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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7080431 | Apparatus and methods for double ended processing System, including apparatus and method, involves processing materials in opposite directions between two machines along a processing path. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7000659 | Adzer mount assembly An adzer mount assembly having a slider box with a vertical slider and horizontal sliders. The vertical slider has an adzer which can be precisely positioned over a crosstie by hydraulic transverse movement of the slider box and vertical movement of the vertical sli... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962180 | Attachment fixture for manufacturing elliptical arches using a single-pass radius molding system The present invention is an attachment fixture that is used in conjunction with a single-pass radius molding system to manufacture elliptical arches. The attachment fixture includes a vertical beam, a horizontal self-centering rack mounted at top end of the vertical... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6941864 | Method to control optimized cutting of stock to satisfy a cut list A method of processing material involves cutting pieces of material pursuant to a cut list and managing remaining salvage and defect pieces. A computer may be connected to a saw machine, and programmed to optimize cutting of stock to satisfy a cut list. An operator ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6901978 | Apparatus and method for cutting trees A tree cutter in combination with a self-propelled vehicle is disclosed for cutting underbrush and small free standing trees, such as, Cedar. The tree cutter is pivotally mounted at the front of the self-propelled vehicle, such as, a Four Wheeler in order to pivot u... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6746745 | Composite bamboo blinds slats and method for making same A blinds slat has a major portion being strips of bamboo and a minor portion being one or more pairs of wooden strips that are located at or near opposite side extremities of the slat. The resulting composite bamboo and wooden slat as exemplary resistance to warping... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6732774 | Multi-purpose farm apparatus A multi-purpose farm apparatus capable of being easily transported and which can be used to perform a variety of tasks. The multi-purpose farm apparatus comprises a trailer, a combination baler and wood splitter and a hydraulic system mounted thereon. The combinatio... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6666245 | Tree trimming apparatus A tree trimming apparatus is provided for preparing a tree, such as a Christmas tree, for attachment to a tree stand. The tree trimming apparatus includes a raised platform supported by a plurality of legs. The platform also includes an opening for receiv... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6640855 | Log home fabrication process and associate log cutting machine A log processing machine and associate method employs one or more log guides to make joinery cuts in a processed log which has at opposed edges of the processed log the raw log's natural external contour. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, each l... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6561238 | Menu-driven, configurable door processing station A door preparation station includes a data processing control system that drives a display for presenting sequential series of menu selections that illicit operator information that is used as control data to configure the station for preparing a door for... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6539993 | Method and apparatus for singulating, debarking, scanning and automatically sawing and sorting logs into lengths A log handling and cutting system which cuts logs into lengths, and allows for maximum use of fiber. The system includes equipment for singulating the logs, optimally removing the bark from the logs, scanning the true log image, cutting the logs to length... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6401772 | System and method for forming dovetail joints An apparatus for cutting dovetail joints comprises one or more trapezoidal mortising chisels mountable on a drill press, each trapezoidal mortising chisel having a trapezoidal cross sectional shape with a particular slope or "pitch" on its non-parallel si... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6390160 | Chopping machine The chopping machine includes a crosscutting device for cutting the timber, a feeder for feeding the timber in its longitudinal direction to the crosscutting device and a splitting apparatus operated by a splitting cylinder for splitting a cut block of ti... | 05/21/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6341632 | Method for timber harvesting and system for forestry A method and a system for forestry, in particular harvesting by means of a harvesting machine comprising a vehicle and a harvesting arrangement mounted thereon, is based on the fact that at least one position determining device (5), capable of determining... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6318029 | House framing and apparatus for manufacturing such framing Wooden framework building system consisting of semi-finished industrial product formed of glued boards. The construction according to the invention is made from only two bearing elements forming sill (1), purlin (2), ledge (4) and post (3). The cross-sect... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6293320 | Multi-purpose machining apparatus A precision multi-purpose machining apparatus for facilitating lathing, milling, drilling, sawing or routing operations typically using a rotary-type cutting tool. In a preferred embodiment the multi-purpose machining apparatus of this invention is charac... