Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6832879 | Machine tool for at least partial contour-dependent cutting or milling A machine tool (1) for the at least partial machining, contour-dependent cutting or milling of a component from a plate-shaped workpiece (2), for example a wood plate, is provided, and includes a suction device used as a clamping device for engaging on... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6283353 | Press roll device A press roll device for applying pressure on a piece of wood moving along a path. The device has a frame mounted in proximity to the path of the piece of wood and a lower and an upper arm both pivotally connected to the frame. A roller is rotationally mou... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5400842 | Curved sawing and cutting of two-faced cants A system used in combination with a cant sawing or cutting unit, the function of which is to guide two faced-cants through the cut along the line of their natural curvature. The system comprises, at the infeed end of the unit, rollers for clamping the opp... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5373878 | Log conveyor for a scragg mill An aligning log conveyor for a scragg mill comprising a pair of spaced, parallel runners which extend longitudinally in front of the saws. The runners have sharpened top surfaces which form a "V"-shaped trough therebetween to cradle and to stabilize the l... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373880 | Method of continuously processing chopsticks as well as an apparatus for carrying out the method A method of continuously processing chopsticks (35), the outer shape of which is defined by two mutually parallel surfaces and two opposing, plane, oblique surfaces (5, 6) inclining towards one another by the same inclination seen relative to a common pla... | 12/20/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5232030 | Cooperative conveyor system for canter and saw A cooperative conveyor system for a lumber production line. The production line has a canting station and a sawing station spaced at a distance from each other and interconnected by a powered conveyor system. The cants are fed at a higher rate through the... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5148846 | Workpiece guide A workpiece guide to help feed boards into a woodworking machine such as a power saw. The guide is adapted to hold the board against the guide fence as the board is fed into the saw by pressing a knurled wheel down against the board. The wheel is slightly... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5123464 | Table saw power feed A board pulling device for use with a powered table saw or similar woodworking tool. The puller is readily removable and attachable to most similar tools and uses a novel springing roller to hold the work piece against the pulling roller. The puller is mo... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5090460 | Molding machines for woodworking In a through feed molder, at least one of the horizontal tools is equipped with a dust hood that also carries the two-hold-down guides rigidly attached one on each side. The hood is connected to the tool slide by way of a mechanism that permits matching o... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4991636 | Timber planing machines A machine for planing lengths of timber comprises mutually perpendicular spindles for cutter blocks (7,8). The spindle carrying the cutter block (8) extends below a machine bed (1). The spindle carrying the cutter block (7) extends across the bed (1). A c... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4976298 | Anti-kickback hold down device An anti-kickback and hold down device having provision for mounting on and removal from a saw availed of for ripping material, primarily wood, and including a spring pressed wheel to engage the material being ripped, thus enabling ripping of wood of widel... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4951725 | Method of continuously processing elongated articles such as coherent pairs of chopsticks and an apparatus for carrying out the method A method and an apparatus for continuously processing and packing elongated articles (10) such as coherent pairs of chopsticks imply that the articles (10) are continuously advanced in the longitudinal direction in a track and are centrally aligned during... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4777854 | Dimensional cutting tool for wood A dimensional cutting tool for flat wood stock is the subject of the present invention. The cutting tool comprises a table structure, the flat surface of which is movable vertically to accommodate varying thicknesses of wood. Two or more circular saw blad... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4554958 | Apparatus for rounding the circumference of a log An apparatus for rounding the circumference of a wood log which is supported by two sets of three drive rollers at spaced points between the ends of the log to establish a geometrical center. A knife is positioned extending the length of the log for cutti... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4325421 | Method and apparatus for cutting and trimming shingles A method and apparatuses are disclosed for making shingles. The method consists of clampingly holding a block of material to be cut and conveying such block while it is clamped along a selected path through the clamping mechanism and causing relative move... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4160471 | Power infeed for chipper A chipper infeed spout incorporating two surfaces disposed to form a V-shape having one side formed by a pair of support means (an anvil member and preferably a roll). A driven power roll is moveable across the direction of travel of the log along said sp... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4136763 | Sawmill stop assembly module An improved fully mechanized sawmill is provided which is composed of structurally independent modules which are removably mounted on a platform composed of a plurality of side-by-side longerons supported horizontally on files of spaced-apart vertical pie... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4123315 | Machine for assembling wood I-beams The leading ends of a tongued web member and a pair of grooved chord members are moved longitudinally against stops, with the trailing ends of the chord members spread apart in divergent relation. A pair of opposed pistons presses the leading ends of the ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4106538 | Translatory feed of lumber workpieces from an orienting station through an edge trimming station Strictly translatory substantially lengthwise horizontal motion is imparted to an elongated workpiece such as a cant having top and bottom face surfaces, at least one of which is flat, to feed the workpiece from an orienting station towards a trimming sta... | 08/15/1978 |
| 3981393 | Log turning apparatus Log turning apparatus is disclosed for rotating an axially travelling log about its longitudinal axis, use being made of a pair of spaced rotatably supported spiked rollers that are arranged on opposite sides of the log, each of said rollers being contain... | 09/21/1976 |
