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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051887 | Primary and counter knife assembly for use in wood chipper A wood chipper having a rotatable disc that contains a series of slots that pass through the disc. A primary chipper knife is located at the entrance of each slot which separates slices from a work piece and directs the slices through the slot. A counter knife unit ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7784506 | Rough hew planer Disclosed is a method and apparatus finishing the surface of a wood piece to appear rough hewn. The apparatus comprises a hand planer having a longitudinal direction, a rotatable cutter head having at least one planning blade and a bottom surface. The bottom surface... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7455091 | Convertible hood assembly for a planer A hood assembly for converting a surface planer between at least two operative modes for expelling chips removed from a workpiece being planed is provided. The hood assembly includes a manifold that is releasably attachable to the carriage assembly. The hood assembl... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7210511 | Intermediate product, method and device for producing wood chips The invention relates to an intermediate product, a method for processing the intermediate product and a wood chipping device for processing the intermediate product. The intermediate product is substantially rod shaped and is sized in a range that includes between ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178566 | Process and apparatus for producing veneer strips, chipped wood or the like The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing veneer strips, chipped wood or the like, individual pieces of wood being joined together, with grains parallel, to form a group and then a multiplicity of such groups being arranged one behind the oth... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175119 | Apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials A shredder apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials in which the shredder utilizes a shredder mechanism having a shaft attached to a frame, a bearing assembly disposed on the shaft, and a rotatable rotor disposed on the bearing assembly. First shredder ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171278 | Optimized planer feeder system and method An apparatus for optimizing orientation of a workpiece in a planermill for feeding of the workpiece into a planer includes an infeed to the planer, a workpiece turner for selectively turning the workpiece end-for-end upstream of the planer on the infeed a workpiece ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143796 | Wood-reducing apparatus with continual feeder assembly Apparatuses, methods, and systems for producing wood chips are disclosed. The invention in one embodiment produces smooth wood chips of generally uniform size and shape, suited for use in making paper, cardboard, and other recyclable materials. An apparatus is discl... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137421 | Chipper knife The invention relates to a chipper knife with at least one cutting edge (6) along at least one of its side edges. The chipper knife is adapted to be mounted in chippers of the kind which are used to cut chips of a desired size and shape from pieces of wood or... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117907 | Apparatus for adjustably profiling a cant An apparatus for adjustably profiling a cant comprising a first and second shaft rotatably mounted on a first and second frame, respectively. A first and second pair of laterally spaced apart profiling heads are slidably and rotatably mounted on the first and second... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7103950 | Pipe beveling tool and method A tool assembly which is adapted to perform a cutting operation and also a beveling operation on a pipe. There is a rotary power saw which has rotary drive member to which a saw blade can be mounted. There is a bevel section having a mounting member that connects to... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063282 | Comminuting apparatus The present invention concerns a chipping or crushing apparatus having a prominent speed of rotation and mass inertial moment. The main parts of the apparatus include a chipping disc or a rotor, a short circuit motor and a frequency converter connected to the circui... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055562 | Apparatus for comminuting wood board stacks to strands An apparatus for comminuting a stack of wood boards to produce wood strands. A stack feeder feeds the stack of wood boards to a chipper chamber on a longitudinally displaceable carriage moving transverse to the direction of feed of the stack and having a blade ring ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7028935 | Apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials A shredder apparatus and method for shredding wet chip materials in which the shredder utilizes a shredder mechanism having a shaft attached to a frame, a bearing assembly disposed on the shaft, and a rotatable rotor disposed on the bearing assembly. First shredder ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6976516 | Underneath style knife clamp with replaceable clamp wear member A two-part blade support base for mounting a chipper knife to a chipper disc wherein the parting line between the upper part and lower part is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the chipper disc. The parting line incorporates a vertical step which transmit... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6945291 | Device for eliminating a gap of the threaded rod of a plane machine A device for eliminating a gap of the threaded rod of a plane machine has four gap nuts respectively screwed with four threaded rods under the threaded rod bases of a planing table. Four springs are respectively fitted between the backlash nuts and the threaded rod ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945292 | Tree harvesting apparatus Tree harvester (10) is mounted on tractor (12) to enable continuously cutting and chipping of trees. The harvester (10) includes a rotary saw (14) for cutting a tree near ground level, transport means (16) adjacent the rotary saw (... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941987 | Apparatus for clearing log jams in disc type chipper Apparatus for processing logs to manufacture wood chips. The apparatus includes a circular disc for passing a series of blades through a chipping station and a chute and spout assembly for feeding logs from a conveyor into the chipping station. A lifting mechanism i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938656 | Adjustable wood processing device and method of adjusting the same A wood processing device having a spinning wood processing head having one or more spaced apart knives mounted on said spinning head for processing wood. The knives, upon contacting said wood, form a curved cut surface in said wood being processed. At least one limi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6860302 | Apparatus for controlled curved sawing or cutting of two-faced cants In combination with a cant sawing or cutting unit, a system for guiding two-faced cants through the cut along the line of their natural curvature which includes at the infeed and outfeed ends of the unit, laterally moveable rollers for clamping upon parallel planar ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6848486 | Method for preparing a disc chipper wear plate for reuse and a disc chipper wear plate prepared according to the method A method is provided for reconditioning after rehardfacing the wear plates that are used on the mounting face of the knife disc of a disc chipper so that the original dimensions of the wear plate are substantially restored. Also, a wear plate is provided which is re... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6767315 | Method, arrangement, device and magazine for automatic changing of knife units of a knife ring of a knife ring slicing device In a method and device for automatically exchanging knife units of a knife ring slicing device, the knife changing magazine is moved relative to the knife ring into a knife changing position in which the knife receptacles of the knife changing magazine are axially a... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6755772 | Method, arrangement, device and magazine for automatic changing of knife units of a knife ring of a knife ring slicing device In a method and device for automatically exchanging knife units of a knife ring slicing device, the knife changing magazine is moved relative to the knife ring into a knife changing position in which the knife receptacles of the knife changing magazine are axially a... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6743160 | Method, arrangement, device and magazine for automatic changing of knife units of a knife ring of a knife ring slicing device In a method and device for automatically exchanging knife units of a knife ring slicing device, the knife changing magazine is moved relative to the knife ring into a knife changing position in which the knife receptacles of the knife changing magazine are axially a... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6719022 | Apparatus for producing a wood flake and apparatus for profiling a log An apparatus for producing an essentially wedge-shaped wood flake comprises a chipping tool rotating about a first, horizontal axis for chipping the flake out of the wood such that the flake has a first, concave surface and a second, convex surface. The flake is del... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6688351 | Adjustable profiling head for a wood cutting apparatus An adjustable profiling head for a wood cutting apparatus. There is a first body portion for carrying a plurality of first knives and a second body portion for carrying a plurality of second knives. The cutting edges of the knives define respective cuttin... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6637483 | Method and apparatus for profiling a log A method and apparatus for profiling a log. In a profiler having first and second knives disposed on a rotating disc, a mounting member is adapted to mountably receive both the first and second knives so that each blade has a point on its cutting edge tha... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6607017 | One pass combination of traditional and multi-axis material carving machine Apparatus and method for carving a uniformly carved portion and a variably carved portion in a workpiece in a single pass. The apparatus consists of a uniform carving head fixed relative to the workpiece and a variable carving head that is movable simulta... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6543497 | Wood flake, method and apparatuses for producing a wood flake as well as for profiling a log, and use thereof For use as a wood intermediary and the like in industry, an essentially wedge-shaped wood flake with opposite concave and convex surfaces that converge at an imaginary tip outside the flake dimensions. The tip is located beyond the flake a distance of typ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6510880 | Lumber trim end chipper An improved method and apparatus which cuts certain wood pieces, commonly referenced as "mill ends," such that the chips can be used to make paper, cardboard and other recyclable materials. The use of a horizontal drum in combination with a horizontal anv... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6484770 | Method of chipping of wood and a disc chipper A wood chipping method and a disc chipper provided with knives (4). The chips (11), after having separated from a log (3), pass through a chip opening (12) in the disc (1) and hit an impact surface (10) located after a knife. Along different portions of t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6470932 | Automatic centering system for finishing machine A method and apparatus for improved centering of a workpiece in a surfacing machine includes centering assembly having a plurality of individually movable biasing element sets, comprising an upper element and a lower element. Each element set is operative... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6457500 | Method and apparatus for processing pan-shaped wood members A method and apparatus for reducing the size of wood members, particularly pan-shaped wood members known in the industry as "lilypads", such that the orientation of the fibers of the lilypads are encouraged to be substantially perpendicular to the longitu... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6405769 | Material-recovery apparatus Material-recovery apparatus for obtaining usable, uniformly-dimensioned blanks from scrap. Apparatus is small, and economical in manufacture and operation, using only a single lifting jack and vertical support unit to support the tool-and-feed-roller hous... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6330895 | Log flaking and loading method and apparatus A log flaking and loading method and apparatus. First and second pairs of cutting heads have cutting heads spaced apart to receive a log passed therebetween and thereby to cut two substantially parallel sides. The log is first cut by the first pair of cut... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6296029 | Centering sectional shoe assembly A method and apparatus for improved centering of a workpiece in a planer machine includes centering sectional shoe assembly positioned in close proximity to opposed cutting heads, between the cutting heads and a centering feed assembly. The shoe assembly ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289954 | Veneer product and process A system for converting wood products into viable base construction materials consisting of a support structure, a central structure consisting of a low speed, high torque, hydraulic motor which drives a central drive shaft to which a planing table is rot... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289950 | Wood planing machine A wood planing machine includes a base, two pairs of supporting rods respectively extending upright from the base, a cutter carriage including a pair of parallel carriage seats mounted movably and respectively on the pairs of the supporting rods, an emery... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6283180 | Wood planing machine A wood planing machine includes a base having posts and a seat mounted on the posts, a cutter carriage mounted on the posts, a rotary cutter mounted on the cutter carriage, a height adjusting unit for adjusting the height of the cutter carriage, and a hei... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6279628 | Wood planing machine with improvement relating to a thickness adjustment device A wood planing machine includes left and right pairs of posts fixed uprightly at left and right mounting sides of a machine base. A cutter carriage is disposed above the machine base, and has opposite end portions mounted respectively, vertically and mova... | 08/28/2001 |
