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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322389 | Method of processing wood A method of processing wood into a predetermined shape through compression includes compressing a first wooden piece and a second wooden piece separately; and placing the compressed second wooden piece on the compressed first wooden piece to bond the wooden pieces. | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296604 | Method of processing wood A method of processing wood into a predetermined shape through compression includes compressing a first wooden piece and a second wooden piece separately; placing the compressed second wooden piece on the compressed first wooden piece; and compressing together the c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290576 | Compressed wood product and method of manufacturing compressed wood product A compressed wood product includes a first part composed of a wooden material compressed into a predetermined shape; and a second part to be joined with the first part. A direction of wooden fibers of the wooden material composing the first part is substantially par... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7228667 | Door system for a building A door assembly having a structural inner frame that is secured between an interior sheath and an exterior sheath. The inner frame provides rigidity and strength to the door assembly and will not warp or otherwise lose its dimensional integrity regardless of the env... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225594 | Stud system and methods related thereto The present invention relates to a stud system where each respective stud (2) includes flanges (4, 4a) which are directly attached to each other and which constitute an essentially monolithic entity. Said flanges are formed of a wane edge wood m... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7159496 | Portable vise and saw combination A portable vise and saw combination includes a vise element having three attachment points. One attachment point is used to attach the vise to an existing support such as an existing horizontal rail, and another attachment point allows a saw to be mounted to the vis... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131472 | Method for the production of a three-dimensional, flexibly deformable surface element A method of producing a three-dimensionally, flexibly deformable surface element of wood or wood composite material is provided. A workpiece is used having a thickness at least 5% greater than the thickness of a three-dimensional surface element that is to be prepar... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104025 | Compound injection molded high pressure laminate flooring The invention relates to a method for fabricating a decorative laminate panel, wherein the decorative laminate panel includes a decorative laminate layer and a core. The method is achieved by forming a decorative laminate of a predetermined size, placing the decorat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6704982 | Automatic machine for assembling frames The machine comprises two independent fastening stations. The first station (2), designed to assembly the corners of the frame separately and successively, is provided with two cutting heads (3, 7) for cutting the mouldings (5, 9) forming the co... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6666244 | Building board and manufacturing method thereof A building board which is provided on the surface thereof with a concave and convex pattern, and opposite sides thereof with overlying rabbeted portions (2-1, 6-1, 6-2) and underlying rabbeted portions (3-1, 3-2, 5-1), respectively, wherein each overlying... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6635141 | Engineered wood member and method of its manufacture The invention is a wane-free engineered wood product and the method of its manufacture. Lumber having wane along one or more edges is first milled to produce rectangular notches along each of the four edges. The notches are sized to remove all or most of ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6609546 | Furniture with distressed appearance A process for creating a distressed surface for an article of furniture, and an article of furniture incorporating a distresses surface. The process includes the steps of selecting at least one piece of material having at least one planar surface and oppo... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6513558 | Method of manufacturing carved wooden doors A method of manufacturing carved wooden doors includes the steps of forming wooden blocks with different width but same height and joining them together at a vertical lateral side thereof, joining said wooden blocks together to form a rectangular member f... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6499269 | Method of making a window ledge The prefabrication of a window ledge is described in sequential steps. The method of prefabricating a window ledge includes preparing two portions, a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion is appropriately profiled in a block, while the top ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6481476 | Method of manufacturing artificially figured veneer or artificially figured board The present invention provides the method of manufacturing the artificially figured veneer or artificially figured board at high productivity with the expression of the grain and figure of natural wood in very similar form observed in natural woods, in ad... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6446412 | Glulam wood beams and method of making same There is provided a glulam wood beam comprising planks having a width substantially smaller than the width of the beam, assembled into snips. The beam is characterized by the presence of flash in the interior by external surfaces made essentially of duram... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6428871 | Method of manufacturing decorative wood products from engineered wood products The present invention relates to a method for forming a decorative, resilient, wood product from an engineered structural wood product. The invention includes utilizing a sheet of engineered structural wood product, cutting the sheet lengthwise into plank... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6382279 | Method for manufacturing a box, provided with a lid, from a thin tree trunk or a branch A cylindrical hollow blank 1 is separated longitudinally from inside an elongate block of wood by axial boring, the blank is dried and its outer and inner surfaces finished, eg by milling, turning and sanding, and a bottom piece (2, FIG. 2) and, if requir... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378579 | Joint forming method and apparatus A finger joint architecture method and formation apparatus are disclosed, the finger joint architecture characterized by an array of interspersed projections and cavities formed at an end face of a first wood product. The projections are spaced from one a... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6358352 | Method for creating higher grade wood products from lower grade lumber The present invention is directed to a process whereby low-grade lumber, (i.e., lumber having surface defects such as knots, voids, wane, and bark pockets, and warp defects such as twist, bow, crook and sweep), is converted to higher grade lumber and pane... