Patents Assigned to CEMCO Volunteer Associates
  • Self centering planer apparatus
    Patent number: 4724877
    Abstract: A blade planer utilizes a centering mechanism to locate the centerline of lumber on the datum plane intermediate a pair of offset blade planer heads. The centering mechanism includes a plurality of opposed shoes which are hydraulically or mechanically linked such that displacement of one shoe from a predetermined reference yields a simultaneous equal displacement in the opposing shoe. Biased return to the reference ensures that the shoes are always centered on the datum plane regardless of the separation of the blade planer heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: CEMCO Volunteer Associates
    Inventor: Donnell H. Culley, Jr.