Wood cutting machine
AssigneeColonial Saw Company, Inc.
InventorRobert E. Jardinico, Jr.
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Abstract
A wood cutting machine having a first saw blade adapted to cut a horizontal groove in a wood member, a second saw blade adapted to cut a vertical groove in the wood member, motive means for moving the saw blades selectively into engagement with the wood member, and clamp means automatically operable before operation of the motive means for holding the wood member in place during a cutting operation.
Claims10
A wood cutting machine comprising a frame, a flat surface supported by said frame and adapted to receive a wood member thereon, a first saw means mounted on said machine and adapted to cut a horizontal groove in said wood member, a second saw means mounted on said machine and adapted to cut a vertical groove in said wood member, first motive means for moving said first saw means into engagement with said wood member and first electrical means for activating cutting motion of said first saw means, second motive means for moving said second saw means into engagement with said wood member, and second electrical means for actuating cutting motion of said second saw means, electrical switch means for selectively activating one of said first and second motive means and one of said first and second electrical means, clamp means mounted on said machine and operable to clamp said wood member on said surface, and an actuating switch operable to cause operation of said clamp means, and, thereafter, operation of the activated one of said first and second motive means.
A wood cutting machine comprising a frame, a throat plate supported by the frame and adapted to receive a wood member thereon, a horizontal saw unit mounted on said machine and adapted to cut a horizontal groove in said wood member, said horizontal saw unit including a horizontal circular saw blade, a vertical saw unit mounted on said machine and adapted to cut a vertical groove in said wood member, said vertical saw unit including a vertical circular saw blade, a base plate mounted on said machine and having mounted thereon fence means upstanding from said base plate and substantially normal to said throat plate, a first distance between a frontmost surface of said fence means and said vertical circular saw blade being equal to a second distance between said throat plate and said horizontal circular saw blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.