| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 144359000 | Mechanical cutting or shaping | 89 |
| 20090151818 | Combination Planer/Moulder With Adjustable Vertical Support and Method of Adjustment - A combination planer/moulder having means to raise, lower and lock a cutting member at a desired position is provided. The device includes a platform onto which a table for holding materials and an adjustment system are attached. The adjustment system includes at least one column having a rectilinear wall. A cutterhead is provided, having cooperative openings and a locking means, such that it may move along the at least one column of the adjustment system and locked in place. The rectilinear wall of the column cooperates with a similarly shaped opening in the cutterhead, such that by pressing the rectilinear shaped side of the opening against the rectilinear wall of the column the cutterhead may be fixed in desirable positions to permit work on materials and released for adjustment. The device includes a window such that the placement of the cutting knives on the materials can be viewed and debris can be seen and removed therefrom. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100314002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF A LOG - A method for detecting the three-dimensional structure of a log comprises the operating steps of:
| 12-16-2010 |
| 144360000 | Combined cutting and shaping | 7 |
| 20080236705 | ROUTER BIT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING TAMBOURS - A method for constructing tambour slats using a system of router bits. The router bit system can include at least two router bits, one of which may have a semi-spherical nose cutting surface and a concave ‘S’ shaped ogee cutting surface; and the other of which may have a ‘S’ shaped ogee cutting surface and a concave quarter round cutting surface. The method for constructing a tambour slat can include milling a groove in a strip of material. The strip of material with a groove may then be milled to form a tongue and a neck portion that may slide into a groove milled in another strip of material. The milling operations may be performed by a router fitted with the router bits from the router bit system. By using the router bit system, each strip of material may yield up to two tambour slats. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090211666 | Pencil Sharpener - A pencil sharpener that facilitates the sharpening of pencils by any one or more of the following: preventing injury; automatically sharpening pencils without manual manipulation; providing status indicators during sharpening; and/or allowing varying degrees of sharpness to be selected. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100154933 | APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENTLY SIZING, SQUARING, SHAPING, AND SANDING RECTANGULARY WORK PIECES - An apparatus for machining the outer profiles of rectangular work pieces includes side and base fences for orienting a rough work piece upon a table. Edges of the rough work piece are cut (e.g., the rough work piece is sized), shaped, and optionally sanded while the rough work piece remains in place. The rough work piece may be rotated in a way that defines four square edges therefrom. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100236665 | Method of Processing Wooden Piece - A method of processing a wooden piece includes making holes each having a bottom in a wooden piece; softening the wooden piece with the holes; and compressing the softened wooden piece to deform the wooden piece into a predetermined shape. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110041956 | Pencil Sharpener - A pencil sharpener that facilitates the sharpening of pencils by any one or more of the following: preventing injury; automatically sharpening pencils without manual manipulation; providing status indicators during sharpening; and/or allowing varying degrees of sharpness to be selected. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110220245 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product includes cutting out a blank piece from raw wood, the blank piece having a shape in which a circularly closed marginal part makes a first plane, only one space of two spaces divided by the first plane has an undulation that includes a plurality of convex vertices, a vertex of which height from the first plane is higher is located at a position closer to a geometrical center of the circularly closed marginal part among arbitrary two vertices of the plurality of convex vertices when being viewed on a second plane that passes the two vertices and is perpendicular to the first plane, the blank piece having a volume obtained by adding an amount by which a volume of the blank piece is decreased by compression; softening the blank piece cut out; and compressing the softened blank piece in a water-vapor atmosphere having temperature and pressure higher than those of atmospheric air to deform the blank piece into a shape substantially like a bowl. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120325370 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND PROCESSING WOOD CHIPS - This patent application describes a method to produce wood chips with the intention of reducing the energy consumption in the subsequent process steps for pulp production. With the present method wood chipping is done in a wood chipper where the chipping tool ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 144363000 | Cutting | 72 |
| 20080216920 | Method of separating a floorboard material - A joint system having a flexible spring located in a horizontal groove of a panel, the spring having an inner flexible part and being displaceable horizontally in the groove. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090159156 | Dual-Edge Irregular Bevel-Cut System and Method - A system is provided for creating bevel edges on a plank. In some embodiments, the system comprises two bevel-cutting tools disposed in fixed positions and two guided cylinders disposed to independently move two edges of a plank to within varying degrees of contact with the bevel-cutting tools. Separate controllers can be provided to independently control the time, frequency, and rate of movement of the guided cylinders. Methods are provided for creating the appearance of a hand-scraped wood plank. A method for creating irregular bevel edges on a plank is also provided as are a system and method that use a plank production line operation. A plank having irregular beveled edges and the appearance of a hand-scraped wood plank is also provided. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090308495 | Method and apparatus for cutting veneer sheets from a flitch - A method and apparatus for retaining a flitch on a staylog or slicer for slicing veneer from the flitch, the staylog or slicer having a plurality of expandable wedge-clamp dogs, the method comprising the steps of providing a flitch having a plurality of dados for receiving a plurality of wedge-clamp dogs, positioning the plurality of wedge-clamp dogs within the plurality of dados in the flitch, and expanding the wedge-clamp dogs to retain the flitch on the staylog or slicer. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100043923 | RAIL END FORMER FOR CABINET DOORS - An apparatus cuts rail ends for cabinet doors. Infeed and outfeed carriages are reciprocally movable along spaced apart tracks, and a transverse carriage is reciprocally moveable between the tracks. An arbor between the tracks supports and rotates a cutter. Clamps on the carriages selectively clamp a workpiece, so a workpiece clamped to the infeed carriage is carried past the arbor to cut an end of the workpiece, transferred to the transverse carriage, carried a desired distance towards the outfeed carriage, clamped to the outfeed carriage, carried past the arbor again to cut a second end of the workpiece, and released. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100154934 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SHAPING AND MACHINING ELONGATE WORKPIECES - The present invention includes methods in which work pieces are machined based upon the appearance of their surfaces. The work piece may be processed in such a way that surfaces with desirable features may be oriented so as to form visible surfaces of a finished part. In addition, the present invention includes woodworking machines that define joint features in and shape surfaces of rough work pieces. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110146844 | DUST COLLECTION ATTACHMENT - A dust collection attachment is disclosed that is adapted to be coupled to a base. A barrier coupled to the pan includes a plurality of bristles that create an opening to the pan between the base and the barrier in order to prevent debris generated by a tool from passing through the barrier, yet allowing passage of the tool through the barrier. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110186180 | Method For Mechanically Scraping Boards, Apparatus For Same, and Products Made Therewith - Methods are described for mechanically scraping surfaces of boards, such as flooring boards, to impart random-looking scraped profiles therein. An apparatus for mechanically scraping boards to form the scraped board products also is described. A board, such as a flooring board, having a random-looking scraped appearance that includes overlapping multiple scrape patterns is described. Boards, such as flooring boards, having a simulated rustic or distressed appearance made with the methods and apparatus also are described. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110203703 | Method for forming a bevel cut at an end of a wood member - A method for forming a bevel cut at an end of a wood member is disclosed. A wood member is placed on a support table and a plurality of cutters mounted on and spaced along a shaft extending in parallel to the end of the wood member on the table is moved relative to the table in a direction inclined with respect to the wood member thereby to make a first cutting to form a plurality of bevel cuts. The support table is shifted in the direction parallel to the end of the wood member and a second cutting is made by the relative movement between the cutters and the table. During the first and second cutting, the wood member is pressed against the support table by a pressing member at a position adjacent to the end of the wood member and between any two adjacent cutters. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120325371 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIAGONAL PLYWOOD - Method for manufacturing diagonal plywood is disclosed. The method uses a rectangular-shaped plywood board or a joined plywood board made of a plurality of plywood boards having the same thickness and joined together into a rectangular shape is prepared. The rectangular-shaped board or joined board is cut diagonally with respect to any pair of parallel sides of the board along diagonal parallel lines spaced at a predetermined interval into a plurality of cut boards having a shape of parallelogram or trapezoid. Subsequently, the cut boards are joined together side-to-side into a joined elongated board in such a way that the opposite parallel sides thereof form the elongated sides of the resulting joined elongated board. The joined elongated board is cut across the elongated sides thereof into a plurality of rectangular-shaped boards of any desired dimension. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130220486 | TIMBER INCISING - Apparatus for forming incisions in a timber plank, comprises: at least two rotary incisors each comprising a plurality of circumferentially distributed teeth and arranged in use to rotate at the same rate to form respective patterns of incisions in a common face of a plank as it is moved past the incisors, said patterns having a predetermined longitudinal alignment between them; depth-controlling means arranged to maintain, for each incisor, a predetermined depth of penetration of the teeth thereof into the plank; means for adjusting said predetermined depths of penetration; and means for allowing adjustment of the incisors (double-arrow) to compensate for the altered spatial period in said patterns when the depths of penetration of the incisors are adjusted, thereby allowing said longitudinal alignment between the respective patterns to be maintained. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20160176068 | WORKPIECE DISTRESSING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 144364000 | Including heating, cooling, or fluid applying | 6 |
| 20080277027 | Bio-Thermal Method and System for Stabilizing Timber - A thermal method for stabilizing a load of wood, in particular timber, including: a phase of treatment of the load of wood in a treatment kiln by a gaseous treatment flow; generation of a gaseous treatment flow at high temperature from a heat generator independent of the treatment kiln and recovery of the loaded gaseous flow after treatment. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110168297 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR WOODEN GUNSTOCKS - An improved method for the manufacture of wooden gunstocks comprising the steps of first heat treating the wood and then fashioning the wood into a gunstock, whereby the resulting gunstock is more weather and rot resistant, more stable, and lighter than gunstocks fashioned from untreated wood. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110168298 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR WOODEN GUNSTOCKS - An improved method for the manufacture of wooden gunstocks comprising the steps of first heat treating the wood and then fashioning the wood into a gunstock, whereby the resulting gunstock is more weather and rot resistant, more stable, and lighter than gunstocks fashioned from untreated wood. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120018045 | METHOD OF TREATMENT OF WOODEN ITEMS - An improved method for the treatment of wood in preparation for manufacture of wooden items comprising the steps of first heat treating the wood and then fashioning the wood into a finished item, whereby the resulting wooden item is darker, harder, more weather and rot resistant, and more stable than items fashioned from untreated wood. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20130153087 | METHOD OF TREATMENT OF WOODEN ITEMS - An improved method for the treatment of wood in preparation for manufacture of wooden items comprising the steps of first heat treating the wood and then fashioning the wood into a finished item, whereby the resulting wooden item is darker, harder, more weather and rot resistant, and more stable than items fashioned from untreated wood. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20160199750 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WOODEN BUILDING BLOCKS | 07-14-2016 |
