Woodworking inventions 11/07

20070272330 - Spiral profile cutting tool: A spiral profile cutting tool for cutting a profile in a wood piece comprises a body defining an axis of rotation. Typically, at least two cutting blades are provided on the body. The cutting blades extend radially from the body about the axis of rotation in a spiral formation and... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070267102 - Multilaminate bamboo: A bamboo laminate is provided having a bamboo core panel and a bamboo sheet. The bamboo laminate has a sheet length and a sheet width. The bamboo core panel has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bamboo core panel has a core vertical-grain layer with grain extending substantially... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070267103 - Woodworking machine: A woodworking machine and method for performing multiple operations on a workpiece to produce stiles and rails for cabinetry, doors, windows, frames and the like. A first spindle is moveable relative to a fixed workpiece to cut the end of the workpiece. The workpiece is moveable relative to a second... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070267104 - Optimized planermil system and method: An optimizing planermill system includes a control system and a workpiece feed path for feeding an array of work-pieces linearly downstream to an optimizing planer. The gap size between successive workpieces is set so that each gap provides enough time for relative movement of at least one of movable cutting... Agent: John R Hlavka Watts Hoffmann Co.

20070261762 - Barking device and barking tool: The invention relates to a barking device comprising a barking arm (1) and a barking tool (2) which is mountable in a tool seat of the barking arm. The barking tool comprises a convex mounting surface (13), while the seat surface (7) of the barking arm is concave. The barking... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070261763 - Brush cutting head: The present invention relates to a brush cutting head for a brush cutter. The brush cutter head includes a cylindrical support body that has a first end, an opposed second end and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. The intermediate portion has a curved surface that defines the circular cross-section of... Agent: Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP

20070256756 - Electronic device and log-output method: An electronic device may include a server configured to present a log-acquisition environment to a terminal device connected to the electronic device via a network, receive macro-file data and a log-acquisition request that are transmitted from the terminal device by using the log-acquisition environment, and transmit first log information to... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070256757 - Safe protection device of a cutter of a wood-working shaper: A safe protection device of a cutter of a wood-working shaper has a horizontal rotatable cutter shaft installed on the top of a platform. Two sides of the cutter are respectively provided with a mounting block. The front of the rod body is pivotally provided with a pressing plate for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070256758 - Lath breaker: An apparatus is disclosed for removing exceeding portions of laths use to separate pieces of lumber in a bundle. The apparatus comprises an external cage and an internal cage having a skeleton framework mounted to the external cage and displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position in which... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070251600 - Harvester for a forestry machine: A harvester for a forestry machine comprises grapples, a cutting device, trimming devices and advancement devices for grasping, cutting, trimming and advancement in the axial direction, respectively, of a tree stem. Further, the harvester includes a measurement device for measuring the length of the tree stem and a measurement device... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070251601 - Drum chipper and method providing for air cooling: A drum chipper and method providing for air cooling. A drum member, a knife, and a carrier for mounting the knife to the drum member are provided. The carrier comprises an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member for clamping the knife therebetween. The carrier is adapted to mount... Agent: Birdwell & Janke, LLP