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8141603 |
Variable guide for a gang saw
A guide arm for a gang sawmill is provided adjacent to an inlet of a gang saw and is movable about a pivot pin depending on the actual curvature of a cant to adjust (continuously or fixed) the...
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8066039 |
Rail end former for cabinet doors
An apparatus cuts rail ends for cabinet doors. Infeed and outfeed carriages are reciprocally movable along spaced apart tracks, and a transverse carriage is reciprocally moveable between the...
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8051886 |
Distressing process and apparatus for applying such process
A method is provided for treating the decorative face of a panel to simulate the visual effect of a distressed panel. The decorative face may include at least a layer of wood or the like. The...
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7997308 |
Wood working machine
A wood working machine includes a mounting plate assembly for supporting a cutting tool, the assembly including a base plate, first and second intermediate plates on the base plate, and first and...
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7926524 |
Utilization of coloration to improve the detection of “hit or miss” defects when using scanner equipment and an automated saw to remove defects in wood pieces
In a wood processing plant, planks are typically split into strips and then passed through an automated cross-cutting saw station to remove defects such as knots, cracks or flash. One defect which...
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7882865 |
Boom unit
A boom unit for a tree processing machine having a boom with a square cross-section. The boom unit has a boom support with a front boom mounting at the front end of the support and a rear boom...
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7870879 |
Automated system for precision cutting crooked lumber
An automated saw system for cutting a crooked piece of lumber with a mitered end and a length. The saw system includes a saw for cutting the piece of lumber, a lumber feed conveyor for feeding the...
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7870880 |
Optimizing planer infeed system and method
An optimizing planer infeed system for feeding an array of workpieces downstream to a planer includes an apparatus for setting the size of the gaps between successive linearly aligned workpieces so...
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7861751 |
Edge trimming and board ripping apparatus and method
A wood product assembly includes a cutter subassembly and a skewing assembly. A cutter positioning body is movable by a slewing assembly along a slewing axis. A spindle housing is mounted to the...
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7857017 |
Land clearing apparatus
A deforestation apparatus includes a tractor having a power source, a torque converter connected to said power source and driving a power take-off shaft, a cutting implement operably coupled to...
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7857021 |
System for positioning a workpiece
A system for positioning a workpiece in an optimized position. In one embodiment a marking device places a mark on the workpiece prior to the workpiece passing through a scanner cooperating with an...
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7849894 |
Log rotation and verification system and method
Embodiments of the present invention provide a log rotation verification system having an optimizer configured to determine an optimized cutting solution for the log and configured to identify an...
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7743802 |
Edge trimming and board ripping apparatus and method
A wood product assembly includes a cutter and skewing assemblies. A cutter positioning body is movable by the slewing assembly along a slewing axis. A spindle housing is mounted to the cutter...
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7712494 |
Method and apparatus for profiling a log for use in building timber or log homes
A log profiler for sawing surfaces into and along the length of a log may be characterized as including a saw carriage selectively translatable along a track, a pair of log holders on the track for...
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7708041 |
Component mill for wooden construction components
A component mill for producing wooden construction components has a pair of input rollers spaced from a pair of output rollers, wherein each comprises a pair of vertically-stacked pinch rollers....
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7650917 |
Arched top door facing and system for forming an arched door facing
The present invention is directed to a system and method for forming an arched top door facing, and the resulting facing. The system includes a panel, a table and a cutting assembly. The panel has...
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7617852 |
Apparatus for temporarily holding logs within cutting-off machines
An apparatus for temporarily holding logs within cutting-off machines including two plates (60), each of which exhibits a plurality of pressers (61) and an appendix sliding within a guide (7). The...
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7444912 |
Portable sawmill with bi-directional cutting circular saws
A portable sawmill with bi-directional cutting circular saws includes a saw support pivotally mounted to a primary support structure for pivotal movement about a pivot axis which is transverse to...
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7438096 |
Veneer composer
A veneer composer is provided including a skew correcting station adapted to square at least one edge of a veneer piece to a reference side, a clipping station adapted to move in the same direction...
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7395844 |
Processing apparatus and method of processing
A method of processing a wooden piece taken out from a raw wood into a predetermined three-dimensional shape, includes compressing the wooden piece by applying compressive force thereto in a water...
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7347232 |
Lumber processing apparatus and method
A method and apparatus are provided for processing rough cut lumber to convert the rough cut lumber into trimmed to length and dimensionally trimmed to form a standard piece of dimensioned lumber....
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7308921 |
Horizontal curve sawing apparatus
A saw for cutting a cant by sensing the curvature of the cant and raising or lowering the saw blade in order to follow the curvature when cutting the cant.
