Patents by Inventor Richard M. Hummel
Richard M. Hummel 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).
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Patent number: 11389988Abstract: A dado jig that may be adapted for use with any thickness of wood stock to allow quick and accurate cutting of dadoes to fit the thickness of the stock piece exactly is provided. The present disclosure further provides a method of use for a dado jig to cut both open and blind dadoes with stock of varying thicknesses without the need to measure that thickness.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventors: Gregory L. Skillicorn, Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 11045943Abstract: A layout and measurement tool for measuring and marking the edge of a piece of stock may have a first arm extending from a central portion in a horizontal plane and a second arm extending from the central portion in a vertical plane allowing for simultaneous measurement and marking of the top face of the stock piece and the side of the stock piece without the need to move or reposition the tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLCInventors: Steven Charles Cross, Richard M. Hummel
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Publication number: 20210031400Abstract: A dado jig that may be adapted for use with any thickness of wood stock to allow quick and accurate cutting of dadoes to fit the thickness of the stock piece exactly is provided. The present disclosure further provides a method of use for a dado jig to cut both open and blind dadoes with stock of varying thicknesses without the need to measure that thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Gregory L. Skillicorn, Richard M. Hummel
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Publication number: 20200282548Abstract: A layout and measurement tool for measuring and marking the edge of a piece of stock may have a first arm extending from a central portion in a horizontal plane and a second arm extending from the central portion in a vertical plane allowing for simultaneous measurement and marking of the top face of the stock piece and the side of the stock piece without the need to move or reposition the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Steven Charles Cross, Richard M. Hummel
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Publication number: 20200139573Abstract: A tool, system, and method for shaping a wooden workpiece. The system includes a lathe, a toolrest, and a woodturning tool for removing material from the workpiece. The tool includes a handle with a shaft extending longitudinally outwardly therefrom. A cutter is provided on an end of the shaft. The shaft includes a longitudinally-extending bottom surface and a longitudinally-extending side surface. The side surface extends laterally outwardly from the bottom surface and at an obtuse angle relative thereto. Two contact points provided on one of the bottom and side surfaces are brought into contact with the toolrest on the lathe to steady the shaft and use the cutter on the workpiece. The orientation of the cutter is changed between a first position and second position depending on which of the bottom surface or side surface contacts the toolrest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Jeffery E. Farris, Alex Krupa, Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 10532603Abstract: An adjustable carpenters square has a handle and first and second blades extending from the handle in a substantially perpendicular relationship. The first blade is fixed in the handle and the second blade is pivotally mounted on the handle to enable it to be adjustable with respect to the fixed first blade to ensure that it is at a true 90° to the first blade. A cam mechanism is mounted in the handle and engageable with the second blade to pivot the second blade with respect to the first blade. The cam mechanism includes a one-piece cam having a cylindrical base and a cam portion offset therefrom. This cam mechanism enables the method of the present invention of adjusting the perpendicular relationship between the two blades to be achieved with a high degree of accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 10493651Abstract: A tool, system, and method for shaping a wooden workpiece. The system includes a lathe, a toolrest, and a woodturning tool for removing material from the workpiece. The tool includes a handle with a shaft extending longitudinally outwardly therefrom. A cutter is provided on an end of the shaft. The shaft includes a longitudinally-extending bottom surface and a longitudinally-extending side surface. The side surface extends laterally outwardly from the bottom surface and at an obtuse angle relative thereto. Each of the bottom and side surfaces is flat and is separately brought into contact with the toolrest on the lathe to steady the shaft and use the cutter on the workpiece. The orientation of the cutter is changed between a first position and second position depending on which of the bottom surface or side surface contacts the toolrest.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventors: Jeffery E. Farris, Alex Krupa, Richard M. Hummel
