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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6523243 | Apparatus and process for boring and bolting pallets The method for boring and bolting pallets comprises filling an assembly jig located at a pre-boring station with the components to form an incomplete pallet; simultaneously boring the intersections of the incomplete pallet by raising a plurality of drills... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6015247 | Article assembly and alignment machine and method An article assembly an alignment machine includes a table comprising a base frame and a work surface mounted thereon. A jig system includes X-axis and Y-axis jig subsystems each including clamps slidable on the work surface. The jig subsystems are actuate... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5895178 | Large hole cutter A cutting tool having spaced elongate teeth. The tool facilitates 1) the removal of cut particles from the surface to be cut thereby enabling efficient cutting particularly of deeper holes; and, 2) the removal of the center cut out portion from the cuttin... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5819828 | Method and apparatus for preparing a flitch for cutting The present invention includes an apparatus for preparing a flitch for slicing where the flitch includes a veneer-producing zone and a staylog-engaging zone. The apparatus comprises a drill mechanism for drilling a plurality of holes in the flitch and a m... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5694995 | Method and apparatus for preparing a flitch for cutting The present invention includes an apparatus for preparing a flitch for slicing where the flitch includes a veneer-producing zone and a staylog-engaging zone. The apparatus comprises a drill mechanism for drilling a plurality of holes in the flitch and a m... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5560408 | Shelf pin boring guide A plate-like guide for precisely positioning a plunge router for the purpose of boring a series of holes in a work piece. The plunge router is provided with a guide bushing having an outside diameter, centrally positioned in the router working face, throu... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5494088 | Low profile tool assembly An assembly mountable on a toolhead assembly of a machine tool for performing a work function on a shallow wall of a workpiece positioned on a worktable of the machine generally consisting of a body mountable on the toolhead assembly, having a bottom surf... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5492160 | Uniform mortise and tenon generating system A mortise and tenon generating system 10 having a removable tenon template 12 that attaches to the work piece. A router 26 utilizing a router bit 18 with a bearing collar 30 is guided so that the bearing collar 30 circumferentially contacts a guide edge 5... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5146961 | Apparatus for hinging a door to a door jamb A portable apparatus for fitting hinges and a door lock set to a door and door jamb assembly prior to installing the door and door jamb assembly in a building. The apparatus includes a main work unit which aligns the door with the door jamb and additional... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5063982 | Hand tool for forming a pocket mortise and method A hand tool useful in forming a pocket mortise in the surface of a workpiece proximate an edge of the workpiece. The hand tool includes a clamping assembly for releasably clamping the tool to the workpiece, and a router carried by the clamp assembly and m... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4978256 | Drill fixture useful for drilling holes in bead like objects A drill fixture for holding and aligning a bead like object, such as a pearl, relative to a drill bit for accurately drilling a bore in the object includes an elongate main body having a base at one end and a clamping member threaded on its opposite end. ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4603719 | Drilling and counterboring apparatus and method for toe fastening A method and apparatus for forming a counterbore and a bore in a workpiece for toe fastening of the piece to a second member is disclosed. The apparatus includes a router mounted with its cutting bit transverse to the workpiece so that the bit may be prog... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4086017 | Device for locating piano hammers for drilling A device for supporting piano hammers for drilling a stem supporting opening therethrough which includes adjusting elements that serve to selectively locate the hammer supporting portion of the device in a preselected position to effect drilling an openin... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4080972 | Pipe with storage chamber and method of making same A pipe having an internal storage chamber is formed from a single block of wood. A peg located in the passageway between the storage chamber and a smoking bowl has the dual function of permitting the feeding of tobacco and modulating the air mixture for c... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4033391 | Apparatus and method for forming planks for use in chord components of integral truss-supported decks Method for forming planks for use in chord components of integral truss-supported decks comprises placing the squared off leading edge of a blank, unprocessed plank on a supporting frame; indexing the plank longitudinally and laterally in the frame accura... | 07/05/1977 |
