Patent ID: 6418831
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
An improved tool holder for a board cutting machine, said machine having an input side and an output side with a predetermined direction of feed of a board to be cut into the machine, and at least one tool holder bar disposed transverse to the direction of feed of the board, said improved tool holder comprising:a first member having a bottom and at least one upstanding wall, said upstanding wall terminating in an outwardly turned flange, said flange adapted to be received on the tool holder bar of the bard cutting machine, said first member having at least one downwardly disposed bracket for receiving an adjustment mechanism; an adjustment mechanism having at least one rod mounted to the downwardly disposed bracket of the first member, said rod having male threads on at least a portion thereof, said rod disposed transverse to the feed direction of the board; a blade assembly removably attached to the adjustment mechanism, wherein said blade assembly may be moved in a transverse direction to the feed direction of the board, said blade assembly including an attachment member comprising a channel section having a longitudinal axis disposed parallel to the feed direction of the board and having the legs of the channel disposed downwardly, and at least one non-rotating blade mounted on the attachment member wherein a cutting edge of the blade is disposed in the blade assembly opposite to the direction of feed of the board to be cut; and a tab disposed on the tool holder in a position visible by an operator of the board cutting machine, wherein the tab includes at least one tab indicator mark for indicating the desired predetermined cut spacing to be made in a board as it is fed into the input side of the board cutting machine.