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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210510 | Work bench A work bench includes an elongated main body including a track portion having first and second spaced apart rail members. A tool mount assembly includes a tool mount having a support structure that supports a tool and a releasable fastener mounted to the support str... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7089887 | Water wall fit up tool The water wall fit up tool will fit a wide range of tube panel sizes such as ⅞ inch through 3¼ inch tube sizes. It uses the adjacent tubes to force the tube panel into alignment. One unit can fit up two tubes yet can be used in conjunction with two or more tools.... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6571841 | Unit and method for bending wood Wood is bent using a unit and a method in which a continuous and uninterrupted curved path is defined over a workpiece-supporting surface and form and clamp blocks are electromagnetically attached to the workpiece-supporting surface adjacent to the path. ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6330894 | Wood bending jig A jig having particularly advantageous application in the construction of custom spiral staircases. The jig for bending a wooden board comprises: a trunk; and, multiple arms each arm having an inner end portion releasably attached to the trunk and an oute... | 12/18/2001 |
| 5615719 | Hockey stick curving apparatus A hockey stick curving apparatus which includes a rail having a first end, a second end, and an exterior surface. A movable pressure member support frame is mounted to the exterior surface of the rail and movable between the first end and the second end. ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5232031 | Wooden cummberbund apparatus and methods A novel arcuate wooden cummerbund with or without associated accessories. Two methods for making the wooden cummerbund are disclosed. When accessories are included, they may comprise coordinating wooden ties, matching cuff links. A storing and carrying ca... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5203948 | Apparatus and method for producing a bent laminate An apparatus and method is disclosed for the bending and pressing of laminations into 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional curves. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced apart rotatable clamps for the clamping of the laminations at spaced apart locations. At l... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199475 | Device for shaping curved components A device for shaping an optionally pressing curved components, such as curved beams of glued laminated girders, is provided which, in a modular type of construction, comprises at least two clamping devices on a base, which are movable. Each clamping devic... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5158124 | Double-end round top component cut-off saw A machine for cutting off the waste end portions of semi-circular or semi-elliptical members used for framing windows. The curved members are held in the desired fixed relationship by clamping members and saw mechanisms are transversely movable adjacent e... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5088755 | Snow ski, procedure for its manufacture and device for the implementation of this procedure This snow ski, the sides of which have an inclination which is variable in relation to the plane of the sole of the ski, at different points along its length, and are constituted by curved convex or concave lines, in which the profiles of the sides are of... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4960137 | Method and apparatus for forming curved handrails An on-site fabrication method has been devised for compound bending of laminated wooden beam members into a handrail for curved or spiral stairways in which upstanding supports are positioned at intervals along the path of intended curvature on the stairw... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4953602 | Apparatus and associated methods for forming curved wooden hand rails for spiral staircases and the like The construction and installation of a curved, laminated wooden bending rail used as a hand rail on a spiral staircase or the like is significantly facilitated utilizing a series of contoured clamp structures which circumscribe the rail and uniformly enga... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4741371 | Jig for bending a hockey stick blade A jig for bending a hockey stick blade is made of a backing plate and two spacers secured on one of its surface. The backing plate has two slots extending between the two spacers. A pressure plate located between the spacers is connected to the backing pl... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4711281 | Curved wood bending machine A curved wood bending machine for bending solid, veneered or laminated wooden members has a support frame with a generally planar top member on which a plurality of guide rails are connected in predetermined circumferential relationship and radial planes ... | 12/08/1987 |