| 144365000 | Turning, boring, or drilling | 5 |
| 20110114223 | Method of cutting a wood block and veneer lathe - A method of cutting a wood block and a veneer lathe are disclosed. Two groups of first plural contact members and second plural contact members disposed around the wood block for supporting the wood block from the periphery thereof and each having a contact portion contactable with periphery of the wood block. The first and the second contact members are spaced away from each other along the spin axis of the wood block so as to form a space between any two adjacent contact members, respectively, and arranged in such a way that a part of the contact member of one group is insertable into the space between any two adjacent contact members of the other group when the wood block is cut to a predetermined reduced diameter so that the wood block is continued to be supported further. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20140000762 | Process and Device for Producing Parts, Notably Elongated Revolving Parts, by Machining a Bar Held Fixed in Rotation | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140144549 | Drill Bit Pencil Sharpener - A pencil sharpener powered by a drill and a method of use are disclosed herein. The pencil sharpener is configured with a cutting mechanism to sharpen a non-circular carpenter pencil. The pencil sharpener has a housing body to receive pencil shavings from the pencil. The housing body has a slotted hole configured to receive the carpenter pencil and prevent excessive rotation of the pencil. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20150041021 | METHOD OF CUTTING A WOOD BLOCK AND VENEER LATHE - A method of cutting a wood block and a veneer lathe are disclosed. Two groups of first plural contact members and second plural contact members disposed around the wood block for supporting the wood block from the periphery thereof and each having a contact portion contactable with periphery of the wood block. The first and the second contact members are spaced away from each other along the spin axis of the wood block so as to form a space between any two adjacent contact members, respectively, and arranged in such a way that a part of the contact member of one group is insertable into the space between any two adjacent contact members of the other group when the wood block is cut to a predetermined reduced diameter so that the wood block is continued to be supported further. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20160031116 | BUTT FLARE REDUCING APPARATUS FOR LOGS AND RELATED METHODS OF REDUCING BUTT FLARE - A butt flare reducing apparatus for logs is provided. The apparatus includes a machine frame, a stator ring assembly fixedly coupled to the machine frame, and a flare reducing tool adjustment assembly movably coupled to the stator ring assembly. The apparatus further includes an actuator coupled on one end to the machine frame and on the other end to the flare reducing tool adjustment assembly to move the flare reducing tool adjustment assembly between the opposing end positions, and a rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the stator ring assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor frame and at least one flare reducing tool movably coupled to the rotor frame to translate linearly toward and away from a longitudinal axis of rotation in direct correlation to movement of the actuator and flare reducing tool adjustment assembly to adjust a log processing diameter. Related methods are also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
| 144366000 | Including splitting | 9 |
| 20080251158 | LOG SPLITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - An apparatus and methods for splitting logs includes a hydraulic power unit, for driving a wedge against a log, held in a fixed position, between the wedge and an anvil. The hydraulic power unit is manually powered, and can provide driving forces at two different speeds, depending on the loads encountered during a log splitting operation. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090044880 | LOG CUTTING - Log cutting is accomplished by energized cutting wires. The wires are energized at ultrasonic frequencies, provided in adjustable grid patterns to produce cut boards of desired sizes by passing a log through the energized grid. Grippers hold the log at each end and move the individual cut boards to storage, banding or drying stations. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090236011 | Hands Free Wood Splitter - A hands-free wood (log segment) splitting apparatus and method of employing a mobile vehicle having mounted thereon the splitting apparatus. The splitting apparatus includes a mount removably secured to the mobile vehicle and having secured thereon a rotatable auger, the location of the mount and the components carried thereon being safely remote from an operator. Control over the positioning of the apparatus, including the auger relative to a to-be-split log segment, control over the movement of the auger relative to the log segment being split, restraining the log segment from undesired movement relative to the spinning auger, and other related actions, are effected by the operator from the remote location and without exposure of the operator to personal injury from the splitting apparatus. Guides are provided for entry thereof into a split to serve as impediments to collapse of the split portions of the log segment against the auger. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110126942 | Manually Operable Log Splitter - A manually-operable log splitter for use with a splitting wedge has a pair of jaws pivotable about a point. Each jaw is connected to a handle extending away from its associated jaw from the pivot point. The jaws have a tip smaller than a width of the splitting wedge with which the splitter is used. The jaws and handles are dimensioned and configured for insertion beside the splitting wedge when embedded in a log. Manual application of force F on each handle outward from the pivot point spreads the jaws and provides sufficient force for splitting the log. This tool is particularly suited for small scale log splitting, such as by a home owner for personal use. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120132320 | SUPERIOR SKID SPLITTER SYSTEMS - Superior Skid Splitter is designed to lift, split, and load firewood logs, effectively eliminating the need for physical labor when handling and processing the wood. The device features an adjustable, hydraulic wood splitter containing a plate assembly with a six-way cutter head on its underside. The unit can be attached to a skid loader or a tractor, allowing it to lift a single large log and split it into six smaller pieces. It can also be designed to grab and carry long lengths of logs to load onto trucks or trailers, and may load pieces of split wood into receptacles because of its relative orientation. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120255650 | LOG SPLITTER APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - A guard for a log splitter apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the guard includes a support member adapted to be secured to a rail of a log splitter apparatus, and a panel hingedly secured to the support member. The panel may be lockably positionable at least between a collapsed position and an extended position. The panel is adapted to capture at least portions of a log, in various aspects. In various aspects, a plurality of support members are located about the panel to secure the panel to the rail of the log splitter apparatus. The support members may be located such that the support members and the panel avoid interference with mechanisms of the log splitter apparatus with the guard secured to the rail. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus and methods disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130000785 | LOG SPLITTER WITH TWO HANDED OPERATION FEATURES - Embodiments herein provide systems, devices, and methods for splitting logs, wood, and other materials. A splitting device safety feature is disclosed, the safety feature comprising a safety locking mechanism that generally requires operation or activation by at least one hand of a user and an activation mechanism which generally requires activation or use with the other hand of a user. Both mechanisms are required to be activated, each by at least one hand of a user, in a simultaneous manner in order to activate at least some features. For example, a safety lock out mechanism is provided that prevents or blocks the activation of the device from initiating log splitting processes. Therefore, two distinct features requiring the use of at least one hand of a user are required to be activated or operated in order to perform log splitting functions. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20140261892 | Apparatus for Splitting Wood into Kindling - A specialized wood splitting tool and chopping block, used together, enable cutting kindling from ordinary firewood in an effective and safe manner. The splitting tool uses leverage in addition to downward momentum of the cutting head to split wood. The metal handle and metal cutting head are preferably formed from a single piece of steel, in a perpendicular configuration similar to an adz. A splitting wedge blade within the handle exerts transverse shear forces to enhance splitting, and flat upper surfaces of the cutting head and the handle near the joint provide a striking surface. A complimentary chopping block for bracing logs of various diameters in a steady upright position has a V-shaped recess that is open on one end. The chopping block provides resistance to the unique leverage of the splitting tool during the splitting action. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160136839 | A LOG SPLITTER, AND A METHOD FOR SPLITTING A LOG - A log splitter ( | 05-19-2016 |
| 144367000 | Plural discrete diverse cutting operations | 2 |
| 20100258215 | WOODWORKING FIXTURE - A fixture includes a router guide portion having a router support surface and a workpiece support surface, a drill guide portion having a drill bit member, an opening adjacent the router guide portion and the drill guide portion for accepting a workpiece, and a clamping portion. The clamping portion includes a clamping member for securing the workpiece to the router guide portion. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20160136838 | MACHINING DEVICE - A device and a method for machining a workpiece are provided, said workpiece consisting preferably at least in segments of wood, wood-based materials, synthetic material or the like, having a first milling tool for contour machining an edge attached to said workpiece, a second milling tool for contour machining an edge attached to said workpiece, which is adjustable in relation to said first milling tool between a resting position in which said first milling tool is engageable with a workpiece and a machining position in which said second milling tool is engageable with a workpiece. The device is characterized by a third milling tool for flush milling a narrow side of an edge attached to said workpiece, the three milling tools being arranged coaxially to each other and all are jointly drivable by one device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 144371000 | Routing or grooving | 18 |
| 20080302447 | Router Base Securing Mechanism - The present invention is directed to a mechanism and method for providing above the table securing/unsecuring of a router motor housing. The mechanism of the present invention employs a mechanical connection included on a pivot member to couple with a wrench device extended through the tabletop. The mechanism permits a user to adjust or release the motor housing without having to reach under the table surface. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080308188 | VARIABLE DEPTH ROUTER AND BASE - A variable depth router and base assembly can include a ring-type, depth-adjustment mechanism. The base assembly can be a two-piece base wherein one piece is disposed inside the other. One of the pieces can include an annular lip or recess that can cooperate with levers on the adjustment ring to secure the router to the base assembly. The two-piece base assembly can facilitate the manufacture of the base assembly, can allow the use of different materials for different portions of the base assembly, and can provide a more economical base assembly. The use of differing materials can facilitate the using of more wear-resistant materials where needed while avoiding the costs of such materials in locations where it is not needed. The two-piece base assembly may allow various features to be economically incorporated into one of the pieces, thereby facilitating the manufacturing and assembly of the base assembly. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090056833 | Router Table With Mechanical Drive - A router table comprises a table top, a bit mount, and a drive train. The bit mount is configured to hold a router bit such that the router bit extends from the table top defining a bit axis. The drive train is positioned under the table top and is operably connected between the bit mount and a drive coupling. The drive coupling is configured to engage a driven member, with the drive coupling defining a drive axis that is not coaxial with the bit axis. The driven member may be provided by a drive bit on a portable router secured to the table top. Operation of the portable router results in rotation of the driven member. Rotation of the driven member and associated drive coupling operates the drive train and results in rotation of the bit mount and associated router bit. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090188587 | Multiple Router Device for Simultaneously Cutting Multiple Edges - A device that includes a plurality of routers, where the plurality of routers are independently positioned and can be placed in various orientations relative to the object being cut. The plurality of routers can be mounted on the same side, opposite side, or at any angle in between. The plurality of routers can also be positioned in three dimensions such that many different cuts can be made at the same time on objects of various shapes and sizes. Further, each router is easily removed from the device for handheld use, yet easily reattached to the device such that the router is returned to the same position it was in before removal. This creates a device that can make multiple cuts from multiple angles on objects of various shapes and sizes during one pass through the device. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090218010 | ASSEMBLY FOR RAISING AND LOWERING A ROTARY CUTTER - An adjustment assembly for raising and lowering a rotary cutter includes a table plate, a carriage assembly there below for supporting the rotary cutter and a lift handle which mounts on the carriage assembly and extends above the table plate to provide rapid manual raising and lowering of the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly is mounted on a support assembly and is disengageable therefrom to allow the rapid raising and lowering. Preferably, the lift handle is insertable through an opening in the table plate and into an opening in the carriage assembly and rotatable to disengage an engaging member of the carriage assembly from the support assembly via a camming engagement. A vertical adjustment mechanism for finely adjusting the carriage assembly height may include an adjusting screw which the engaging member engages for fine vertical adjustment and disengages for rapid vertical adjustment. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090277537 | HARDWOOD TEXTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - Texturing apparatuses and methods are provided for forming a textured surface on a panel. An exemplary texturing apparatus has a bed and a mount having at least one cutting blade that can be configured to impart a cut to a top structural surface of the panel as the panel is moved along the bed. The bed is configured to receive the panel and can define one or more openings. The mount is operably positioned in the opening and can be articulated in one or more directions with respect to the plane of the bed. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090293992 | System and method for cutting a profile in a workpiece - A system and method for cutting a profile along a linear edge of a wooden workpiece utilizes two spaced-apart rotatable cutting tools whose cutting edges mirror one another and which are mounted for rotation about parallel axes. The cutting tools are rotated in opposite rotational directions, and a support surface supports the workpiece for movement along each of the two cutting tools. By positioning the workpiece upon the support surface so that the linear edge thereof extends between the two cutting tools, the workpiece can be moved in one direction into cutting engagement with a first of the rotating cutting tools and subsequently in the opposite direction into cutting engagement with the second of the rotating cutting tools. By halting and subsequently reversing the movement of the workpiece along the first cutting tool before the cutting edges thereof exit a trailing (side) edge of the workpiece, the likelihood that the workpiece will be damaged from the profile-forming process is reduced. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100154935 | Method of Machining a Locking Groove in a Groove Flank - The invention relates to a method for machining a locking groove ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100212784 | Utility Pole Grounding Wire Replacement with an Embedment Method and Device - An electric transmission wood pole is selected for installation of a grounding wire using a grounding wire slot cutting device generally having two bases, two elongate guide members, a trolley, and a power tool mounted in the trolley. The two bases are adapted to be strapped to the wood pole. With the grounding wire slot cutting device mounted on the wood pole, a groove is cut along the wood pole. This procedure can be repeated to create a continuous groove along the wood pole. A grounding wire is pushed into the groove, and a sealer is applied over the grounding wire to fill the groove and to seal the grounding wire. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110192497 | MACHINERY FENCE SUPPORT FACILITATING FENCE MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO A LENGTH OF THE FENCE - In one example, a machinery fence support system comprises a worktable having a recess therein and a cutting element protruding upwardly from the worktable. The system has a track which is slidably received within the recess of the worktable. A bracket connected to the track; and a sacrificial fence is adjustably connected to the bracket. A track system is connected to the sacrificial fence and a stop assembly connected to the track system. The track slides within the recess of the worktable such that the sacrificial fence passes over the cutting element such that a beaded face frame feature is cut into a workpiece. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120067461 | PANEL, IN PARTICULAR A FLOOR PANEL - A method of forming a panel having a core of a wood material or wood material/plastic mixture and a top side and an underside is provided. The method includes forming a profile corresponding to one another on at least a first side edge and a second side edge lying opposite one another. The method further includes forming a hook connection with an upper locking section having a hook element and a lower locking section having a hook element which effects the locking in the horizontal direction, and forming at least one spring element movable in the horizontal direction which effects the locking in the vertical direction (V). The at least one spring element is free in the direction of the first side edge lying opposite by an essentially vertical slot. In the method of manufacturing, the panel is moved at a constant speed when the essentially vertical slot is formed. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120103472 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORATING BEAMS - This invention concerns an apparatus and method for perforating a beam. The apparatus comprises a main longitudinal support structure to support the beam. A cutting zone is located along the main longitudinal support structure. Controllable translating means translate the beam longitudinally in the cutting zone. A detector detects a presence of the beam in the cutting zone and in response, a router is controllably moved substantially orthogonally and transversally with respect to the beam, while the beam is translated. The combined controlled movement of the router and the beam results in a perforation of the beam following a predetermined perforation pattern. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120291920 | ADJUSTABLE GUIDEBUSHES - Adjustable guidebushes and methods for using the same facilitate cutting joint elements into work-pieces to join together two or more of the work-pieces. In some embodiments, the adjustable guidebush includes a guide surface defining a number of outer diameters having different lengths. Positioning different outer diameters of the guide surface to interact with a cutting guide allows one to adjust the fit of the joint elements formed in the work-pieces. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20140060702 | Turnlock Small Circle Compass Attachment - A circle compass is provided. The circle compass includes a main body attachable to a router and an adjustable arm. The main body includes a central receiving aperture configured to receive a router bit or shaft therethrough. The adjustable arm is slidably attached to the main body and has a centering pin. The centering pin extends axially outward beyond a bottom side of the main body. The adjustable arm is slidable along an adjustment axis between a retracted position being associated with a smallest hole that can be formed and an extended position being associated with the largest hole that can be formed. The adjustable arm includes a clearance slot that at least partially aligns with the central receiving aperture of the main body through which the rotating portion of the router must extend to form a cut in the work piece. