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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176955 | Disk flaker knife assembly A knife assembly includes a knife blade and a mounting assembly having a knife blade support portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the mounting assembly. The knife blade support portion is constructed and arranged to position a cutting edge of the knife bla... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8082958 | Knives and knife assemblies A knife includes first and second edges, a ridge, a concave surface, and a planar surface. The edges are defined by intersections of outer edge forming surfaces on an outer side of the knife and inner edge forming surfaces on an inner side of the knife. The ridge is... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7708040 | High speed planer head A high speed planer head. A threaded member having a frustoconical portion wedges against a knife, to clamp a knife to a hub for rotating the knife about an axis of revolution. The knife has a front and back side, two cutting edges and mirror image symmetry about a ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7681609 | Multi-application wood working knife and clamping assembly A wood working knife for use in a wood working machine, comprising a knife body having a first cutting edge and an opposed second cutting edge, the knife body having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface. The first clamping surface has opposed clamp... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7669621 | Stationary bedknife for disc chipper apparatus A disc cutting apparatus for chipping wood chips from a log includes a chipper frame, a rotary cutting disc having a plurality of substantially radially disposed knife assemblies in relation to a proximal facing side of the disc and a feed spout into which a log is ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7506674 | Multi-application wood working knife and clamping assembly A wood working knife for use in a wood working machine, comprising a knife body having a first cutting edge and an opposed second cutting edge, the knife body having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface. The first clamping surface has opposed clamp... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7409972 | Knife assembly for a chipper A knife assembly for a chipper, which is intended to be installed in the knife frame includes a counter knife, a reversible knife including two cutting bevel edges, and a clamp. In addition, the knife assembly includes securing devices for securing the clamp and at ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7343946 | High speed planer head A high speed planer head. Disclosed according to one aspect of the invention is a hub and a threaded member. The hub is axially disposed for rotation about an axis, and has a pocket for receiving a first knife against a supporting wall of the pocket. The threaded me... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7299836 | Stump cutting tooth and pocket A stump cutting tool for use with a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel or drum having at least one cutting tool mounted to the wheel or drum. The cutting tool includes a tool holder or pocket used to secure a separate cutting tooth. The pocket ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267146 | Chipper bed knife The invention relates to a chipper (1) bed knife (2) attached detachably to the chipper frame (3), the chipper (1) having a chipper disc (5) supported on its shaft (4), which shaft is fitted rotatably to the chipper frame ( | 09/11/2007 |
| 7210509 | Chipping head A chipping head, particularly a chipping head of a chipping canter, is disclosed comprising a head body having thereon mounted multiple chipping knives that are adapted on the head body in an annular fashion spaced at a distance from each other. Onto the chipping he... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201339 | Method and apparatus for producing wood shavings A heavy flywheel disc having a radially spaced apart array of pockets in which are mounted knives. Short logs, which have been de-barked, are fed in with their long axis parallel to the face of the flywheel. A hydraulic ram translates the logs sideways into the plan... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7159626 | Multi-application wood working knife and clamping assembly A wood working knife for use in a wood working machine, comprising a knife body having a first cutting edge and an opposed second cutting edge, the knife body having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface. The first clamping surface has opposed clamp... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140408 | Knife assembly and chipping knife therefor A knife assembly and chipping knife therefor. The knife assembly includes a knife, and employs an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member for clamping the knife therebetween. The knife has an elongate axis and two spaced apart cutting edges parallel to the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137421 | Chipper knife The invention relates to a chipper knife with at least one cutting edge (6) along at least one of its side edges. The chipper knife is adapted to be mounted in chippers of the kind which are used to cut chips of a desired size and shape from pieces of wood or... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134622 | Chipper knife and holder therefor The invention relates to a chipper knife for chippers of the type comprising a tool (12) which is rotatable on an axis of rotation and is in the form of, for example a drum, disc or truncated conical body, which supports a plurality of such chipper knives. Th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7069969 | Wood cutting knife assembly providing improved knife stability A wood chipping or cutting knife assembly providing improved knife stability. A number of control surfaces and other geometric features are provided to stabilize the knife in the assembly. An improved splitter is also provided for the knife assembly. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070132 | Low-speed high-torque chipper-shredder machine A yard waste chipper-shredder machine includes a reversible electric motor to drive a roller at low speed and high torque. The waste material is fed into an inlet chute and is crushed and ground into mulch between the roller and the chute for discharge through an ou... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063282 | Comminuting apparatus The present invention concerns a chipping or crushing apparatus having a prominent speed of rotation and mass inertial moment. The main parts of the apparatus include a chipping disc or a rotor, a short circuit motor and a frequency converter connected to the circui... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055562 | Apparatus for comminuting wood board stacks to strands An apparatus for comminuting a stack of wood boards to produce wood strands. A stack feeder feeds the stack of wood boards to a chipper chamber on a longitudinally displaceable carriage moving transverse to the direction of feed of the stack and having a blade ring ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011261 | Cutting tool of a cutting machine used for cutting plastic materials into granules A cutting machine used for cutting elongate plastic materials into granules includes a cutting tool, which consists of a roller-shaped body, several knives, and soft metallic bars; the roller-shaped body has lengthwise extended holding trenches spaced on an outer si... | 03/14/2006 |