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7281552 |
Wood carving assembly and a method for making the same
A carving assembly 10 for use in duplicating a blank or form. The carving assembly 10 includes stylus 112 and a tool holder 120 which are coupled together using a slidable carriage 14 to allow any...
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7243691 |
Tree shear
A tree shear for use with a prime mover such as a skid-steer loader wherein the tree shear includes a pair of tree shear blades, having forward and rearward ends, which are secured to the forward...
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7240598 |
Power transmission structure with dual blade shaft of a circular saw
A power transmission structure with a dual blade shaft of a circular saw wherein the rear end of the driving shaft of the driving roller is provided with a fixing plate pivotally mounted with a...
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7237584 |
Butt plate for feller buncher
A butt plate for a felling head includes a ramped portion in an accumulation pocket. The ramped portion is sloped downward generally toward a line extending in the direction of forward travel of...
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7228881 |
Wood processor
A wood processor including a motor vehicle having a bed structure, a clamping device on the bed structure for clamping a wood log and positioning it in a first processing position, a power saw for...
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7210509 |
Chipping head
A chipping head, particularly a chipping head of a chipping canter, is disclosed comprising a head body having thereon mounted multiple chipping knives that are adapted on the head body in an...
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7165300 |
Portable pocket cutter
A portable pocket cutter employs a shaping assembly and a boring assembly, connected via a frame and coupling assembly, for constructing a pocket joint in a workpiece. The frame is at least...
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7163038 |
Systems and methods for end squaring and dividing elongated materials
The present invention provides systems and methods for end squaring and/or dividing elongated materials by determining an actual orientation of the elongated material, or an actual position of an...
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7159628 |
Gangsaw with a split sawbox
A split sawbox for a gangsaw includes a sawbox having at least first and second mating sawbox sections. The sections are linearly selectively translatable relative to one another between a closed...
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7134465 |
Process and apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two
An apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two includes a scanner and optimizer to scan the length of a board and to compare the scanned board to predetermined criteria...
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7131470 |
Fence router table system
A table with a working surface has a parallel rail on each side of the working surface. A slide assembly includes a shaft with ends and a pair of brackets. Each bracket has a hole. The holes...
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7128109 |
Essential oil reclaim apparatus, and method of use
An essential oil reclaim method for use with a corresponding apparatus, comprising the following steps: the apparatus grabs the tree parts, the tree tops or the tree limbs, and shakes them with...
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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...
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7093538 |
Wooden debris compressor
A wooden debris compressor includes a storing tank, and a poking device under the storing tank provided with plural poking rods fixed spaced apart in a definite angle. Then alternate back-and-forth...
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7069632 |
Coaxial and concentric cutting machine and a method for use thereof
A concentric coaxial cutting machine which cuts cylinders, cylindroids or cones using a chain saw from a single larger object such as a wood tree trunk, a block of ice or a block of plastic. An...
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7017632 |
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...
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7000605 |
Engraver apparatus and method
A concrete engraver apparatus including a carrier for use with a hand-held engraver. The hand-held engraver is detachably mounted to the carrier. The carrier has wheels and a handle attached to an...
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7000658 |
Precision adjustable woodworking platform
A precision adjustable woodworking platform that is self-calibrating and designed to move a tool very accurately back and forth horizontally and up and down. One of a number of different...
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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...
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6991012 |
Apparatus for sawing a workpiece
A method of forming a workpiece into sectioned parts using a pair of laterally translatable chipping heads and, downstream, a cutting device of the type having a plurality of rotatable cutting...
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6971423 |
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...
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6964286 |
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...
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6962178 |
Tree processor
A log delimbing processor includes two pairs of grapples for holding workpieces for translation along their length so as to engage delimbing knives. The workpieces are urged by a pair of driven...
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6896019 |
Log positioning and conveying apparatus
The log positioning and conveying apparatus is used for conveying a log from an upstream end to a downstream end, and for positioning a log according to a predetermined downstream position. The...
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6817392 |
Apparatus for shaping timbers with improved timber control
An apparatus for forming workpieces with rounded ends especially for use as webs in timber roof trusses. The apparatus includes a feeding system for feeding workpieces into a row of workpieces...
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6817393 |
End-dogging head saw and method
An end-dogging head saw is disclosed comprising a log cradle for supporting a log, a log-turning device for rotating the log into proper alignment with a pair of band saws, the log-turning device...
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6779570 |
Wood gathering and compaction vehicle
The wood gathering and compaction vehicle comprises a vehicle frame movable over ground, a storage bin removably installed on the vehicle frame, with the storage bin having an inlet opening and an...
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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...
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