| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 144300100 | Combined | 31 |
| 20090188584 | Wood Working Machine - A wood working machine is described that includes a mounting plate assembly for supporting a cutting tool, the mounting plate assembly including a base plate, first and second spaced apart intermediate plates on the base plate, and first and second guide plate elements pivotally supported on respective first and second intermediate plates, and a cutting tool support plate slidably disposed between the first and second guide plate elements, the guide plate elements including means defined therein for positioning each of the guide plate elements at selected angular intervals with respect to the respective first and second intermediate plates, whereby the cutting tool support plate is slidably movable on the base plate between the guide plate elements at a prescribed angle. The mounting plate assembly may include laser sources providing crossed laser beams for accurately positioning the tool bit of the cutting tool near a work piece, and light sources for illuminating the tool bit. A digital sensor may be included for precise positioning of the work piece held beneath the base plate on a movable carrier. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090194199 | Variable guide for a gang saw - A guide arm for a gang sawmill is provided adjacent to an inlet of a gang saw and is movable about a pivot pin depending on the actual curvature of a cant to adjust (continuously or fixed) the position of an incoming cant to maximize the yield of usable boards produced by the gang saw by moving the cant relative to the saw as a conveyor feeds the cant through the gang saw. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20140000761 | PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY FOR NATURAL BAMBOO FIBERS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150027586 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Figured Veneer - A method for making a piece of figured veneer comprises softening lignin in a sheet of veneer, and advancing the sheet of veneer between a first roller having a semi-flexible outer surface and a second roller. Apparatus for making a piece of figured veneer comprises a device for softening lignin in a sheet of veneer, and first and second rollers between which the sheet of veneer is pressed. The first roller has a semi-flexible outer surface. | 01-29-2015 |
| 144400100 | Timber cutting and handling | 18 |
| 20090025827 | Working Machine System With Equipment for Felling a Tree to be Processed - A working machine system is provided, including equipment for felling a tree to be processed, equipment for delimbing branches of the tree, and equipment for cutting the tree trunk to a desired length. In addition, the working machine system includes equipment for producing chopped wood, said equipment including a splitting mechanism for riving a trunk of the felled tree in a longitudinal direction of the tree, as well as a chopping mechanism for cutting the tree to a chopped wood length. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090205750 | Remotely operated mobile cutting apparatus - The present invention relates to a remotely operated cutting apparatus for cutting trees into logs. The cutting apparatus comprises a lift assembly, a chain saw assembly comprising a platform that is pivotally mounted to the lift assembly, and at least one force absorbing device fixedly attached to both the lift assembly and to the chain saw assembly. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090242077 | BIOMASS HARVESTER - A biomass harvester is configured to simultaneously clear-cut and gather both free-standing and random-lie biomass. Saw blades and gather aprons are located on arms that extend forwardly from an undercarriage. Cut and gathered biomass is reduced in size by a cutter head on-board and stored by a hopper on-board, thereby reducing the costs associated with using multiple machines to harvest biomass. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100101684 | High Accumulation Tree Felling Head - A feller buncher is provided including a felling head having a gathering arm and an accumulation arm. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100147420 | Motors and processing units for processing trees - A motor for a tree processing machine is provided. The motor includes a mechanism configured to drive a wheel. The wheel is configured to engage a portion of a tree. The motor also includes a housing containing the mechanism. The motor further includes an encoder. The encoder is configured to be operably coupled to the mechanism. The encoder is also configured to generate a signal indicative of a length of a portion of a tree engaged by the wheel. The encoder is contained in the housing. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100313997 | Timber-Working Head With Feed Wheel Adaptor Plate - A timber-working head comprises a first motor, a second motor, a feed wheel, and an adaptor plate. The first motor comprises a first rotary output element. The second motor comprises a second rotary output element. The feed wheel is fixed to the first rotary output element for rotation therewith. The adaptor plate fixed to the second rotary output element for rotation therewith. The adaptor plate comprises radial projections arranged about the periphery of the adaptor plate and received respectively within corresponding axially recessed portions of the feed wheel so as to provide an operational interface between the adaptor plate and the feed wheel. