Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426947 | Veneer slicer A method and apparatus for converting a flitch into sheets of veneer. The method and apparatus include providing a drive mechanism which causes relative motion of a knife in contact with the flitch. The relative motion is relatively slower during one part of the cut... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7395843 | Method and apparatus for retaining a flitch for cutting Method and apparatus for retaining a tapered flitch having a veneer-producing zone on a flitch table for rotating or translational movement past a veneer-slicing knife comprises stationary dog means coupled to a flitch-carrying body for engaging the flitch and means... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7100650 | Veneer slicer The problem in previously known stay log-type veneer slicers in which a large block of wood is directed in an eccentrically rotating manner past a knife consists of the fact that a remaining block that cannot be sliced has to be removed by hand from a girder structu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7028729 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing veneer Disclosed is a veneer slicing apparatus including a table assembly. A blade support is mounted on the table assembly. A blade is supported in the blade support. A carriage assembly is adapted to engage and hold a log generally parallel to the table assembly. A drive... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025099 | Drive system for veneer slicer A drive mechanism for reciprocating a flitch table (114), the drive mechanism comprising a drive shaft (118) having an output end, a prime mover coupled to the drive shaft (118) for rotating the drive shaft (118), a coupler (120) o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6681819 | Rotating shearing machine for the production of sheared wooden pieces from logs and having log inclination movement A station (10) for shearing wood sheets from a log comprises a shearing blade (18) and a pair of chucks (16) supporting log gripping means (21). The chucks are powered to rotate around an axis (20) parallel to the blade and the gripping means (21) are mov... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6102090 | Flitch table mounting A veneer slicer comprises a frame and a flitch table for supporting a flitch for the slicing of veneer therefrom. The flitch table is supported from the frame. The veneer slicer further comprises a knife. The flitch table and knife are relatively movable ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5996656 | Apparatus for clamping flitches on vertical slicers An apparatus for holding flitches for slicing in a vertical slicing process. The apparatus includes a clamp having a centrally located vacuum pocket disposed between two opposed clamping dogs. The clamp provides a vacuum assisted clamp for vertical slicin... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5868187 | Method and apparatus for retaining a flitch for cutting Method and apparatus for retaining a tapered flitch having a veneer-producing zone on a flitch table for rotating or translational movement past a veneer-slicing knife comprises stationary dog means coupled to a flitch-carrying body for engaging the flitc... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5865232 | Method and apparatus for cutting veneer sheets from a tapered flitch A novel method and apparatus for cutting veneer sheets from a tapered flitch (one-half of a veneer log which has been sawn in half longitudinally) that places the veneer producing face of a tapered flitch in a stable, parallel relationship with the veneer... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5680887 | Veneer slicer with timing belt A veneer slicer includes a flitch drive assembly for reciprocating a flitch table. The drive assembly includes a timing belt coupling a drive motor output shaft to at least one driven wheel, wherein the driven wheel is connected to the flitch table by a c... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5562137 | Method and apparatus for retaining a flitch for cutting The present invention includes apparatus for retaining a tapered flitch, having a generally semi-cylindrical veneer-producing zone, on a staylog for movement past a veneer-slicing knife, wherein the tapered flitch includes an axis of rotation. The apparat... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5440859 | Board of lumber defect repair Defects in wooden boards, such as knots, knotholes or cracks, are repaired by forming an opening in the board at the site of the defect and forming a plug that fills the opening. In some forms of the invention the opening has a shape which interlocks the ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 4683926 | Slicer dogs for thirds and quarters Slicer dogs for use in a veneer slicer in which a flitch is held against a flitch table and the table reciprocated in a plane generally parallel to the table relative to a knife and pressure bar. The knife slices sheets of veneer from the flitch during al... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4601317 | Veneer slicing system A system permits the apparatus for slicing veneer from a flitch to be initially adjusted and to be operated efficiently and reliably. The system includes an improved pressure plate adjustment means as part of the apparatus, including an electric drive for... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4494588 | Veneer lathe A lathe for cutting a spiral strip of veneer from the surface of a log includes motor-driven mechanisms for adjusting the knife blade pitch angle and edge height, and for moving a pressure head relative to the knife to adjust the vertical gap and horizont... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4102372 | Device to fix the wood-stock with hooks of different length and for remote controlled extension or retraction of said hooks from or in the vertical or almost vertical supporting table of a veneer slicing machine A generally vertical veneer slicing device having a plurality of holding hooks for supporting a wood-stock on a generally vertical supporting table. Each of the respective holding hooks include a pair of complementary adjustable jaw members for gripping t... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4089354 | Wood shearing machine There is described a wood shearing machine for the production of veneers, having the wood supporting table with the supporting surface for the wood stock, vertical and running on slideways, alternatively upwards and downwards, characterized in that in add... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4069850 | Tool feeding device for use in a work forming machine A device to rapidly move away and subsequently move closer to the wood stock the blade-holding unit and bar-carrying unit, after each cutting operation, in a vertical type wood shearing machine, comprising and characterized by one or more pairs of screws,... | 01/24/1978 |