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Publication number: 20190225009Abstract: An adjustable carpenters square has a handle and first and second blades extending from the handle in a substantially perpendicular relationship. The first blade is fixed in the handle and the second blade is pivotally mounted on the handle to enable it to be adjustable with respect to the fixed first blade to ensure that it is at a true 90° to the first blade. A cam mechanism is mounted in the handle and engageable with the second blade to pivot the second blade with respect to the first blade. The cam mechanism includes a one-piece cam having a cylindrical base and a cam portion offset therefrom. This cam mechanism enables the method of the present invention of adjusting the perpendicular relationship between the two blades to be achieved with a high degree of accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 8485766Abstract: A rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising a table plate having an opening and an upper surface, a carriage disposed beneath the table plate and adapted for supporting the rotary cutter, and an adjustment mechanism positioned entirely below the table plate upper surface and operable through the opening. A method of operating a rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising the steps of positioning the rotary cutter lifting apparatus having a carriage and an adjustment mechanism entirely below a table plate upper surface having an opening, and operating the adjustment mechanism through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Woodpeckers, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Publication number: 20120328387Abstract: A rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising a table plate having an opening and an upper surface, a carriage disposed beneath the table plate and adapted for supporting the rotary cutter, and an adjustment mechanism positioned entirely below the table plate upper surface and operable through the opening. A method of operating a rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising the steps of positioning the rotary cutter lifting apparatus having a carriage and an adjustment mechanism entirely below a table plate upper surface having an opening, and operating the adjustment mechanism through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Woodpeckers, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 8327557Abstract: A gauge for aligning a saw comprising a body having a bottom surface, a centering device adapted to fit within a miter gauge slot having various sizes, a cradle located on the centering device, and wherein the body bottom surface rests on the cradle during operation. A method of aligning a saw blade or a table fence comprising the steps of locating a centering device within a miter gauge slot, locating a cradle on the centering device, locating a body having a measurement portion and a counterweight on the cradle, adjusting the measurement portion to achieve a reference point, moving the centering device, the cradle, and the body along the miter gauge slot length to a second position, and obtaining a distance from the measurement portion as the body is moved along the miter gauge slot length.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Woodpeckers, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 8282323Abstract: A rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising a table plate having an opening and an upper surface, a carriage disposed beneath the table plate and adapted for supporting the rotary cutter, and an adjustment mechanism positioned entirely below the table plate upper surface and operable through the opening. A method of operating a rotary cutter lifting apparatus comprising the steps of positioning the rotary cutter lifting apparatus having a carriage and an adjustment mechanism entirely below a table plate upper surface having an opening, and operating the adjustment mechanism through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Woodpeckers, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 8197304Abstract: A device for sharpening a tool blade has a pair of spaced guide rails and a bracket for mounting a sharpening stone on the guide rails. A carriage is slidably supported on the guide rails and has a pair of spaced slide plates adjustably supporting a blade angle plate thereon. A clamp mechanism secures the tool blade on the angle plate which is secured in an adjusted position for forming a primary angle on the blade cutting edge by reciprocal movement of the carriage along the guide rails. The angle plate and attached tool blade are readjusted on the carriage for subsequently forming a secondary angle on the cutting edge of the tool blade. Printed indicia adjacent a plurality of adjustment holes formed in the slide plates set the primary and secondary angles of the cutting edge. Mating surfaces on the carriage and guide rails set the amount of material to be removed from the blade during reciprocal movement along an abrasive sharpening material.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Woodpeckers, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: 8146630Abstract: A method of changing the distance between a rotary cutter disposed on a carriage assembly and a work surface. The method includes the steps of providing a first mechanism on the carriage assembly for making small distance changes between the rotary cutter and the work surface and providing a second mechanism on the carriage assembly for making larger distance changes between the rotary cutter and the work surface. The user selects one of the first and the second mechanisms to adjust the distance between the rotary cutter and the work surface and then activates the selected one of the first and the second mechanisms. Activation of the second mechanism automatically disengages the first mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Woodpeckers, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: D848872Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: D878884Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventors: Jeffery E. Farris, Alex Krupa, Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: D884513Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: WOODPECKER, LLCInventors: Richard M. Hummel, Matthew D. Kedziora, Brock Winans
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Patent number: D899950Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventors: Steven Charles Cross, Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: D946378Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLCInventor: Richard M. Hummel
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Patent number: D962092Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLCInventors: Richard M. Hummel, Paul E. Turley