Class 144/358 - Embossing or imprinting

Subclass of Class 144 - Woodworking
Definition: Process on impressing, indenting, or otherwise relieving
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 04/24/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7207249	Lineal optimization gang/edger for cutting cants and flitches A combination gang saw and edger system cuts both cants and flitches into boards. Cants and flitches are fed singly, lengthwise into the system on an infeed conveyor. On the conveyor, the cant or flitch is scanned to produce a lengthwise cross-sectional profile. An ...	04/24/2007
7201193	Process for treating wood with a mixture of garnet particles and glass beads A process for treating wood to create a worn appearance. The process involves impacting the surface of the wood with a mixture of garnet particles and glass beads sufficiently to cause the soft rings to wear away at a rate greater than the hard rings. ...	04/10/2007
7171998	Process for producing a structured decoration in a woodbased-material board A process for producing a decoration, in particular a wood decoration, and a relief, corresponding to the decoration, on the top side of a woodbased-material board which is pressed in a press, by means of a pressing plate, with a cover layer made of a synthetic resi...	02/06/2007
7111656	Wood technique for creating aesthetically pleasing designs A method for creating an aesthetically pleasing wood design. Generally, a design is transferred to a sanded and cleaned piece of porous wood, and the design is etched using one or more trenching techniques. Parts of the design are then burned using a heating element...	09/26/2006
7108031	Method of making patterns in wood and decorative articles of wood made from said method A method for providing a decorative wood surface that is two-dimensional but creates a three-dimensional visual pattern. The upper surface of a wood member is embossed to form ridges, valleys, and transition zones. After embossing, the upper portions of the ridges a...	09/19/2006
6971649	Zero-sum tiling game A zero-sum tiling game. A plurality of “domino-like” game pieces include indicia viewable on the top surfaces of the game pieces that correspond to one, or the other, or both of two halves of the game pieces. The indicia forms a binary set. The indicia associate...	12/06/2005
6755297	Symbol printer A lumber processor includes slowdown conveyor to transition lumber pieces from one processing device to a subsequent processing device where the movement of lumber pieces changes from lineal to lateral motion; a printer station includes a printer boom which includes...	06/29/2004
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
6660333	Apparatus and methods for producing artificially distressed plank flooring Methods and apparatus for distressing a wooden plank give the plank an antique, aged appearance. The preferred method includes four independent steps. The plank is run through an inventive machine operative to impart a random saw blade distressing on the ...	12/09/2003
6612210	Shape sawing machine A shape sawing system for sawing lumber pieces from a curved cant. The cant is scanned by scanners and the scan data is input to a computer. The computer determines a curved path for the saw to follow in sawing the cant into lumber pieces. The saw is late...	09/02/2003
6571840	Composite furniture ornamentation A furniture surface includes a new solid wood substrate, a two-color silk screened image on the substrate, and a CNC-carved and embossed indentation in the substrate that provides a relief effect located in reference to the printed image so as to make a c...	06/03/2003
6479128	Fine textured single piece one panel molded profile An embossed, decorative, man-made embossed article having an embossed surface portion containing at least about 80% by weight cellulosic fibers and sufficient binder to adhere the cellulosic fibers together into a structurally sound article having a speci...	11/12/2002
6210512	Embossing of laminated picture frame molding Molding, such as that used in the manufacture of picture frames, is laminated with a covering wrap of foil, paper, plastic, cloth, or wood veneer and is embossed on the same machine shortly thereafter. The covering wrap is adhered by an adhesive and the e...	04/03/2001
5603850	Wood imprinting method and apparatus Apparatus and method for inscribing wood by the steps treating the wood surface with an electrically conductive preparation, attaching two electrodes to two different regions that have been treated with the electrically conductive preparation and supplyin...	02/18/1997
5441787	Composite wood product and method for manufacturing same 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...	08/15/1995
5327951	Woodburning picture method An artwork assemblage is created by the providing of a base plate, with initially directing a writing instrument about a top surface of the base plate to effect creation of a picture outline imparting outline lines upon the base plate top surface. A woodb...	07/12/1994
5257655	Process for treating wood A process for treating wood to simulate driftwood or to create a weathered appearance. The process involves impacting the surface of the wood with glass beads sufficiently to cause the soft rings to wear away at a rate greater than the hard rings....	11/02/1993