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140373976 | MACHINERY FENCE SUPPORT FACILITATING FENCE MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO A LENGTH OF THE FENCE - In one example, a machinery fence support system comprises a worktable having a recess therein and a cutting element protruding upwardly from the worktable. The system has a track which is slidably received within the recess of the worktable. A bracket connected to the track; and a sacrificial fence is adjustably connected to the bracket. A track system is connected to the sacrificial fence and a stop assembly connected to the track system. The track slides within the recess of the worktable such that the sacrificial fence passes over the cutting element such that a beaded face frame feature is cut into a workpiece. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150075675 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR FORMING OF UNDERCUT GROOVES - The present invention concerns a method for forming longitudinal undercut grooves in wood products. It also concerns a cutting blade ( | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150114521 | Jig for Use with Router Table - A jig that allows a user to simultaneously cut two workpieces using a router table. The jig includes a first base positioned horizontally on a work surface that is pivotally attached to a second base positioned vertically on a work surface. The first and second base each include an adjustable clamp thereon that can be used to hold a workpiece in place on the router table. The first base further includes a handle thereon. A first workpiece can be positioned horizontally adjacent to the first base, and a second workpiece can be positioned vertically and flush against the second base. The user can move the jig and workpieces towards a router bit so that the workpieces come in contact therewith so as to cut both workpieces successively. In this way, the user can accurately cut two workpieces that fit together to form a right angle. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20170232636 | DADO INDEXING JIG AND METHOD OF CUTTING A DADO | 08-17-2017 |
| 144372000 | Using template or pattern | 2 |
| 20100314003 | Hinge And Strike Plate Mortise Kit - A kit for forming mortises in door edges and door frames for flush-mounting door hinges, strike plates and latch plates is provided. The kit generally includes a template holder and a plurality of templates mountable to the template holder. The templates provide guides for various size hinges, strike plates or latch plates. The template holder includes an adjustment mechanism for easily adapting the template holder from doors having a first thickness to doors having a second thickness. The adjustment mechanisms include a rotatable cam and knob. The kit may optionally include an alignment schedule providing distances for locating the templates relative to a door end or a frame. Further, the templates may include tab engagement slots for engaging a tape measure. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20140014233 | JOINT MAKING JIG - A woodworking joint cutting jig and method having a template repositionably attachable to a base in a plurality of alternative positions established by receiving a pin on one of the base or template in one of a plurality of holes on the other of the template and the base. | 01-16-2014 |
| 144373000 | Chipping or planing | 8 |
| 20100126630 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FLAT CHIPS OUT OF WOOD - The invention relates to a method of producing flat chips for structurally-oriented wood materials. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110100511 | PRIMARY AND COUNTER KNIFE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN WOOD CHIPPER - A wood chipper having a rotatable disc that contains a series of slots that pass through the disc. A primary chipper knife is located at the entrance of each slot which separates slices from a work piece and directs the slices through the slot. A counter knife unit is mounted within each slot for engaging the slices leaving the primary chipper knife to reduce the size of the chips as they move through the slot. The counter knife unit contains a first series of spaced apart chip contact elements that have a first height to contact the slices as they leave the primary chipper knife to reduce the size of the slices. The counter knife further contains a second series of chip contact elements that have a second height that is less than that of the chip contact element in the first series. Each contact element in the second series is arranged to contact chips leaving the contact elements in the first series to further reducing the size of the chips. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20130008564 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHIPPING TREE BRANCHES AND THE LIKE AND BALING WOOD CHIPS FORMED FROM SUCH CHIPPING ACTIVITIES - The present invention relates generally to wood chippers and baling machines and methods of operation therefor, and more specifically, to an apparatus and a method for chipping tree branches and the like and baling wood chips formed from such chipping activities. The apparatus includes a chipper assembly having a chipping mechanism operable to reduce the trimmed branches to wood chips. Also provided is a bale forming assembly operatively connected to the chipper assembly. The bale forming assembly has a housing and a baling mechanism contained within an interior space of the housing. The housing has an opening defined therein for receiving wood chips from the chipper assembly. The opening provides access to the interior space of the housing. The baling mechanism is operable to form a bale from the wood chips produced by the chipper assembly. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130074991 | COMMINUTION PROCESS TO PRODUCE ENGINEERED WOOD PARTICLES OF UNIFORM SIZE AND SHAPE WITH DISRUPTED GRAIN STRUCTURE FROM VENEER - Comminution process of wood veneer to produce wood particles, by feeding wood veneer in a direction of travel substantially normal to grain through a counter rotating pair of intermeshing arrays of cutting discs arrayed axially perpendicular to the direction of veneer travel, wherein the cutting discs have a uniform thickness (Td), to produce wood particles characterized by a length dimension (L) substantially equal to the Td and aligned substantially parallel to grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) substantially equal to the veneer thickness (Tv) and aligned normal to W and L, wherein the W×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel end surfaces with end checking between crosscut fibers. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140102591 | WORKPIECE POSITIONING SYSTEM - Embodiments provide a log positioning system configured to transport a log through one or more chipper/profiler modules to produce a cant with four chipped/profiled sides. In some embodiments, a log processing system may include an infeed, a positioning feed module downstream of the infeed, and one or more chipper/profiler modules disposed proximal to the positioning feed module. The positioning feed module may include a sharp chain coupled to one or more pairs of vertical positioning rolls. The positioning feed module may be selectively skewed, slewed, and/or tilted to match the vertical and angular orientation of the infeed. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20160082616 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE PLANER TABLE - An adjustable angle planer table for use with a conventional wood planer machine comprises a base plate and a tilting table. The base plate includes a flat attachment surface for securing the base plate to the bed of a planer and an arcuate sliding surface for receiving the tilting table. The tilting table includes flat table surface for feeding a board through the planer and an arcuate adjustment surface for slidably engaging the sliding surface. The base plate attaches to the bed of a planer and the tilting table is positioned on the base plate with its table surface at a desired angle and locked in place. Then, with the tilting table locked in place a board can be fed through the planer at the selected angle, resulting in the board's opposite face to be trimmed flat, but on a non-parallel plane with respect to the reference face. | 03-24-2016 |