| RE38930 | Knife holder for a chipper disc An improved knife holder for a chipper disc. A knife holder for boding a knife has a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion for clamping the knife therebetween. One of the clamping portions pivots about a pivot point for clamping the knife and for rele... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976516 | Underneath style knife clamp with replaceable clamp wear member A two-part blade support base for mounting a chipper knife to a chipper disc wherein the parting line between the upper part and lower part is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the chipper disc. The parting line incorporates a vertical step which transmit... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968879 | Knife and apparatus for clamping a knife A knife and apparatus for clamping the knife. The knife has front and back sides that, preferably, both include interlocking features adapted for interlocking engagement with corresponding inner and outer clamping members, to prevent slippage of the knife from the c... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953167 | Wood chipper knife holder system for a power driven rotor head A wood chipper knife holder assembly for a power driven rotor head has at least one opening in its wood confronting surface for the knife holder assembly which includes a mount block. A counter-knife receiving surface opposite the wood confronting surface of the rot... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951313 | Knife for disk chip cutting machines A knife for a disk chip cutting machine which is mounted between a carrier part and a clamping part and which includes a chip breaking surface extending into an opening adjacent an outer surface of the carrier part. The chip breaking surface includes a concave porti... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941987 | Apparatus for clearing log jams in disc type chipper Apparatus for processing logs to manufacture wood chips. The apparatus includes a circular disc for passing a series of blades through a chipping station and a chute and spout assembly for feeding logs from a conveyor into the chipping station. A lifting mechanism i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6923227 | Canter chipper head The present invention provides a canter chipper head that comprises a rotor suitable for rotation about a rotation axis. The rotor has a lateral side and a frontal side, and includes a first cutting assembly and a second cutting assembly that are each mounted to the... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915971 | Comminuting unit of a comminuting machine for comminuting material, especially knife block for a wood slicer A comminuting unit of a comminuting machine for comminuting material has a plurality of knife carriers with a longitudinal axis. The knife carriers are arranged along a comminution path of the comminuting unit and have a leading longitudinal edge. The knife carriers... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6848486 | Method for preparing a disc chipper wear plate for reuse and a disc chipper wear plate prepared according to the method A method is provided for reconditioning after rehardfacing the wear plates that are used on the mounting face of the knife disc of a disc chipper so that the original dimensions of the wear plate are substantially restored. Also, a wear plate is provided which is re... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6752184 | Milling tool for machining wood, wooden materials, synthetic materials or the like A milling tool for machining wood, synthetic materials or the like, has at least one cutting edge disposed on the milling tool, a chip chamber for receiving chips disposed directly in front of the cutting edge in a direction of rotation or a gap that is connected to... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6677877 | Comparator, analog-to-digital converter and method of analog-to-digital conversion using non-linear magneto-electronic device An analog-to-digital converter for converting an analog input signal to a digital output signal is described. The ADC includes a comparator circuit having first to nth stages of comparators responsive to the analog input signal. Each comparator... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6662837 | Replaceable blades for wood chippers Single-edged wood chipper blades which can be repeatedly removed from a wood chipper and sharpened, as needed, to prevent the need for disposing of multiple conventional blades over a prolonged period of repeated use. Each of the replaceable blades typica... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6640853 | Wood-milling cutter The present invention relates to a wood-milling cutter. A circular cutter head includes a plurality of semicircular engaging grooves at the rim thereof for receiving a plurality of hilts with corresponding arched surface. A semicircular screw hole is form... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6502609 | Cutter head together with knife and knife holder therefor A cutter head, especially a chipping cutter head for chip forming timber machinery, is disclosed together with a knife and knife holder therefor. The cutter head, with a basic cutter head body, has at least one knife mounting area with holder contact surf... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6484770 | Method of chipping of wood and a disc chipper A wood chipping method and a disc chipper provided with knives (4). The chips (11), after having separated from a log (3), pass through a chip opening (12) in the disc (1) and hit an impact surface (10) located after a knife. Along different portions of t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6289954 | Veneer product and process A system for converting wood products into viable base construction materials consisting of a support structure, a central structure consisting of a low speed, high torque, hydraulic motor which drives a central drive shaft to which a planing table is rot... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6267164 | Chip and method for the production of wood pulp A chip and method for producing wood pulp. First, second and third pairs of substantially parallel sides are formed by cleaving, cutting and cutting, respectively. The sides of the second pair of sides are cut by a first knife so as to be spaced between a... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6227267 | Canter A wing knife holder for a chipping head includes a plinth for releasable mounting of the knife holder to the chipping head hub, a cantilevered member mounted on the plinth, the cantilevered wing inclined rearwardly and radially outwardly, from an inner en... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6196284 | Wood pulverizer with improved grates and grate components An improved wood pulverizer is provided with a rotating disc studded with a plurality of curved tapered hammers. One or more anvils is secured to the pulverizer with the anvil having teeth and slots located adjacent the surface of the disc. The hammers of... | 03/06/2001 |