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100313998 | SAWING AND CHIPPING DEVICE - A sawing and chipping device for harvesting and chipping trees including a rotatable saw for cutting a tree, conveyor for conveying the cut tree and a chipping element for chipping the cut tree. The saw includes top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral edge. The chipping element is mounted on the saw top surface. When engaging a tree with the saw during rotation thereof, the tree is cut and subsequently conveyed by the conveyor onto the saw top surface to be chipped by the chipping element. In another aspect, the saw is mounted to a housing having an opening to receive tree chips leading to a container positioned beneath the saw bottom surface and including an outlet. The bottom surface includes turbine blower means for blowing the chips through said outlet during rotation of the saw. In another aspect, the conveyor is configured to convey a cut tree inwardly and downwardly. Saws for such devices are also disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110126941 | HARVESTING ARRANGEMENT FOR TREE HARVESTING - The invention relates to a harvesting arrangement ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110132495 | TREE FELLING HEAD - A gear assembly for a tree felling head having a frame securable to a manipulator arm of a tree cutting carrier, the gear assembly includes a final gear securable to the frame and rotatably engageable over a bearing-like member mounted to the manipulator arm for pivotally mounting the frame to the manipulator arm; and a driving gear generating a torque, the torque of the driving gear being applied to at least two intermediate gears drivingly connected with the final gear. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110197997 | MULTI-PROCESS MACHINE - The invention relates to a multi-process machine for the felling and further processing of trees, which is arranged to be suspended on the boom of a loader device with the aid of a pivot. The suspension device of the multi-process machine includes a rotator attached to the arm of the suspension device as well as a transverse frame pivot in its lower part, for supporting the frame of the operating unit, and an operating device. The suspension device further includes a wide-angle mechanism between the operating device and the said frame, for enlarging the rotation created by the length of stroke of the operating device. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120291918 | MARKING DEVICE AND HARVESTING ARRANGEMENT FOR TREE HARVESTING - The invention relates to a marking device for applying acode marking on a piece of wood. The marking device comprises several adjustable marking members, each of which comprising a marking element which is capable of applying a mark on a piece of wood and which is shiftable between different positions or states so as to allow a variation of the code marking to be applied by the marking device. At least one of said marking members ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120305136 | DEBRIS GUARD CONNECTED TO A BOOM - A forestry vehicle including a frame, a pivoting boom, a first structure, a second structure, and a debris guard. The pivoting boom is carried by the frame. The first structure is carried by the frame and is positioned on a first side of the pivoting boom. The second structure is also carried by the frame and is positioned on a second side of the pivoting boom. A channel exists between the first structure and the second structure. The pivoting boom travels in the channel as the boom pivots about its pivotal axis. The debris guard is pivotally and slidingly coupled to the boom. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312421 | HYDRAULIC BUNCHING FINGER - A hydraulic biasing assembly is provided. The hydraulic bunching assembly may include a hydraulic circuit and a hydraulic biasing member configured to provide bias to a bunching finger of a tree felling head. The hydraulic biasing assembly may also include a valve configured to alternately allow hydraulic fluid to transfer from the hydraulic circuit to the hydraulic biasing member and to allow hydraulic fluid to transfer from the hydraulic biasing member to a collector. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130199670 | Marking device and harvesting arrangement - The invention relates to a marking device ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140069553 | DISK SAW FELLING HEAD WITH VISIBILITY WINDOW - A disk saw felling head comprises a motor housing positioned between a disk saw and harvesting and bunching cylinders so as to provide a visibility window laterally between the motor housing and a mounting post promoting visibility through the visibility window toward a cutting zone. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20150114519 | HARVESTING AND GRAFTING OF TREES - A tree harvester includes a body and a harvesting system coupled to the body. The tree harvester further includes a control system coupled to the body. The control system is configured to receive data from the harvesting system regarding a characteristic of a harvested tree and control operation of the harvesting system based on the data. The harvesting system is configured to remove an intermediate portion of the harvested tree below a tree crown and graft the tree crown to a tree stump. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150122374 | DISK SAW FELLING HEAD WITH HYDRAULIC LINE ROUTING THROUGH HORN SECTION - According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a disk saw felling head has a fore-aft dimension, a lateral dimension, and a vertical dimension such that the fore-aft dimension, the lateral dimension, and the vertical dimension are perpendicular to one another. The disk saw felling head comprises a frame comprising a first mounting post, a second mounting post, a motor housing, and a horn section, The first and second mounting posts are configured for attaching the disk saw felling head to a base machine and spaced laterally apart from one another relative to the lateral dimension and extending vertically relative to the vertical dimension. The horn section is mounted to a top portion of the first mounting post and a top portion of the second mounting post relative to the vertical dimension. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160143230 | FEED WHEEL ARRANGEMENT, TIMBER WORKING HEAD, CRANE, AND TIMBER WORKING MACHINE - This invention concerns a feed wheel arrangement intended to be used in a timber working head for at least one of felling, trimming, bark-peeling and cutting of a tree or tree trunk, comprising a frame to which feed wheels and grip fittings are mounted either fixed or in a manner that allows them to be removed. The feed wheel arrangement comprises a feed wheel with a power transfer arrangement lowered centrally in a jacket of the feed wheel, a motor arranged at a distance from the feed wheel, and a power transfer arrangement for the transfer of rotational force from the motor to the feed wheel, for the feed of the tree or trunk through the timber working head. The invention concerns also a timber working head, a crane and a timber working machine. | 05-26-2016 |
