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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7040207 | Log merchandiser A log merchandising apparatus includes feeding and staging feeders and a plurality of pivoting overhead truss-mounted saws. The saws are travelling saws, reversibly and independently movable along the longitudinal axis of the log by means of a rack and pinion drive ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004055 | Method and apparatus for steering saw blades A method and apparatus for steering saw blades which includes an arbor rotatable about a rotation axis. Saw blades are mounted on the arbor in such a manner that the saw blades rotate with the arbor and are angularly adjustable in relation to the rotation axis of th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6543498 | Log cutting system The present invention discloses a log sawing system comprising multiple cutting blades. The multiple cutting blades are positioned to cut laterally or perpendicular to the centerline of the log which is to be cut. The logs are transported into cutting pos... | 04/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6279441 | System and apparatus for cutting logs into shorter lengths A log processing system contains a row of tipple units for supporting a log to be cut into programmed lengths by saws swing-mounted on carriages selectively positioned on a truck extending beside said row. Each tipple unit has two oppositely extending win... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6263773 | Engineered wood products cutting method and apparatus The invention is a method and apparatus for processing an Engine Wood Product member. The member is moved to a home position in a driving unit and the length of the EWP member is automatically measured by moving the EWP member from the home position while... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6216756 | Log processing apparatus A log processing apparatus is disclosed for processing a log with tapered sides, the log processing apparatus including a frame assembly, and infeed guide assembly including upstream and downstream pairs of guides configured to grip and center the tapered... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6212985 | Ground cover cutter An Improved Ground Cover Cutter is disclosed. Also disclosed is a device that permits the user to cut normal home garden green waste and other plant material into plugs that can then be used as a highly efficient and decorative ground cover. The disclosed... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6212983 | Tiltable infeed and outfeed saw table An apparatus for sequentially and automatically cutting a piece of dimension lumber at a number of predetermined angles to produce a building component, such as a rafter or truss web or chord, with composite or compound angles, is disclosed. The apparatus... | 04/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5941144 | Radial log clamp A rotating log saw clamp having a clamp infeed section and a clamp outfeed section located adjacent a log saw blade. The clamp infeed section and clamp outfeed section are coupled for rotation together with the log during sawing of at least a portion of t... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5884545 | Log sawing assembly There is provided a device for sawing logs to a predetermined length which includes a log lead-in support member, a log support frame, a log cutting station and a log collection deck. The log support frame includes a front end, a rear end, opposite sides ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868054 | Portable saw table A portable saw table for a portable saw or router comprising a table base for supporting a workpiece, and a slide track support pivoted about a pivot axis to the table base. A slide is movable with respect to the support and slide tracks are mounted on th... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5809857 | Saw system for double mitre and plumb cutting A saw system includes a support table (12) and a first elongate tower assembly (50) pivotally mounted relative to the table (12). A second elongate tower assembly (60) is also mounted for rotation relative to the table (12) and is spaced from the first to... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5755146 | Radial log clamp A rotating log saw clamp having a clamp infeed section and a clamp outfeed section located adjacent a log saw blade. The clamp infeed section and clamp outfeed section are coupled for rotation together with the log during sawing of at least a portion of t... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5680888 | Saw trimmer and method for trimming lumber pieces The saw trimmer is used for trimming lumber pieces. The saw trimmer comprises a conveyor for longitudinally moving lumber pieces across the saw trimmer. The lumber pieces are transversely disposed on the conveyor with reference to the longitudinal directi... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5421231 | Portable saw table A portable saw table comprising a saw track pivotally supported on a saw table. A protractor is mounted on the saw track and an indicator-indexer plate is mounted on the saw table. A hand operated locking mechanism is provided. The saw table includes late... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5408907 | Traversing circular saw A traversing circular saw device comprising a saw blade assembly mounted onto a cradle to receive a number of logs to be cut into sections. The saw blade assembly comprises a circular saw blade mounted onto an extension arm which is contained within a piv... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5174351 | Ending apparatus and method An ending apparatus for positioning elongate objects comprising, in combination, object singulating equipment for separating a plurality of elongate objects in an inlet area into single objects while moving the objects in a first direction to an outlet ar... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5158124 | Double-end round top component cut-off saw A machine for cutting off the waste end portions of semi-circular or semi-elliptical members used for framing windows. The curved members are held in the desired fixed relationship by clamping members and saw mechanisms are transversely movable adjacent e... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5142955 | Lumber cutter for removing end defects and sawing to desired lengths There is disclosed saw mill apparatus for cutting root end defects from lumber pieces and cutting such pieces to desired sizes including a generally conventional scanner for recording detailed contour data for each piece as it is moved by a plurality of c... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5099896 | Rotary board pick/store/place method and apparatus Apparatus for loading or picking, temporarily storing and placing one of two side-by-side cut boards from/to a lugged conveyor is described. The apparatus preferably includes a circulating wheel oriented transversely to the lugged conveyor with the wheel ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4938263 | Machine for cutting logs to form log joints A machine for cutting logs to provide a dovetail log joint is provided with a number of saw legs which are slidably mounted on carriages, some of which are movable in order to adjust the angle of inclination of the saw blades. This machine permits dovetai... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4907337 | Apparatus for machining a workpiece of wood, in particular wood beams The drive means (3) is arranged directly on the tool (2) and can be moved together therewith about a plurality of axes (A, B, C and D). The drive means is provided with a tool holding means for automatically delivering or receiving tools in a tool magazin... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4903743 | Woodworking machine A woodworking machine comprising at least one tenoning-and-mortizing spindle associated with a length-cutting device and a pivoting roller table consisting of a roller carriage and an associated table plate receiving the workpiece and pivoting about said ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4763703 | Apparatus for cutting miters on trim members Apparatus for cutting miters on two side trim members which are bonded to the respective portions of the edge face of a panel (such as a table top), and on a head trim member which is to be bonded to the portion of the edge face of the panel between the s... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4756351 | Apparatus and method for sawing limbs and the like A plurality of limbs or the like are secured together, to form a limb bundle (B). The limbs are positioned in a space defined laterally between a pair of posts (34, 38 or 80, 82) on one side (14) of a frame (12, 78) and a second pair of posts (36, 40 or 3... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4691751 | Method for sawing a tree trunk and for treating a uniformly thick slice of wood sawed off the trunk The present invention relates to a method for sawing a tree trunk and for treating a slice of wood of uniform thickness sawn off the trunk. In the first method, the trunk dimensions and shape as well as the biological quality of each section of the trunk ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4682639 | Apparatus for cutting veneer pieces into equal sections An apparatus for cutting a veneer piece into equal sections includes a main conveyer for feeding the veneer piece in a direction transverse to the wood fibers thereof and a cutter disposed in the main conveyer for cutting the veneer piece along the feedin... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4667714 | Apparatus and method for sawing limbs and the like A plurality of limbs or the like are secured together, to form a limb bundle (B). The limbs are positioned in a space defined laterally between a pair of posts (20, 24) on one side of a frame (12) and a second pair of posts (22, 26) on the opposite side o... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4651790 | Machining elongate rods A device for machining elongate rods has a feed means defined by a track and a plurality of V belts which feeds the rods in an uninterrupted succession one behind the other in a feed direction transverse to their longitudinal axes. The track defines a an ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4640160 | Sweep-data-responsive, high-speed, continuous-log-travel bucking apparatus A high-throughput, high-end-product-recovery log-bucking system featuring continuous log travel. The system includes a flying-saw, log-bucking mechanism in combination with an upstream scanner which is capable of producing data related to a log's "sweep."... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4600044 | Method and apparatus for joining stair rail fittings together A method and apparatus for joining fittings, particularly wooden stair rail fittings. The apparatus includes a mitre jig and a double slot jig. The mitre jig has a base with a curved bed for supporting the fitting to be cut. A wall is used with the base t... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4513799 | Method of cutting substantially horizontal cantilevered objects such as logs, and apparatus for carrying out the method Cutting horizontal, cantilevering objects of splittable material, such as de-barked tree trunks and the like is carried out with the aid of a guided, endless circulating saw chain (10), the upper cutting part of which is moved from below and upwards throu... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4492136 | Cutting assembly system for pipe casings and the like A cutter system for pipe casings and the like, including a generally "C" shaped cutter assembly body having an always open side entry and exit area leading into the centrally located cutter area with an annular trackway extending an exemplary 290° about ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4410024 | Apparatus and method of assembling barge fenders A method of and apparatus for assembling barge fenders which includes chain conveyors for conveying the workpiece through a series of work stations. Spaced pairs of saws are positioned to make angled cuts. Downstream of the saws drilling mechanism provide... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4408510 | Apparatus for cutting boards from tree trunks A method and an apparatus for cutting boards from tree trunks in which transverse cuts are made in a tree trunk which extend into the trunk a predetermined depth and thereafter longitudinal cuts are made into said trunk, which cuts pass through a plane pa... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4280382 | Saw arrangement having plural operator stations A trimming saw arrangement comprises a root-cutting station, a trimming station, and a feed line for advancing timber, perpendicular to its longitudinal direction, through the stations and to a sorting station having a sorting conveyor. The stations inclu... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4232720 | Round log material and method of producing the same Round log material is provided in transversely cut log portions suitable for simplified bulk loading, transporting, unloading, storing and utilization as compared with prior bulk handling operations.... | 11/11/1980 |
