Thermwood Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160004247 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING COMPONENTS OF VARIOUS PRODUCT DESIGNS - A system comprising means mounted on a worktable of a machine for displacing a cutting tool along x, y and z axes, and a control computer programmed to store data relevant to the geometrical configuration of at least one product design and the components thereof, displaying a selected one product design, elicit alterations of such design, revise any such alterations and components thereof, nest the components of the selected design, device a cutting tool pattern for producing such components and operate servomotors to guide such cutting tool to form such components from a workpiece mounted on such worktable. | 01-07-2016 |
20150327677 | Method of Installing a Drawer in a Cabinet - A method of installing a drawer in a compartment of a structure including inserting a set of pins in pin holes provide in spaced walls of such compartments; positioning a drawer support assembly including a track member and a cooperable slide member on each side wall with each track member seated on a set of pins and connected to a side wall, and a slide member displaceable relative to said track member; displacing bending ends of the slide members equal distances beyond such compartment; inserting the drawer between such extended slide members, seated in such pins; fasting leading ends of the slide members to the drawer; incrementally further withdrawing such drawer from the compartment; and fastening the side members to adjacent side wall of the drawer upon having further drawn the drawer incrementally. | 11-19-2015 |
20150321304 | System for Positioning a Workpiece on a Machine Worktable - A system for positioning a workpiece on the worktable of a machine including at least one stop device mounted on such machine, including a first component provided with a fluid passageway having an inlet connected to a fluid pressure line including a pressure sensor, and an outlet disposed in an abutment surface thereof, and a second component displaceable relative to such abutment surface, into and out of obstructive relation with such outlet, affecting the pressure in such supply line and correspondingly effecting a hold down of a workpiece positioned on such worktable. | 11-12-2015 |
20150298916 | Apparatus for Inverting Large Panels - An apparatus for inverting a panel including a base assembly, an elongated support assembly mounted on the base assembly, a carriage assembly mounted on the support assembly displaceable along the length thereof, means for displacing the carriage assembly along the length of the support assembly, an elongated beam assembly provided with means for detachably securing a panel, pivotally connected to the carriage assembly and means for pivoting the beam assembly relative to the support assembly. | 10-22-2015 |
20150211567 | Joint Construction and Method of Making Same - A method of joining a first workpiece having a first surface and a second surface angularly disposed relative to such first surface, and a second workpiece having a surface disposable in abutting relation relative to the second surface of such first workpiece, comprising forming a recess in the first surface of such first workpiece, sloped toward and spaced from the second surface of such first workpiece, producing an end surface thereof disposed at an angle relative to a longitudinal centerline of such recess; forming a notched ledge on the end surface of such recess; positioning a threaded fastener in the sloped recess with a head portion thereof resting on a bottom surface of the recess and the threaded portion thereof disposed along the centerline with the end thereof resting on such ledge; disposing the surface of the second workpiece in abutting relation with the second surface of the first workpiece; and threading the threaded fastener along the longitudinal centerline of such recess, through such abutting surfaces of such workpieces to join such workpieces together. | 07-30-2015 |
20150090918 | Control Valve for Vacuum Systems - A valve assembly including a housing having first and second ports; a cylinder assembly mounted on such housing having a piston rod displaceable along an axis of such first port, provided with a valve plug including a first component having a passageway therethrough intercommunicable with the interior of such housing and such first port, and a second component supported on and displaceable axially relative to such first component, wherein upon extension of such plug into closing engagement with such first port, such passageway will be obstructed and upon retraction of such plug out of closing engagement with such first port, such passageway will be unobstructed. | 04-02-2015 |
20140148940 | System for Remotely Deactivating the Operation of a Machine - A system for remotely deactivating the operation of a machine tool responsive to an adverse operating condition of the machine, including an electrical circuit disposable in the vicinity of the machine, including a relay, interconnecting a voltage source and the control unit of the machine, functional to pause the control of such machine, a receiver disposable in the vicinity of the machine, responsive to a R-F signal operative to actuate such relay, and a portable device displaceable relative to the vicinity of the machine for selectively transmitting an R-F signal to such transmitter for actuating such relay. | 05-29-2014 |
20140048177 | Method of Joining Component Workpieces and Structure Made Thereby - A method of adjoining a pair of workpieces together comprising forming a mortise on one of such workpieces and a tenon in the other workpiece wherein one of the mortise and tenon is provided with diverging surfaces along the length thereof, inserting the tenon into the mortise and displacing one of such workpieces relative to the other of the workpieces along a line of travel parallel to the length to the mortise to cause the diverging surfaces of one of the mortise and tenon to engage the surfaces of the other of the mortise and tenon thereby positioning the workpieces relative to each other. | 02-20-2014 |
20130192721 | Method for Joining Workpieces Together and Product Made Thereby - A method of forming a joint between first and second workpieces generally consisting of forming a recess in one of such workpieces, provided with at least one side wall having a serrated cross-sectional configuration with inwardly projecting, distortable segments; providing a portion in the other of such workpieces, insertable into such recess, having a cross-sectional configuration sufficient to engage and distort such segments as such portion is inserted into such recess, and inserting such of the other workpiece into such recess, causing the segments to distort and thus provide an interference fit between such workpieces. | 08-01-2013 |
20100173122 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A method of forming an assembly including a first workpiece having a surface provided with a mortise and a second workpiece provided with a tenon inserted into the mortise joining the workpieces together in which the second workpiece is disposed in a certain orientation relative to the first workpiece to provide a certain disposition of the workpieces when joined together, generally consisting of providing identifying marks on the surface of the first workpiece and the tenon of the second workpiece at locations assuming a certain disposition when the second workpiece is disposed in a certain orientation and the tenon is registered with the mortise; positioning the second workpiece relative to the first workpiece wherein the second workpiece is disposed in the certain orientation relative to the first workpiece, the tenon is registered with the mortise and the marks are disposed in the certain mark disposition; and displacing the second workpiece toward the first workpiece and inserting the tenon into the mortise. | 07-08-2010 |