| 144400200 | Assembly-line type | 1 |
| 20100300582 | Wood lagging machine - An apparatus for producing wood lagging blankets includes a board singulator, a board spacer, a wire strand feeder, and a fastener applicator. The board singulator includes an infeed and infeed queue, and a selectively actuable stop. The board spacer includes a spacing conveyor and may be selectively actuable according to instructions from a programmable controller, wherein the fastener applicator mounted aligned vertically over said at least one strand of wire to fasten by fasteners at least one strand of wire down onto the boards on said spacing conveyor to thereby form a lagging blanket of spaced apart boards spaced with substantially constant gapping between the boards, wherein said lagging blanket is tethered together as a stable matrix of laterally aligned, constantly spaced boards, and wherein the lagging blanket is sized to wrap completely around a desired circumference. | 12-02-2010 |
| 144400300 | Pivoted traveling | 1 |
| 20100012226 | Multiple saw machine - The multiple saw machine includes a rigid mainframe that provides mountings and attachments for all mechanical components. The components include multiple saw frames, conveyor belts, transfer chains and drive shafts for providing motive power for the conveyor belts, saw blades and transfer chains. A computer and an array of sensors are employed to monitor the saw machine functions and to control the timing of and location of board cutting. | 01-21-2010 |
| 144400600 | Splitting | 5 |
| 20120298260 | Firewood Processor with Vertically-Displaceable Circular Saw - A firewood processor includes a main framework having a front end, rear end and opposite sides. A log infeed trough is supported on the main framework for advancing a log lengthwise along a longitudinal axis from the front end to the rear end of the main framework to a cutting station extending upwardly from the main framework for selectively cutting a log advanced on the log infeed trough into individual log rounds. An operator control station is positioned on the main framework for selectively controlling the advancing and the cutting of the log. The cutting station includes a rotating blade that is positioned above the log infeed trough and is mounted for upward and downward movement controlled by an operator at the control station in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the trough to enable cutting of the log. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20140034192 | TRIMMING MACHINE FOR WOOD, PARTICULARLY DOUBLE-END TENONER - Trimming machine for wood, particularly a trimming saw for trunks, comprising a machine casing, two lateral cutting tools for cutting a trunk on two non adjacent sides, transport means for bringing the trunk for cutting, separation means for separating wood shavings or chips on both sides of the cut trunk and cutting means on at least one side of the cut trunk, adjacent to both sides. According to the invention, the separation means consist of surfaces which are inclined with respect to the work surface and lift the wood shavings or chips above the third side of the trunk. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140096869 | A TREE PROCESSING DEVICE FASTENED TO A WORK MACHINE - Device processing wood ( | 04-10-2014 |
| 20150290831 | FIREWOOD PROCESSOR WITH A TIGHTENABLE SAW CHAIN - A firewood processor with a tightenable saw chain, which processor comprises a frame arranged to support the firewood processor to a base, such as the ground, and a saw for sawing wood raw material in a transverse direction into an intermediate product of a desired length. The saw comprises a saw chain, a flange for guiding said saw chain and a sprocket, which is arranged to convey the driving force to said saw chain. The firewood processor further comprises a splitting section for splitting the intermediate product of a desired length in the longitudinal direction into a desired size, which splitting section comprises a splitting wedge and means for splitting the intermediate product of a desired length by means of the splitting wedge. In addition, the firewood processor comprises automatic means for tightening the saw chain of said saw and for maintaining the tightness. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160067882 | DEVICE FOR LONGITUDINAL PROCESSING OF WOOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A WOOD COMPOSITE - Disclosed is a device having four processing modules, arranged one behind another. Consecutive modules longitudinally cut wooden poles to narrower pieces. Each module has at least two corrugated feeding cylinders, at least one cutting apart wedge disc located behind them, optionally at least one fixed separating wedge located behind the cutting apart wedge disc, at least a cylinder distributing the longitudinally cut wooden poles and at least one cylinder crushing bundles of fibres of the longitudinally cut wood. There is a support and transport line situated along the workpiece transport route in each processing module. In case of a larger number of wedge discs in a processing module, the cutting apart wedge discs are situated on two opposite sides of the feed path and separated in a 2:1 ratio on the two sides of the feed path of the workpiece being cut apart. | 03-10-2016 |
| 144400700 | Assembling connector to wood strip for subsequent assembly with another wood strip | 2 |
| 20090255605 | Method and system for glulam beams - A method and a system for glulams fabrication, comprising obtaining wood pieces of a target length from raw materials; and assembling them into structural timbers of a target thickness in a continuous line, whereby moisture content, end joints, mixing and applying of adhesives, glue line pressure and clamping time are continuously controlled. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100089495 | Systems for Glulam Beams - A method and a system for glulams fabrication, comprising obtaining wood pieces of a target length from raw materials; and assembling them into structural timbers of a target thickness in a continuous line, whereby moisture content, end joints, mixing and applying of adhesives, glue line pressure and clamping time are continuously controlled. | 04-15-2010 |
