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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079390 | Process of production of disposable wooden cutlery and product thereof A disposable wooden utensil includes a handle having a distal end and an opposite neck end. A load-engaging member extends cantilevered from the neck end in generally coplanar alignment with the handle so as to form a neck between the handle and the load-engaging me... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7337554 | Stability-kerfing of green lumber to obtain improvements in drying and future utilization A technique for end-grain creation is employed for obtaining rapid and uniform drying of lumber while simultaneously reducing warp. The stability-kerfing responsible for the improved drying of the lumber decreases the edgewise bending strength by less than ten perce... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7261947 | Plywood laminate having improved dimensional stability and resistance to warping and delamination A plywood laminate having dimensional stability and resistance to warping and delamination is formed from a plurality of higher quality plies and a plurality of lower quality plies. The higher quality plies may be of hardwood and the lower quality plies may be of so... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247217 | Vacuum and fluid-pressure method for helmet construction A method for helmet construction by applying vacuum and fluid-pressure technologies is disclosed. Different types and sizes of exterior and interior helmet shells are press-formed from general engineering plastics. Conventional adhesive is applied on the inside surf... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160414 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing glued laminated wood A method and apparatus of manufacturing glued laminated wood such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are disclosed. The glued laminated wood is made of a number of wood sheets such as veneer sheets which are laminated together by a hot press with a thermosetting adhes... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7141137 | Method of making laminated wood beams with varying lamination thickness throughout the thickness of the beam A method of forming a laminated beam includes assembling a plurality of individual wood laminations in a juxtaposed relationship, and joining the assembled laminations together to form a laminated beam. The assembled laminations define a tension zone of individual w... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131471 | Compressed wood product and manufacture The invention described is a method for compressing wood products in a manner which achieves fixation of compression deformation. The method includes two compression stages. In between those stages the wood is coated and impregnated with a fatty acid. The wood, afte... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097732 | Joining method and apparatus of single veneer piece This invention provides joining methods of single veneer piece and a joining apparatus, which can produce more efficient, and effective joining process than the conventional method and apparatus produce. In the process of carrying a single veneer piece (T) in the or... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7021346 | Bamboo mat board and method for producing the same A bamboo mat board element with a double-layered construction, a constant dimension, each of the elements is formed with a projecting tenon at each of two adjacent sides, respectively, and a concave mortise at each of the other two adjacent sides, respectively, for ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004215 | Compressed wood waste structural beams Methods for forming compressed and adhesively bonded structural beams of strands divided from wood waste, and the beams resulting from such methods, are disclosed. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6960277 | Laminated cross lumber and method of making same A method for making a laminated cross lumber beam comprising the step of stacking elongated wood members and bonding adjacent longitudinal faces thereof along a bonding plane to form intermediary beams. The method further includes a step of selecting intermediary be... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957675 | Wood flooring for use in making trailer and container floors, and method and apparatus for making the same An apparatus and method for simultaneously pressing together longitudinally a plurality of individual strips of wood, each strip being provided with a finger joint at each end. The strips are jointed end to end in a number of rows to form a floorboard. The apparatus... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6878230 | Method of manufacturing glued laminated wood A method of manufacturing glued laminated wood such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is disclosed. The glued laminated wood is made of a number of wood sheets such as veneer sheets which are laminated together by a hot press with a thermosetting adhesive into a cont... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6843877 | Wood flooring for use in making trailer and container floors, and method and apparatus for making the same An apparatus and method for simultaneously pressing together longitudinally a plurality of individual strips of wood, each strip being provided with a finger joint at each end. The strips are jointed end to end in a number of rows to form a floorboard. The apparatus... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6823908 | Method for forming bamboo slats of window blinds A method for manufacturing bamboo stats uses high quality window blinds. The method comprises the steps of slicing and smoothing, streaming and boiling, drying, further smoothing, assembling, and cutting. Through a refinement process with chemical substances, the ba... | 11/30/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6622763 | Bamboo venetian blind panels and method for manufacturing the same A bamboo venetian blind panel is made without restrictions of bamboo types. The manufacturing method of the blind panel includes the processes of splitting raw bamboos to bamboo blades, repeated splitting the bamboo plates to form fine bamboo blades, trim... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6546980 | Method of fabricating bamboo slats for bamboo blinds A method for fabricating bamboo blind slats is disclosed. The steps include splitting a selected bamboo stem into several bamboo strips, removing the skins and joints from the bamboo strips before being disinfected and dried and then trimming them to fine... