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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5678619 | Method and apparatus for cutting veneer from a tapered flitch The present invention includes a method and apparatus for cutting veneer from a tapered flitch so as to minimize the amount of waste veneer taken from the outside, or veneer-producing zone, of a flitch. A flitch is mounted to a staylog and oriented so tha... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5381841 | Tangential rotary slicer A veneer slicer includes a mandrel for holding multiple flitches. The mandrel has a first axis about which it is rotated. A knife and pressure bar assembly is provided on a first reciprocable carriage. The carriage is reciprocated toward and away from the... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5150746 | Flitch table A flitch table is provided for mounting a flitch for slicing of veneer from the flitch by a knife. The flitch includes a mounting side which lies adjacent the table when the flitch is mounted to the table. The mounting side includes grooves which extend g... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5101874 | Tangential rotary slicer A veneer slicer having a flitch carried by a rotating carriage. A knife and pressure bar are carried on a reciprocating carriage which moves back and forth relative to the carriage. The carriage includes clamping elements for holding multiple flitches.... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4794962 | Veneer clipper A system for clipping veneer, peeled with curved side edges one longer than the other, into discrete full and partial panels each defined by a longer and shorter curved side edge and a leading and trailing edge, wherein the angle of the clipping knife to ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4323101 | Log slicing process to produce veneer A process for slicing logs to produce a veneer comprises passing a log to be sliced through a curved cutting path having a varying radius of curvature about a fixed axis and contacting the log with a cutting means for slicing a veneer therefrom.... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4313481 | Log shearing device A device for shearing wooden logs, comprising a beam on which the log is secured and guidedly supported for rotation about an axis, a blade and a pressure bar, and adjusting means for adjustment of the variation of the radius of the curved cutting path an... | 02/02/1982 |
