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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347232 | Lumber processing apparatus and method A method and apparatus are provided for processing rough cut lumber to convert the rough cut lumber into trimmed to length and dimensionally trimmed to form a standard piece of dimensioned lumber. The process and apparatus includes the formation of a plurality of co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7299837 | Planing heads assembly for an automated planing machine A planing heads positioning device to be used with an automatic planing machine for planing sides of a piece of lumber moving along a travelling course is provided. The device includes a main frame and a planing assembly including first and second planing head arran... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7189049 | Robot unit The present invention relates to a method for rapid transfer of a work object in both the horizontal and vertical directions using a robot unit (10) having a gripping mechanism (12) preferably from one workstation (3) to another (4), the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7011006 | Automated board processing apparatus In preferred embodiments the invention includes a transverse board conveyor, a board extrusion portion, a marking station, a sawing portion, and a plurality of board feeding portions, all of which are controlled by a process controller. In such preferred embodiments... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004215 | Compressed wood waste structural beams Methods for forming compressed and adhesively bonded structural beams of strands divided from wood waste, and the beams resulting from such methods, are disclosed. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6941864 | Method to control optimized cutting of stock to satisfy a cut list A method of processing material involves cutting pieces of material pursuant to a cut list and managing remaining salvage and defect pieces. A computer may be connected to a saw machine, and programmed to optimize cutting of stock to satisfy a cut list. An operator ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6704982 | Automatic machine for assembling frames The machine comprises two independent fastening stations. The first station (2), designed to assembly the corners of the frame separately and successively, is provided with two cutting heads (3, 7) for cutting the mouldings (5, 9) forming the co... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6068034 | System and process for material management An automated system and process for managing building materials which requires a minimal amount of manual labor and supervision. The automated system and method are especially suited for precutting lumber used for building trusses and frames having predet... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5934347 | System and process for material management An automated system and process for managing building materials which requires a minimal amount of manual labor and supervision. The automated system and method are especially suited for precutting lumber used for building trusses and frames having predet... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5505238 | Apparatus for composite wood product manufacturing A method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a composite wood product from split and disrupted pieces of a raw material such as cedar, willow or bamboo. The composite may be employed as a thick plate of wood, pillar wood, beam wood and the like u... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5373880 | Method of continuously processing chopsticks as well as an apparatus for carrying out the method A method of continuously processing chopsticks (35), the outer shape of which is defined by two mutually parallel surfaces and two opposing, plane, oblique surfaces (5, 6) inclining towards one another by the same inclination seen relative to a common pla... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5127454 | Molding machines for woodworking In a through feed molder, each tool is mounted to a slide and provided with a dust hood that also carries two conventional hold-down guides, rigidly attached, one on each side of the hood. A mechanism operating between the hood and the slide permits match... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5090460 | Molding machines for woodworking In a through feed molder, at least one of the horizontal tools is equipped with a dust hood that also carries the two-hold-down guides rigidly attached one on each side. The hood is connected to the tool slide by way of a mechanism that permits matching o... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5080154 | Method and apparatus for gluing wooden staves A method and apparatus for automatically feeding stave members wherein each newly introduced stave is laterally automatically displaced inwardly against a free edge of a previously laid out layer of stave members such that a close connection is achieved b... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4951725 | Method of continuously processing elongated articles such as coherent pairs of chopsticks and an apparatus for carrying out the method A method and an apparatus for continuously processing and packing elongated articles (10) such as coherent pairs of chopsticks imply that the articles (10) are continuously advanced in the longitudinal direction in a track and are centrally aligned during... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4944339 | Procedure for machining wooden articles, installation for carrying out a procedure of this type and clamping bench to be used in an installation of this type Described is a procedure for machining wooden articles in which a plurality of machining operations is carried out on a wooden article in a series of machining operation stations. The wooden articles are transported along the series of machining operation ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4941521 | Finger jointing green lumber Finger jointed lumber is produced from discrete green lumber pieces each formed with a first set of fingers on one end and a second set of fingers at the other end. The first set of fingers is dried by rapidly applying heat substantially solely through th... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4903743 | Woodworking machine A woodworking machine comprising at least one tenoning-and-mortizing spindle associated with a length-cutting device and a pivoting roller table consisting of a roller carriage and an associated table plate receiving the workpiece and pivoting about said ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4881583 | Woodworking machine A woodworking machine for cutting tenons and mortises in woods, especially window woods, and comprising at least one tenoning-and-mortising unit and at least one lengthwise profiling unit, where a length-cutting device and a roller table are associated wi... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4869302 | Spindle moulder An improved spindle moulding machine for cutting mouldings in timber and other workpieces comprises at least two rotary cutting spindles mounted on a support frame with their respective axes of rotation parallel to each other and mutually staggered in the... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4840207 | Apparatus for making wooden I-beams A complete production line of a wood I-beam manufacturing apparatus and the method of manufacture is disclosed wherein generally identical chord members are simultaneously formed by cutting of a wooden stock material into the chord members and simultaneou... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4840015 | Method of continuously processing and packing elongated articles such as coherent pairs of chopsticks and an apparatus for carrying out the method A method and an apparatus for continuously processing and packing elongated articles such as coherent pairs of chopsticks include continuously advancing the articles in the longitudinal direction in a track and centrally aligning the same during the conti... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4807678 | Apparatus for notching pallet stringers The apparatus for notching pallet stringers comprises a skid surface over which the stringers are caused move, the stringers are held down against the skid surface so that rotary cutting knives can form the notches. The apparatus is provided with a convey... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4681146 | Method and apparatus for producing engineered wood flakes, wafers or strands Square or rectangular clean cut flakes, wafers or strands of a uniform thickness, width and length, with edges extending at right, acute or obtuse angles to the surfaces are produced by an apparatus in four distinct operations, comprising the veneer slici... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4677733 | Device in woodworking machines A device for a woodworking machine (13) adapted at a number of consecutive working stations (14) for processing workpieces which are fed through the machine. The required working of the workpieces can be effected with at least one working station out of o... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4643237 | Method for fabricating molding or slotting boards such as shutter slats, molding for carpentry or for construction and apparatus for practicing this process A piece of board stock is advanced on a conveying table between a pair of milling units mounted about and below the table. Each milling unit comprises at least one milling tool having a pair of spaced rotary cutting blades and a profiling tool of lesser d... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4588006 | High speed hopper fed trim saw A high speed hopper fed trim saw. The saw includes a first cutting station where a miter cut is made in a trim board and a second cutting station where a kerf cut is made in the same board. Boards are discharged one at a time from the hopper onto a steppe... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4471822 | Machine for manufacturing drawer sides A machine for manufacturing drawer sides in a continuous operation from a strip of wood. A machine with opposed edge cutters for shaping the outer edges of the strip, a slitting unit for cutting the strip into two strips and for cutting grooves in each st... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4449558 | Method and apparatus for trimming wooden boards A method and apparatus for trimming boards, wherein a first stage, a first mechanism initially fixes and cuts two positioning short end cuts for each board. These positioning short end cuts are then used for advancing the board into the corresponding cutt... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4429726 | Machine for carrying out milling, planing, and similar operations The cutter blades of the cutter heads of the present machine are supported in such a manner that they may be quickly and accurately adjusted for varying the cutting depth of the cutter blades. The cutter blades are supported in groove-shaped receptacles e... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4323099 | Wood finishing machine A wood finishing machine having a plurality of finishing devices, such as sanding wheels or the like, disposed on opposite sides of and above a horizontal table over which a workpiece is fed so as to be acted upon by each of the finishing devices. Each of... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4294647 | Wood finger jointing apparatus Apparatus is described for continuously producing finger jointed lumber from individual elongated boards. Each board includes opposed end faces with elongated parallel fingers that will mate with complementary fingers of a following board to form end-join... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4293011 | Rafter cutting machine Apparatus for cutting and notching beams to predetermined specification comprising spaced parallel loading and discharge stations for receiving and discharging beams to be treated, transfer jaws operable to seize a beam at the receiving station and move i... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4238983 | Machine for making wood stakes Disclosed is a machine for manufacturing wood stakes from boards, preferably from lengths of 2×4's or 2×6's. The machine is adjustable to provide stakes of virtually any length. The machine consists of two stations, the first station comprising a recipr... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4218877 | Machine for making wooden chains Apparatus and method of machining a long wooden rod of square cross-section, of selected dimension, so as to provide a multi-link chain of separate inter-linked oval links. In its simplest form, the machine involves a single rotating cutter assembly, whic... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4196760 | Material feeding machine A machine for making wood moldings includes an endless feed belt extending downstream from the upper face cutter head for holding short lengths of wood pieces securely between the working stretch of the feed belt and the underlying bed plate and deliverin... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4185672 | Integrated tree processing mill A process and apparatus are described wherein an integrated saw mill includes conveyor means for feeding debarked logs, classifying the logs and storing them according to size, advancing a particular log, scanning and analyzing the log and determining its... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4176697 | Machine for making wooden bee box components An automatic machine for forming bee box components from wooden stock members by grouping the members in a single row and indexing them past several work stations at which the members are formed into the box components. The row of engaged members pass by ... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4133097 | System for assembling framed wall sections An integrated system for fabricating the wall section for a building. The wall section includes a framework composed of plural studs disposed in a parallel array between an opposed pair of plates and has sheathing secured over the framework. The system co... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4132253 | Machine for notching pallet stringers A notching machine including a first cutting stage which makes four vertical cuts in the stringer, the outer two cuts defining the sides of the notch. The second cutting stage of the machine makes a horizontal cut which first separates a portion of the st... | 01/02/1979 |
