Abstract: A wood planing machine includes a base with posts, a cutter carriage, and a locking unit including clamp members pivoted on the cutter carriage and turnable toward the posts, linkage members that respectively extend between two adjacent ones of the clamp members and that have rear ends that engage one of two adjacent ones of the clamp members, and actuating members, each having a pivot end pivoted on the front end of one of the linkage members for turning relative thereto and formed with a cam face which is eccentric relative to a center of rotation of the actuating member, and which engages the other one of the two adjacent clamp members in a cam action manner.

Abstract: A table saw apparatus includes a table, a saw blade, a motor, a belt-pulley mechanism, a bracket mounted pivotally on the table and connected to the motor, a saw frame mounted pivotally on the table and including a tubular seat which is connected to the saw blade and which is movable downward when the saw frame turns forward and which is movable upward when the saw frame turns rearward, a connecting unit interconnecting the tubular seat and the motor, and a height adjustment unit mounted on the table and including a first rotary drive member connected drivingly to the saw frame so as to move the saw frame forward or rearward.

Abstract: A wood planing machine includes a base having posts, a pair of seats mounted on the posts, and a hollow supporting rod interconnecting the seats and formed with a slot. The wood planing machine further includes a cutter carriage mounted on the posts, a rotary cutter mounted on the cutter carriage, a height adjusting unit for adjusting the height of the cutter carriage, and a height indicator including a measuring scale, a slide member mounted in the supporting rod and slidable along the slot, a pointer connected to the slide member and extending to the measuring scale, a flexible string connected to the slide member and the cutter carriage, and an urging member for urging the string so as to permit the pointer to be movable along with the cutter carriage.

Abstract: A wood planing machine includes a base having posts and a seat mounted on the posts, a cutter carriage mounted on the posts, a rotary cutter mounted on the cutter carriage, a height adjusting unit for adjusting the height of the cutter carriage, and a height indicator including a lever having one end mounted on the seat and the other end projecting upwardly from the seat, a roller guide unit including a roller guide pivoted on the lever, and a flexible string passing through the roller guide. The string is secured to the cutter carriage at one end. The height indicator further includes an urging member interconnecting the work table and the other end of the string. The string has a reference segment that extends between the ends of the lever and that is exposed from the lever so that the moving distance of the reference segment can be measured with reference to the lever.

Abstract: A wood planing machine includes a machine housing with two upright side walls, and a cutter unit mounted between the side walls to extend in a transverse direction. A workpiece support bed is movably disposed in the machine housing between the side walls and below the cutter unit. The bed is movable uprightly relative to the cutter unit so as to define a workpiece passage therebetween. A holding seat is suspended in the machine housing below the bed and between the side walls. The holding seat includes a tubular body formed with an upright passage therethrough, and a radial pinion-mounting hole in communication with the passage. A height adjustment mechanism includes an upright coupling member secured to a bottom side of the bed, and a vertical rack that extends between upper and lower ends of the coupling member. The coupling member extends slidably through the passage of the holding seat.

Abstract: A planing machine includes a machine base with two mounting sides and feed-in and take-out sides, and two pairs of upstanding posts that extend upwardly from the mounting sides. A cutter carriage is disposed above the machine base, and is movable along the posts, and has a front side extending in a transverse direction and proximate to the feed-in side, a rear side, and a lowermost surface between said front and rear sides and cooperating with the machine base to define a workpiece passage therebetween. A material removal indicator assembly includes a ball retention groove formed in the cutter carriage and in communication with the workpiece passage, a ball member rotatably and movably disposed in the ball retention groove and having a lowermost protruding area extending outwardly of the ball retention groove and into the workpiece passage, and an uppermost lifting area.

Abstract: A cutter device includes a cylindrical cutter seat having opposite end faces and a cylindrical surface between the end faces. A coupling shaft extends co-axially from a respective one of the end faces. The cylindrical surface is formed with an axially extending cutter receiving groove between the end faces to receive a cutting blade therein. The cutter receiving groove is defined by a blade supporting wall, a fastener bearing wall, and a groove bottom interconnecting the blade supporting wall and the fastener bearing wall. Each of two positioning members is sleeved on a respective one of the coupling shafts, and has a large-diameter ring portion and a small-diameter ring portion that extends co-axially therefrom toward a respective one of the end faces of the cutter seat such that the large-diameter ring portion abuts against a respective lateral end portion of the cutting blade and such that a base edge of the cutting blade is supported on the small-diameter ring portion.

Abstract: A planing machine includes a carriage locking mechanism disposed above a cutter carriage, which in turn, is connected movably to upstanding posts of a machine base that is disposed below the cutter carriage. The locking mechanism includes a pair of post embracing members, each having elongate plate portion that extends at one side of a respective pair of the posts, and two post embracing portions that are connected to opposite ends of the plate portion and that embrace the respective pair of the posts. The post embracing portions are anchored on the carriage. Two axially aligned tubular sockets are threaded internally in different directions and are mounted on the plate portions of the post embracing members. A regulating rod has opposite end portions that are threaded externally in different directions for threaded engagement with the sockets, respectively.

Abstract: An improved box crate container comprises a base plate, two handle plates and two side plates. The handle and side plates pivot inwardly to collapse to the container by means of two release bars which are respectively located within two "T" shaped slots of the side plates. The two "T" shaped slots are respectively located on the upper corners of the side plates. With the side and handle plates upright, adjacent edges of the side and handle plates interlock by means of "T" shaped slots and hooked snap-fitting locking tabs which are formed respectively on the upper corners of the handle plates. The base, side and handle plates may be formed by single piece plastic injection molded. The side and handle plates are pivotally connected to the base plate by means of connecting blocks with two snap-fitting pivot axes and swivel recesses with two pivot tabs. The connecting blocks with the two snap-fitting pivot axes are formed on the lower portion of the side and handle plates.