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6418990 | Material and process for its production The invention relates to a process for greatly increasing the elasticity and bendability of diffuse-porous wood and comprises the following steps: a) supplying a specimen of diffuse-porous wood; and b) isostatically pressing the specimen in a) with a pres... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6336484 | Method for handling and processing short wood planks The present invention concerns a method that is timesaving, more economical and facilitates the handling and processing of short solid wood planks. Tongue-and-groove joints are machined on the short sides of the short green planks enabling their releasabl... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6315860 | Process and press for manufacturing glued blocks The invention relates to a process and a device for the manufacturing of a glued block made of triangular cross-sectioned elongated staves of wood. The staves of wood are laid beside each other with alternate staves with their base sides downwards and alt... | 11/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6224704 | Method for manufacture of structural wood products Engineered structural wood products particularly useful in critical applications such as joists, headers, and beams where longer lengths, greater widths, and higher and predictable stress ratings may be required and to a method for making the wood product... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6192949 | Method for making bamboo blind slats A method is designed for making bamboo blind slats. The method comprises an initial step in which a selected bamboo stem is split into a plurality of bamboo strips, which are then skinned and disinfected with a sulfur fume for over 12 hours. The disinfect... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6164027 | Method to produce elongated objects of wood Procedure for producing elongated wooden objects, such as, for example, posts (10) used for frames, and elongated objects (10) produced according to the procedure. Rounded timber (1), preferably in the form of a log, is divided down its length along at le... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6098680 | Slats of bamboo window shade and method for making same A method is used to make bamboo slats which are intended for use in making a blind. The method comprises a first step in which a bamboo stem is split into a plurality strips. The bamboo strips are barked, polished, and bleached before they are adhered sid... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6068034 | System and process for material management An automated system and process for managing building materials which requires a minimal amount of manual labor and supervision. The automated system and method are especially suited for precutting lumber used for building trusses and frames having predet... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6007659 | Method for preparing a laminate A method for preparing a laminate including pressing a heater against the upper and lower surfaces of a veneer during which an inner portion of the veneer in the thickness direction is dried to the smallest extend then the surfaces so that a water content... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6004648 | Veneer laminate and method of manufacture A two-ply or even-ply veneer laminate panel created by the steps of: pre-flexing a substrate veneer ply sufficiently to substantially break the grains of the substrate ply, and bonding the substrate ply to a face veneer ply. Preferably, the substrate ply ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5934347 | System and process for material management An automated system and process for managing building materials which requires a minimal amount of manual labor and supervision. The automated system and method are especially suited for precutting lumber used for building trusses and frames having predet... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5896903 | Method of fabricating bamboo slats for bamboo blinds A method of fabricating bamboo slats for bamboo blinds, including the steps of: i) cutting bamboo wood into bamboo strips subject to a predetermined length; ii) removing the skin and joints from both sides of the bamboo strips, then boiling the bamboo str... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5881786 | Method of producing wood strips for conversion into composite lumber products The invention is a method for producing flitches prepared from roundwood logs, a method for the manufacture of wood slices or slats from the flitches, and methods of combining the strips into composite lumber products. The methods are based in part on the... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5746863 | Method of making wood tubing A wooden tube made up of tubular layers of wood veneer and the method of making it in which the various tubular layers are made from flat sheets of wood veneer having the grain in one layer extending longitudinally and the grain in an adjacent layer exten... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5674338 | Method of joining wood The invention comprises a method for joining pieces of unseasoned or undr wood, by finger jointing or other joining technique. The wood may have a moisture content above the fibre saturation point of the wood, and as high as 50% to 100% or higher moistur... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5562138 | Bowing press A bowing press apparatus which includes a subassembly. The subassembly comprises a housing, a mandrel supported by the housing, a wiper plate connected to said housing and capable of pivoting with respect to said mandrel, and an actuator that exerts a for... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558143 | Variable radius bowing press A variable radius bowing press including a mandrel, a mandrel support and a subassembly. The subassembly comprises a housing, a wiper plate capable of pivoting with respect to the mandrel, and an actuator that exerts a force against the wiper plate, causi... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5505238 | Apparatus for composite wood product manufacturing A method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a composite wood product from split and disrupted pieces of a raw material such as cedar, willow or bamboo. The composite may be employed as a thick plate of wood, pillar wood, beam wood and the like u... | 04/09/1996 |