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6279629 | Method for more efficient use of smaller diameter trees The subject basic method and its modifications are used to provide logs reconstituted from smaller diameter trees up to 12 inches diameter at their bases. The basic method is practiced using the following steps: 1. Cutting felled trees at cutting points into a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6240988 | Process and device for production of octagonal or polygonal beams To make the usable wood volume of the tree trunks as large as possible, octagonal or dodecagonal dressed timbers are proposed from which then boards or beams with inclined edges are cut. To produce octagonal or dodecagonal dressed timbers, in a first mach... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6196283 | Woodworking machine A woodworking machine, in particular a trimming machine, of working elongate workpieces such as timbers, beams, boards and the like is proposed, the workpiece resting on a support and a longitudinally movable coupling element guiding the workpiece to work... | 03/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6182373 | Method and apparatus for cutting baseboard molding A method and apparatus for cutting baseboard molding to join two adjacent pieces in an inside comer provides a plate constructed with at least one patterned cutting edge having a contour which conforms to the front face of a baseboard molding. A plate sup... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6173748 | Method of reducing noise in a barking plant and a barking drum, chipper and conveying line A method of reducing noise in a barking plant; a barking drum, a chipper and a conveyor between these. The penetration of noise through conveying openings of a partly or wholly covered conveyor (3) for receiving logs from a barking drum (1), and/or a part... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6148884 | Low profile hardwood flooring strip and method of manufacture A method of producing a hardwood flooring product, including the steps of processing a strip of raw wood into a blank having a predetermined thickness and width, and top and bottom surfaces defining parallel planes relative to each other, and splitting th... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142196 | Machine for forming bottom rail and valance of window blind unit A machine for forming a bottom rail and a valance for a window blind unit. The machine has a support member upon which a length of wood ultimately destined to be a bottom rail or a valance can reside while cutting occurs, and includes at least one lateral... | 11/07/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6068033 | Timber harvester A harvester is provided including a saw situated on a trailer for cutting purposes. A drive assembly is adapted for guiding logs past the saw for cutting the same.... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6062281 | Vertical arbor saw for shape sawing a log A processing system for processing logs having a curvature into lumber pieces. The system has a cutting station including a saw box with a chipper and a vertical arbor saw mounted to the saw box. The saw box is movable upwardly and downwardly and angularl... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6039097 | Position-based integrated motion controlled curve sawing A method of position-based integrated motion controlled curve sawing includes the steps of: transporting a curved workpiece in a downstream direction on a transfer, and monitoring position of the workpiece on the transfer, scanning the workpiece through a... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6029722 | Shaping machine A shaping machine has at least one rotatably driven spindle having a conical receiving opening. A tool is provided. A conical member is mounted in the receiving opening, wherein the tool is secured by the conical member to the spindle. A clamping device c... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5992485 | Sawing machine and sawing processing method for a plate member A workpiece processing apparatus for processing a predetermined plate member and a sawing process method therefor. A workpiece processing apparatus which includes a workpiece mounting assembly for receiving a workpiece; a tool assembly having a tool mount... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5979525 | Method and apparatus for scoring a workpiece in advance of sawing A saw and router assembly (70) preferably including a hand-held rotary saw (50) and a router device (76) having a router bit (52) mounted immediately forward of rotary saw (50) and in alignment with the plane of the saw blade. In one embodiment, separate ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5934348 | Method and apparatus for the fabrication of strands A method and an apparatus for fabricating strands from round wood are disclosed. The strands have a length of between 200 and 350 mm in the direction of the wood fibers and have a width of between 1 and 15 mm. The strands are fabricated from profiled logs... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5934346 | Device for horizontally machining panels Disclosed is a device for machining panels, in particular panels made of derived timber products, in and essentially horizontal position. The device has a sawing and/or milling jig with at least one saw blade and/or at least on milling cutter. The device ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5894873 | Apparatus for processing logs Logs are cut to firewood length and split on a trailer that has a jacking foot at the trailer tongue and that defines an elongated bed for supporting the log lengthwise of the trailer. A superstructure pivotably supports a chainsaw for cutting the log, an... | 04/20/1999 |
