Patents by Inventor Ken B. Heaton

Ken B. Heaton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4741370
    Abstract: A woodworking apparatus comprises a support table having a flat, circular table surface, a first power driven cutting tool mounted below the table surface having a spindle adapted to project upwardly through an orifice in the center of the table surface, a second power driven cutting tool mounted off-center from the first cutting tool below the table surface and having a spindle adapted to project upwardly through an orifice in the table surface, a guide fence mounted above said table surface on a chord thereof, means for adjusting said guide fence relative to said cutting tools radially of the circular table surface between a position substantially central of the table surface diametral thereof to a retracted chordal position; and means for adjusting said guide fence angularly about the table surface, whereby the effective distance between the two cutting tools can be selectively adjusted by radial and angular adjustment of the said guide fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Inventor: Ken B. Heaton