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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113098 | Automated shingle milling system Saw mill for machine vision detection of undesirable features in the wood in shingles being cut from billets and automated optimized saw operation are disclosed. The saw mill includes a transport system that carries the billet through a butt-trimming saw, past a mac... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7975581 | Apparatus for cutting off glass panes from a continuously produced glass sheet The apparatus for cutting glass panes from a continuously produced glass sheet includes a conveying apparatus for the glass sheet and for crosscut pieces; a crosscutting device for cutting the crosscut pieces from the glass sheet; a glass pane cutting device for cut... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7536939 | Apparatus and method for curve sawing of a plank The invention concerns an apparatus and method for guiding a plank towards cutting tools for curve sawing of the plank. The apparatus comprises a first guide and drive mechanism mounted on a platform for receiving, guiding and driving the plank along a path. The fir... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7418309 | Methods and systems for optimizing punch instructions in a material forming press system Methods and systems are disclosed to optimize punching instructions. An example method disclosed herein obtains a tool bed layout, the tool bed including a description of a plurality of tool punch parts, each tool punch part further including tool definition informa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7373217 | Apparatus for slicing a food product and method therefore Apparatus and method for slicing a food product having a non-uniform cross-sectional area. A laser line scanner scans the cut face of the food product. A line scan camera receives light reflected from the cut face of the food product. The line scan camera is positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369916 | Drill press A power tool control system connected with a drill press provides a system for determining operational settings for the drill press and/or structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the drill press. For instance, the power tool control system may estab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7290474 | System for rapidly stopping a spinning table saw blade A system for stopping a spinning table saw blade is comprised of a pin assembly disposed adjacent to a saw blade assembly for stopping a spinning saw blade. A receiving block is disposed on a side of the saw blade opposing the pin assembly for receiving the tip of t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258050 | Method of cutting segmented-end web A method of cutting an elongate timber web which forms on each of two opposed ends thereof a tapered end shape including a series of at least four cuts at successive angles to approximate an arcuate convex end. The method includes the steps of performing first and s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243440 | Gauge for use with power tools A gauge for connecting with a power tool and providing a system for determining structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the power tool is provided by the present invention. The gauge including a probe connected with a sensor via a spring, wherein co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7137625 | Sheet finisher including means for setting cutting position image forming system including the sheet finisher A sheet finisher includes means for cutting a non-folded edge of at least one folded sheet. Means are used for setting a cutting position in accordance with a preselected length of the at least one folded sheet in a direction of sheet conveyance and a sensed length ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137327 | Riving knife assembly for a dual bevel table saw An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a riving knife assembly for a dual bevel table saw, comprising: a first armature configured for coupling with a beveling member; a second armature adjustably and rotatably coupled with the first armature; a first... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7108030 | Lineal optimization gang/edger for cutting cants and flitches A combination gang saw and edger system cuts both cants and flitches into boards. Cants and flitches are fed singly, lengthwise into the system on an infeed conveyor. On the conveyor, the cant or flitch is scanned to produce a lengthwise cross-sectional profile. An ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080431 | Apparatus and methods for double ended processing System, including apparatus and method, involves processing materials in opposite directions between two machines along a processing path. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055419 | System and method for optimizing slices from slicing apparatus A method for optimizing yield from a slicing apparatus, includes scanning and weighing a carcass, slab or loaf upstream of a slicing head of the slicing apparatus. The carcass, slab or loaf weight is divided by a desired pre-selected portion weight to determine the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043323 | Glass processing equipment with dynamic continuous production control system A glass product cutting line includes a CNC cutting table, a sheet feeding device for feeding glass sheets to the glass cutting table, a plurality of harp racks, a sorting device and a dynamic cutting line control system. The control system optimizes the work piece ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040207 | Log merchandiser A log merchandising apparatus includes feeding and staging feeders and a plurality of pivoting overhead truss-mounted saws. The saws are travelling saws, reversibly and independently movable along the longitudinal axis of the log by means of a rack and pinion drive ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036411 | Active measurement and control system for a material cutting apparatus An active measurement and control system for a material cutting apparatus. The apparatus comprises a cutting tool which may be pivoted for cutting a workpiece in a cutting area at a selectable angle. The cutting area defines a datum plane, and a feed table with a sh... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025251 | Log cutting system The present invention discloses a log sawing system comprising multiple cutting blades. The multiple cutting blades are positioned to cut laterally or perpendicular to the centerline of the log which is to be cut. The logs are transported into cutting position using... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017460 | Method and arrangement for adjusting feed rate of a crosscut saw A method and arrangement for adjusting a feed rate of a crosscut saw (1), in particular, in a harvesting head of a forest machine during the crosscutting of wood (9) in the apparatus. A feed force (F) of the crosscut saw and/or a rotating rate (vc... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013779 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a plurality of sets of sawguides, the sawguides within each set positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. Corresponding sawguide biasing assemblies bias the sawguides in each set against one a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6991012 | Apparatus for sawing a workpiece A method of forming a workpiece into sectioned parts using a pair of laterally translatable chipping heads and, downstream, a cutting device of the type having a plurality of rotatable cutting members mounted for rotation on a common axis which is movable and includ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6988438 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a set of sawguides positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. A sawguide biasing assembly biases the sawguides against one another. The array is supported for movement along a lateral path gene... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971423 | Method and apparatus for singulating, debarking, scanning and automatically sawing and sorting logs into lengths A log handling and cutting system which cuts logs into lengths, and allows for maximum use of fiber. The system includes equipment for singulating the logs, optimally removing the bark from the logs, scanning the true log image, cutting the logs to length, and sorti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6941730 | Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly The invention relates to an operating and vacuum packaging machine comprising a handling or processing machine for the handling or processing of a product to be vacuum packed, and a vacuum packing unit designed to work sequentially with said operating machine. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6923101 | Continuous log bucking saw system and method A high-throughput, high-end-product-recovery, lineal log bucking device featuring continuous stem travel during the cutting process by using a simple and efficient machinery design for economy of equipment and monies. The apparatus includes: (1) a saw for cutting st... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6895844 | Laser-based calibrating method and apparatus A method and apparatus for identifying a place where a saw may be performed. An oscillating laser beam is provided to a target according to a user preference. The user selects at least one characteristic of the oscillating laser beam in order to identify the target ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6879873 | CNC glass cutting line with dynamic continuous production control system A glass product cutting line includes a CNC cutting table, a sheet feeding device for feeding glass sheets to the glass cutting table, a plurality of harp racks, a sorting device and a dynamic cutting line control system. The control system optimizes the workpiece l... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6739228 | Process for minimizing waste during processing of a length of stock A process is provided for minimizing waste during processing of a length of stock into one or more shorter usable segments, where in connection with the processing station upon which the length of stock is processed, the length of stock has a minimum handling length... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6705190 | Lumber trimmer A lumber trimming device for trimming elongate workpieces conveyed on an infeed conveyor in a laterally disposed orientation relative to an infeed direction. The lumber trimming device includes a gang of laterally spaced apart drop saws wherein the drop saws are ind... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6690990 | Method of optimizing a layout of selected parts to be cut A method of optimizing a layout of selected parts to be cut from a piece of raw material such as wood, uses data representing geometric and defect-related characteristics of the each piece and data representing geometric and grade characteristics of a set... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6644164 | Rotatable saw unit for optimized log breakdown A rotatable saw unit for optimized log breakdown includes a saw unit immediately downstream of an infeed conveyor and cooperating with the infeed conveyor for sawing a workpiece as the workpiece is translated by the infeed conveyor into the saw unit. The ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6619168 | Method and apparatus for automatic precision cutting of graphics areas from sheets An improved method and apparatus for automatic cutting of graphics area(s) from a sheet of material which includes such graphics area(s), the graphics areas having a plurality of registration marks in predetermined positions with respect thereto and inclu... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6619167 | Method and apparatus for precision cutting of graphics areas from sheets An improved method and apparatus for cutting a graphics area from a sheet of material which includes such graphics area. The method improved involves applying a plurality of registration marks on the sheet at and about the graphics area in predetermined p... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612216 | Active sawguide assembly and method A sawguide assembly includes a set of sawguides positioned adjacent to one another to create an array of laterally-abutting sawguides. A sawguide biasing assembly biases the sawguides against one another. The array is supported for movement along a latera... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6543498 | Log cutting system The present invention discloses a log sawing system comprising multiple cutting blades. The multiple cutting blades are positioned to cut laterally or perpendicular to the centerline of the log which is to be cut. The logs are transported into cutting pos... | 04/08/2003 |
