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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7207250 | Process and device for moving and positioning sheets of glass In a system for cutting glass sheets into shapes there is at least one cutting site (A, B). In order to align the glass sheet which is to be cut or the glass sheet shape into a defined position, on the edge of the tables I and II there are contact edges (21, 44, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 5865231 | Method and apparatus for patching plywood The invention relates to a method and apparatus for patching plywood or the like. In the method, a defective portion (A) is removed from a plywood board (2) with a linearly moveable punch means (7) arranged above the board and having a blade edge (7a). In... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5697413 | Method and machine for fabricating a decorative inlaid floor A method of creating a decorative inlaid floor includes the first step of providing a cutting implement, such as a router, which is operable to machine an inlay recess in a finished wood floor. The next step is to position the router over a section of the... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5551494 | Device for making patches, especially of wood, and for patching resin galls on pieces of wood A device for making patches, especially of wood, and for patching resin galls on pieces of wood, comprising a rotatably drivable milling tool, which is rotatably driveable by means of a first driving unit and is held on a supporting frame. Also disposed o... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5361813 | Wood patch cutting method and apparatus An apparatus and method for making wood patches wherein an elongate piece of wood patch stock is inserted longitudinally into an end of the apparatus. The wood patch stock is incrementally moved toward cutting blades by a clamp mounted on a carriage. A ch... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5181445 | Optimizing cutoff saw An improved automatic board cutoff saw that maintains better positional accuracy at higher board speeds is disclosed. The improved automatic cutoff saw includes an overhead belt conveyor including a first belt for starting, stopping and advancing the boar... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5104708 | Wood patch An improved wood patch, in combination with a slot formed in a blemished wooden surface, and apparatus and method of manufacture thereof. The improved wood patch has, where the wooden surface to be repaired is horizontal, three faces: a flat horizontal ex... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4971124 | Sliver patching method and apparatus A sliver patching method and apparatus cuts a long slender groove in a small dimension high-grade wood product to remove long slender defects lying along the grain of the wood product. A wood sliver corresponding at least partially in size and shape to sa... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4949767 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of wood patch An improved wood patch, in combination with a slot formed in a blemished wooden surface, and apparatus and method of manufacture thereof. The improved wood patch has, where the wooden surface to be repaired is horizontal, three faces: a flat horizontal ex... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4941305 | Repair of edge defects in boards of lumber or the like Boards of lumber or similar material having knotholes or other defects in an edge region are repaired by cutting an opening in the edge region to remove the defect and by filling the opening with a conforming plug formed of hardened mastic or of pieces of... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4894971 | Board repair for correcting defects in lumber or the like Boards of lumber or the like which exhibit defects such as knots or knotholes are repaired by cutting a bore through the board at the site of the defect and by filling the bore with a plug of conforming shape. The width of the bore changes at a first loca... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4388956 | Method of patch mending a veneer sheet A method of mending a veneer sheet having a defective portions is provided. An imcomplete veneer sheet and a sheet of mending material is laid one on top of the other. They are cut through by a single stroke of a annular cutting tool such that the defecti... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4112626 | Automatic deseaming apparatus for elongate block of metallic material An automatic deseaming apparatus for an elongate block of metallic material comprises a defect marking detector for detecting defect markings which consist of a material containing a fluorescent pigment and have been deposited on defects in the surface of... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3992826 | Apparatus for automatically detecting and eliminating flaws on slabs or billets Apparatus for automatically detecting and eliminating flaws on slabs or billets which comprises a single flaw detector for successively scanning the surfaces of objects to be examined to produce detection signals corresponding to the flaws detected on the... | 11/23/1976 |
