a work table, a plurality of spaced apart posts that extend upright from said work table and that respectively have top end portions, a pair of opposite seats mounted securely on said top end portions of said posts, and a hollow supporting rod interconnecting said seats and formed with an elongated slot that extends in a transverse direction relative to said posts;a cutter carriage mounted on said posts above said work table and below said top ends of said posts, and movable along lengths of said posts;a rotary cutter mounted on said cutter carriage;a height adjusting unit for adjusting height of said cutter carriage relative to said work table; anda height indicator including a measuring scale provided on said supporting rod and aligned with said slot, a slide member mounted in said supporting rod and slidable along said slot, a pointer connected to said slide member and extending to said measuring scale, a roller guide pivoted on one end of said supporting rod, a flexible string passing through said roller guide and having one end secured to said slide member and the other end extending downwardly from said roller guide to be secured to said cutter carriage, and an urging member mounted in said supporting rod and having one end secured to said supporting rod and the other end secured to said slide member for urging said string so as to permit said pointer to be movable along with said cutter carriage.