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6309501 | Method for making a beveled laminate corner on a laminate countertop edge piece A method for making a beveled laminate corner on an edge piece for laminate countertop includes making a first cut into a laminate-covered edge piece at the angle of the bevel at the front edge of the edge piece. The first cut terminates below the laminat... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6286571 | Process for sawing logs The invention relates to a method of sawing a log in order to provide a high yield of vertical-grained pieces of lumber. According to the invention, this is achieved by sawing from the log not only pieces of lumber which are triangular or sector-shaped in... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6203653 | Method of making engineered mouldings A technique for forming a contoured axially extending engineered moulding that has at least one axially extending exposed surface. The technique includes providing an elongated outer wood section. A substrate having at least one axially extending side is ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6116826 | Drilling jig The present invention includes the apparatus and method to create an improved loose tenon joint with multiple arculate mortise surfaces and similarly configured loose tenon member for woodworking applications. A drilling jig is provided to axially guide a... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6037049 | Reinforcement panel sheet to be adhered to a wood structural member A method of manufacturing a glue laminated structural wood member for bearing a structural load includes bonding together multiple elongate wood segments and a synthetic fiber reinforcement with their lengths generally aligned with the length of the membe... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6006803 | Special jointing metal device for advanced framework construction method, method for jointing wooden members using the special jointing metal device, and cutting method for the special jointing metal device A special jointing metal device for advanced framework construction method includes a flat plate section having a rectangular shape and cylindrical sections which are provided to the flat plate section in one body along opposite edges of the flat plate se... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5967207 | Method of fabricating bamboo slats for venetian blinds A method of fabricating bamboo slats into bamboo blinds, wherein bamboo wood is cut into bamboo strips of predetermined length. The bamboo strips are polished, then boiled in a hydrogen peroxide solution for bleaching the strips. The bamboo strips are the... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5870876 | Converted wood articles, composite wood products made therefrom and method of making same A converted wood article for use in combination with other converted wood articles to form composite wood products for use in general construction such as in the construction of posts, flooring, walls and support beams.... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865929 | Method of producing laminated wood beams A plurality of conventional wood planks are vertically stacked and adhesively joined into an aligned symmetrical pile, the top and bottom planks being wider than planks, therebetween. A longitudinal bisecting cut through the pile produces two asymmetric s... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5853037 | Rectilinear cross-sectional beam furniture, furniture design and furniture production A furniture design and manufacturing system utilizing initial selection of a design "vocabulary" of rectilinear cross-sectional shape "beams" that integrate structural and aesthetic considerations, and utilizing panels coordinated in thickness to be recei... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5747151 | Glue-laminated wood structural member with sacrificial edges A method of manufacturing a glue laminated structural wood member (10) for bearing a structural load (16) includes bonding together multiple elongate wood segments (12) and a synthetic fiber reinforcement (24, 30) with their lengths generally aligned with... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746263 | Method of producing a wooden package or container and a wooden package or container The present invention concerns a method of producing a wooden package or container from an elongated piece of wood, e.g., a precut alder or birch piece (block). The invention is implemented by separating at least one essentially cylindrical, hollow blank ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5735326 | Split jamb for a door frame opening and method of making a split jamb A method of making a base for a split jamb for a door frame opening, with the base having a groove for receiving the tongue of a slide of a split jamb, including the steps of providing an elongate panel, making a plurality of parallel cuts in the panel, w... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5694676 | Method of making a book box A method of making a book box which comprises utilizing a solid block of wood which is either of a square or rectangular shape. In the side edge of the solid block there is cut a plurality of closely spaced parallel grooves causing the side edge to resemb... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5682936 | Cabinet drawer construction and method An improved method of constructing a cabinet drawer comprises joining the drawer end panels to the back of the drawer front panel and attaching a one piece unitary folded paperboard blank that defines both the bottom panel of the drawer and the back panel... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5655583 | Tenonizer apparatus and staircase method A tenonizer apparatus has a motor and a circular cutting blade assembly mounted on a pivotable platform. A radius shoulder support shaft is pivotably mounted perpendicular to the circular cutting blade. The operator pushes and rotates the log along the sh... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5618371 | Method of producing laminated wood beams A selective plurality of elongate half-logs, lumber planks which may have imperfect or damaged edges, or a combination of both, are superposed on each other and adhesively joined to form an intermediate assembly, which is then divided by one or more beam-... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5607005 | Method of fastening an attachment member in a wooden component In a method of fastening an attachment member (1) in a prefabricated borehole (2) in a wooden component (B), the inside surface of the borehole is provided with a profiled surface (2a) by a threadformer (4) which compacts the inside surface of the borehol... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5593530 | Laminated lumber and method of manufacturing the same Laminated lumber made of a plurality of prismatic wood arranged in the transverse direction and bonded together by an adhesive, in which inside knots are present in the transverse of at least a part of inside pieces of the prismatic wood composing the lam... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5560409 | Backsawn timber production from radially sawn wedges A method of resawing elongated radially sawn segments of timber so that bsawn boards are produced. Said wedges are sawn with the desired angle between the radial faces and are resawn so that the growth rings of the tree are basically parallel to the broa... | 10/01/1996 |