| 144374000 | Using ganged cutting discs | 1 |
| 20100024922 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A WOOD CHIPPER - Apparatus for limiting the amount of debris that is disbursed in and around a disc type wood chipper when the disc is being treated with high pressure air. The apparatus includes a casing that surrounds the chipper disc having a stationary section and a removable section that can be detached from the stationary section to provide access to about 90° of the disc. A shield is hinged to the stationary section of the disc that has a vertical wall and an arcuate cover that can be moved over the exposed section of the disc which contains and directs debris in the chippers exhaust system when removed by high pressure air that is directed at the front face of the disc. | 02-04-2010 |
| 144375000 | Using cylindrical tool | 1 |
| 20100243106 | Movable blade unit for wood cutting machine - A movable blade unit for wood cutting machine is mounted to the rotating shaft of the wood cutting machine and includes a blade and an inner ring which is located between the blade and the rotating shaft. A movable ring is connected to the movable blade unit and includes a flange, an outer collar and the inner ring, wherein the flange is connected to the outer collar which is rotatably connected to the inner ring. The inner ring is mounted to the rotating shaft and a gap is defined between the inner ring and the rotating shaft. The inner ring includes multiple sets of rotating members which are in contact with the grooves in the rotating shaft so that the inner ring is rotatable and movable relative to the rotating shaft with little or reduced friction. | 09-30-2010 |
| 144376000 | Longitudinal sawing | 9 |
| 20110079324 | Board edger with tandem saw boxes - The board edger has a longitudinal horizontal board path therein and first and second saw boxes disposed in a tandem mode adjacent the board path. Each saw box has a pair of saw blades mounted therein. The saw blades have a cutting direction that is aligned generally along the longitudinal board path. A controller is provided for coordinately moving the pair of saw blades in the first saw box into the board path for edging a first wood board and the pair of saw blades in the second saw box out of the board path for pre-positioning in view of edging a second wood board. One saw box is used for edging odd wood boards and the other saw box is used for edging even wood boards. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110253261 | Automatic Workpiece Edging and Ripping Device and Method - A sawing apparatus for a wood products sawing system comprises a frame, a sawing table, a workpiece clamping element, and an overhead saw assembly. A workpiece can be supported on the sawing table and releasably secured to the table by the workpiece clamping element. The overhead saw array is supported by the frame and includes a saw driver and a row of at least three saw assemblies so to sever the workpiece along the cut line by movement of the saw blades along two dimensional paths. A variable width sawing table comprises a driving assembly and a row of support arm assemblies mounted to the frame member and coupled to the driving assembly for movement to at least first and second positions. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20150321379 | WORKPIECE HOLDDOWN APPARATUS FOR A BANDSAW - A hold down mechanism for a bandsaw including an upstream wheel positioned upstream of the saw blade and a downstream wheel positioned downstream of the saw blade, each wheel being rotationally connected to a bogie which is in turn supported on a swing arm. The proximity of the upstream and downstream wheels to the saw blade as well as the degree of pivoting motion permitted by the bogie enable a hold down wheel to press the ends if sequential workpieces against a base as the ends pass the saw blade to assure a uniform thickness of the cut workpiece. An angled guide surface is provide upstream from the forward wheel to assist the forward wheel in elevating when a trailing workpiece is significantly thicker than the workpiece preceding. | 11-12-2015 |
| 144378000 | Log or cant sawing | 6 |
| 20090120532 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROFILING TREE TRUNKS - A device for machining, in particular, profiling tree trunks is provided, which includes two rotating machining tools ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090133781 | GUIDE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE HANDLING ELEMENTS OF A WOOD OBJECT, SUCH AS A LOG - Guide arrangement for the handling elements ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090194201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING - A cutting-apparatus is used to slice a plurality of timber-sections from a log-segment that has a wedge-shaped cross-section. Before the step of slicing the log-segment into the individual timber-sections, there is a prior step of cutting a shape and configuration into the bark-edge-region of the log-segment. This includes cutting the intended outer profiles of timber-sections that eventually will be sliced from the segment. Thereafter, slicing the elongated segment produces timber-sections which have their cross-sections and edges already fully formed by the prior cutting step. The shape and configuration, that is pre-cut into the bark-edge-region, comprises a plurality of edge-face-cuts. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20120037276 | Flip-n-rip portable chainsaw mill - The chainsaw apparatus of the present invention, comprising in part, a combination saw attachment and positioning assembly which in concert with a transverse guide rail assembly and a vertical level control assembly allows using a chain saw to alternatively make a cut or a series of cuts in either a vertical or horizontal plane, with said saw blade oriented in a longitudinal cutting direction, in a sawmill device; providing thus for making a cant without turning the log and for making dimensionally accurate cuts of lumber from a log or similar wood based substrate with a minimal number of cutting passes; a blade orientation fine tuning assembly allows of refining a true vertical or horizontal planar attitude of the blade. Two speed mechanical assist gantry travel and a double acting remote chain saw safety switch and throttle trigger control is also provided. No tools are needed to alter and maintain the planar arrangement of the chain saw or the position of the saw carriage section along the transverse guide rail assembly of the gantry of the sawmill. The apparatus is modular and can be assembled and used by one person and is transportable in a van or pickup. