Edge planer

An edge planer including a tube having two end portions, a slot longitudinally formed in the tube, one or more blade edges formed in the tube, a strip engaged in the slot, a handgrip engaged on each of the end portions of the tube, screws fixing the handgrips and the strip together, whereby, the blade edge is located between the handgrips in order to plane an edge portion of a workpiece.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to an edge planer. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
A typical wood planer is shown in FIG. 6 and is suitable for planing smooth 
surfaces only, it is not suitable for planing edges of workpieces. 
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the 
afore-described disadvantages of the conventional edge planers. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an edge planer 
which can be used for planing edges of workpieces. 
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided an edge 
planer comprising a tube including two end portions and including a slot 
longitudinally formed therein and at least one blade edge formed therein 
opposite to the slot, a strip engaged in the slot, handgrip engaged on 
each of the end portions of the tube, engaging means for fixing the 
handgrips and the strip together, whereby, the blade edge is located 
between the handgrips in order to plane an edge portion of a workpiece. 
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become 
apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided 
hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1 to 3, an edge planer in 
accordance with the present invention comprises generally a tube 10 having 
a slot 11 longitudinally formed therein and having three blade edges 14, 
141, 142 formed therein and spaced apart and opposite to the slot 11. As 
shown in FIG. 4, the blade edges 14 are preferably tapered relative to a 
plane 146 occupied by the blade tips 144 of the blade edges 14. A strip 12 
includes a rib 121 longitudinally formed in the bottom portion thereof for 
engagement in the slot 11 of the tube 10 and includes a plurality of screw 
holes 13 formed therein. 
A handgrip 20 is engaged on each end of the tube 10 and includes a 
plurality of screw holes 23 formed in the middle portion of the peripheral 
portion thereof such that the handgrip 20 and the strip 12 can be fixed 
together by screws 24 and the like, best shown in FIG. 2, the handgrip 20 
further includes a ring element 21 formed on one end thereof, the ring 
elements 21 face each other and are located in the middle portion of the 
tube 10. When the screws 24 are loosened, the handgrips 20 and the strip 
12 are movable longitudinally along the tube 10, such that either of the 
blade edges 14, 141, 142 can be located and exposed between the ring 
elements 21, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the blade edge 
141 is used for forming a flange 33 on a workpiece 32. Each of the ring 
elements 21 includes one or more tapered surfaces 22 formed therein, the 
tapered surfaces 22 of the ring elements 21 form different included angles 
therebetween, such as shown in FIG. 3, corresponding to the workpiece 30 
such that the adjacent sides of the workpiece 30 contact the tapered 
surfaces 22 and such that the edge portion of the workpiece can be planed 
by the blade edge 14, 141 or 142. 
Alternatively, without the slot 11 and the strip 12, the screw holes 13 can 
be formed directly in the tube 10 and the handgrip can be fixed directly 
to the tube, the handgrips 20 can also be moved and adjusted 
longitudinally along the tube 10 such that either of the blade edges can 
also be exposed. 
Accordingly, the edge portions of the workpieces can be easily planed by 
the edge planer in accordance with the present invention. 
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of 
particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been 
made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed 
construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted 
to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as 
hereinafter claimed.