5145537	Production of artificial veneer Method for production of artificial wood veneer, according to which sheets of natural wood, spot stained by burnings and/or coloring substances, are used to form a block of precomposed wood from which sheets of wood veneer are sliced presenting grains imi...	09/08/1992
5137065	Wood-turning chatter tool A lathe tool includes a stiff shank and handle portion and, adjustably extending forward from the shank, cantilever fashion, an elongated resilient blade. The combination is configured and disposed on a tool rest so that, when the tip of the blade engages...	08/11/1992
4949768	Log surface hewing process and associate surface hewing machine A process and machine for reconfiguring the surfaces of a construction log (10) used in the construction of log structures to produce a log having the appearance of a hand-hewn log. The process includes a first step (30) of chamfering at least the upper a...	08/21/1990
4945959	Device for planing and molding surface textures in wood boards A device for planing and/or molding surface textures in wood boards is provided with two planing heads (44,46) arranged one behind the other, the movement of which can be selectively cycled both in the vertical direction and transversely to the feed direc...	08/07/1990
4872792	Pistol grip checkering A pistol grip checkering method, device and product having mill cuts both laterally and longitudinally on the convex face of a pistol grip frame. The cuts are precisely cut by milling machine. A rotatable holder is provided which is pivotable about an axi...	10/10/1989
4794963	Method and apparatus for optimizing the cutting of raw boards into product boards An apparatus for optimizing the yield from a raw board, having defects randomly located therein, and for cutting the raw board optimally into product boards of predetermined specification, thereby cutting out any defects. The apparatus includes an adjusta...	01/03/1989
4723582	Method of making an antislip wooden handle for a hand-held striking tool An anti-slip wooden handle for a hand-held striking tool, and a method of making the same, embody the provision in the handle of grooves formed in a gripping surface by die-pressing at high temperature, so as to minimize slipping of the handle when in use...	02/09/1988
4655267	Holder for embossing items of irregular cross-section A holder for embossing items of irregular cross-section is utilized in an embossing machine which has a pair of opposed platens with embossing dies mounted thereon. The holder includes a support plate positioned between the platens and having a central op...	04/07/1987
4554959	Surface treatment of sheet material The invention refers to a method of obtaining a pore-sealed surface having a desired finished structure on a lacquered sheet or web material, preferably a lacquered slab or board of a material containing wood fibres (lignocellulose) such as board or parti...	11/26/1985
4509571	Apparatus for forming I-beam truss structure A wooden truss structure comprises upper and lower chords, each of which is grooved on the side facing the opposite chord. A web member formed of sheet material, such as plywood, interconnects the chords and fits within the chord grooves. At the web/groov...	04/09/1985
4455183	Producing pokerwork designs on wood substrates Improved pokerwork type designs on wood veneers are obtained by laminating the veneer to a thin paper, fabric or foil substrate, and applying the design by means of a heated printing plate interacting with a cooled platen of highly heat conductive metal....	06/19/1984
4148857	Rigid building component and method of manufacture A rigid building component such as a door, table top or the like, is formed of coarse wooden particles mixed with adhesive, and a solid wooden edge frame, positioned between a pair of damp, substantially parallel, cellulosic fiber webs. A heated press is ...	04/10/1979
4113099	Wood carving kit A wood carving kit comprising a wood block having a carving surface on which a pattern to be carved is provided, and an integral frame portion around the periphery of the block and separated from the carving surface by a surrounding groove. The groove ext...	09/12/1978
4084996	Method of making a grooved, fiber-clad plywood panel A plywood panel is provided with a durable and highly weather-proof surface and a plurality of embossed parallel grooves therein for enhancing its appearance. A metal caul plate is formed with the series of spaced apart ridges corresponding to desired gro...	04/18/1978
4064386	Method of decorating wood and wood-like products A surface of a wooden object is decorated by the formation of tracks in the surface simulating the random pattern of tracks seen in wormy wood, the tracks being formed by the application to the wood of a high voltage current....	12/20/1977
4007767	Highspeed rotary branding process having increased die life A process for highspeed branding of an intricate pattern, usually a wood grain pattern, into materials such as particle board, hard board or various lumbers having poor grain characteristics is disclosed. The material to be branded is passed under a heate...	02/15/1977

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