Woodworking inventions 07/07

20070169846 - Edger: An edger is formed by attaching a knife to a pole for edging a lawn. The edger may have a foot rest.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070169847 - Router: A fixed base router has a base supporting an upright wall. A motor based driver assembly is received in a cylindrical interior space delimited by the wall and movable along a spiral path. A read-out system includes a position sensor that detects and applies the displacement of the driver assembly... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070169848 - Chipping machine with cutting blades and method for fabricating the cutting blades: A cutting blade for a chipping machine, with the cutting blades being designed so that splitting blades extending at least essentially perpendicular to a cutting edge of the cutting blade are present, which project beyond the cutting edge and/or stand out from the cutting edge. The cutting blade consists of... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070169849 - Apparatus and method: An apparatus comprises a holding mechanism for holding an object and a processing mechanism for irradiating the object held by the holding mechanism with a laser beam to locally heat/cool the object. The holding mechanism curves the object so as to project an expected splitting line of the object.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070163674 - Convertible top drive: A convertible top drive comprises a gearing arrangement for driving a driven shaft (40) which is connected to the convertible top linkage via a drive lever. The driven shaft (40) and the drive lever include a toothing, and a cam and groove for pre-orientation, which couple the driven shaft (40)... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d Patent Law Office

20070157992 - Ac servo motor veneer lathe drive system: Multiple AC servo motors having low weight moment of inertia (Wk2) characteristics are drivingly inter-connected to form a veneer lathe drive system. Two, three or four motors can be drivingly coupled to one another and to drive spindles located on either or both sides of the lathe.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070157993 - Profile router bit and method of preparing the same: The present invention relates to a profile router bit and a method of preparing the same, including a shank, the profile router bit including a shank connected to a rotating shaft, a plurality of grinding tips radially mounted onto an upper surface of the shank, and a filler coating applied... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070157994 - Methods for making improved strand wood products and products made thereby: An overall method of making engineered strand wood products in relation to a number of different possible criteria is provided. Such a method may involve any combination of different screening procedures to determine the best wood sources from which individual strands may be prepared. Such screening procedures may include initial... Agent: William S. Parks