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20140238547 | DOUBLE ARBOR VERTICAL SHAPE SAW - Embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for shape sawing wood. Specifically, embodiments include an infeed with laterally displaceable positioning rolls and a longitudinal axis between the positioning rolls. The embodiments further include a saw box with a frame and a plurality of saws coupled with a plurality of vertical arbors within the frame. In certain embodiments, the frame is operable to move laterally or rotationally with respect to a horizontal axis of rotation. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140238548 | DOUBLE ARBOR VERTICAL SHAPE SAW - Embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for shape sawing wood. Specifically, embodiments include an infeed with laterally displaceable positioning rolls and a longitudinal axis between the positioning rolls. The embodiments further include a saw box with a frame and a plurality of saws coupled with a plurality of vertical arbors within the frame. In certain embodiments, the frame is operable to move laterally or rotationally with respect to a horizontal axis of rotation. | 08-28-2014 |
| 144379000 | Transverse sawing | 2 |
| 20140048178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOUBLE EVEN ENDING LUMBER - Provided are a system and method for cutting boards into two board pieces, even ending one of the board pieces at a first side while travelling transversely on a conveyor and even ending the other board piece at a second side of the conveyor. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20160114474 | SAWBUCK - An article of manufacture for use in combination with stakes driven into the ground to produce a sawbuck, the article of manufacture having an elongated body and an arm, the elongated body having a passageway thereinto in the same direction as the longitudinal axis of the body, the arm attached to the body near the entrance of the passageway, the angle between the longitudinal axis of the arm at the region of the arm where the arm is attached to the tubing and the longitudinal axis of the body being less than sixty degrees. A method of combining the articles with stakes to produce a sawbuck for cross-cutting a length of wood into shorter lengths of wood. | 04-28-2016 |
| 144380000 | Including heating, cooling, or fluid applying | 6 |
| 20100101685 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A WOODEN CONTAINER - A process and an apparatus for manufacturing a wooden container are provided. The process includes a first forming step of producing an intermediate product ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100180987 | Methods for Enhancing Hardness and Dimensional Stability of a Wood Element and Wood Product Having Enhanced Hardness - The present disclosure includes methods for enhancing hardness and dimensional stability of a wood element. In one embodiment, the method includes placing the wood element in a compression assembly set to a compression temperature between about 365° F. and about 410° F., heating and compressing the wood element without exceeding the species' threshold pressure value to produce a compressed wood product, heating the compressed wood product to a post-compression temperature between about 275° F. and about 350° F., and holding the compressed wood product at the post-compression temperature for about 30 to about 48 hours. The disclosure also includes a wood product having enhanced hardness. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110114224 | METHOD OF MAKING A FLOORBOARD - A floorboard ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110220246 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product includes applying a compressive force to a wooden piece in a water-vapor atmosphere having temperature and pressure higher than those of atmospheric air to deform the wooden piece into a three-dimensional shape having a curved surface; placing an attachment for forming a pattern at a desired position on a surface of the wooden piece after applying the compressive force; and applying a pressure to the attachment and the wooden piece while heating the attachment and the wooden piece in the atmospheric air to shape the wooden piece into substantially the same shape as the three-dimensional shape and to firmly fix the attachment to the wooden piece. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120018046 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a compressed wood product that is obtained by compressing and forming a wooden piece, includes applying a compressive force to a blank piece that is cut out from raw wood and has a predetermined shape while sandwiching the blank piece between a pair of metal molds; and dividing the compressed blank piece into a plurality of portions by cutting. A compression rate, at the compressing, of an area of the blank piece corresponding to a boundary of the portions divided at the dividing is higher than compression rates, at the compressing, of other areas of the blank piece. A width of the boundary is larger than a cut width that is obtained when the blank piece is cut at the dividing. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018047 | METHOD OF FORMING WOODEN PIECE - A method of forming a wooden piece forms the wooden piece into a predetermined three-dimensional shape by compressing the wooden piece. The method includes attaching an elastic reinforcing member to an area of an inner surface of a wooden piece that is cut out to be substantially bowl-shaped, the area including a point where a change in curvature before and after compression is largest and separation of grain is largest; softening the wooden piece to which the reinforcing member is attached in a water-vapor atmosphere at a higher temperature and pressure than those in an atmospheric air; and compressing the softened wooden piece in the water-vapor atmosphere so as to deform the wooden piece into a predetermined three-dimensional shape. | 01-26-2012 |
| 144381000 | Bending | 2 |
| 20090101237 | Compressed Wood Product and Electronic Device Exterior Material - A compressed wood product includes a wood whose shape is taken while a volume decreased by compression is previously added, wherein a direction intersecting a fiber direction of the wood is set to a compression direction, and the wood is formed by being subjected to compressive force. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090126829 | Method of Processing Wooden Piece - A method of processing a wooden piece into a predetermined shape by compressing the wooden piece, includes bending a raw-material piece which is a wooden piece to be processed and is placed in a humid condition of high temperature, cutting out a blank-material piece from the raw-material piece bent in the bending so that the blank-material piece includes at least a part of a bent portion of the raw-material piece, and compressing the blank-material piece cut out in the cutting out in a water vapor atmosphere of a temperature and a pressure higher than those of an atmospheric air. | 05-21-2009 |
