Woodworking inventions 03/08

20080072997 - 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 said power take-off shaft, wherein said torque converter amplifies torque to the power take-off when the cutting implement decreases in... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080072998 - Adjusting and shifting device for a motor base of a planer: An adjusting and shifting device for a motor base of a planer includes a shifting device fixed on an adjust base of a planer and consisting of a fix base and a rotary base. The fix base is fixed on the adjust base, and a gear unit pivotally connected in... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080072999 - Method and apparatus for recovering partial sized sheets in veneer production: The invention concerns a method for recovering partial sized veneer sheets in the veneer production. A veneer sheeting peeled from a log is monitored with a machine vision device for detecting and localizing defects and defining corresponding partial sized sheet sections in the veneer sheeting. The partial sized sections of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080066827 - Hydraulic pruning attachment: A saw attachment for pruning trees, shrubs and undergrowth that can be used on a hydraulic vehicle, having auxiliary line connections for accepting attachments. The attachment has cutting blades located at the ends of a swing arm, which is mounted on a plate capable of holding a single, fixed angle... Agent: Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080066828 - 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 mounting at the rear end of the support. The boom is movably... Agent: Jack Paavila

20080066829 - Cutterhead: A cutterhead for use with a power tool includes a generally cylindrical body with a knife recess extending generally parallel to an axis of the body. The knife recess has a wall at an acute angle to a tangent of the outer surface. Received in the knife recess are a... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080060720 - Electric pencil sharpener: An electric pencil sharpener, comprises a base, a powering device, a feeding subassembly, a cutter subassembly and an adjusting subassembly. Two brackets (31, 32) are mounted on the base, standing face to face. Each of the brackets defines two guideways (35) therein. The powering device is attached to the base.... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080060721 - Tool-shaft locking device for a planing machine: A tool-shaft locking device for a planing machine is connected with a second end of the tool shaft having a first end connected with a belt wheel, including a bearing base, a locking rod, a spring and a locking button. The bearing base has a sidewise hole, two opposite deep... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080053569 - Automatic pencil sharpener: The present invention discloses an automatic pencil sharpener that includes a box, a rack at the rear in the box, a driving source at the front of the rack, and a retarded gear set for driving a rolling blade to rotate, and the rolling blade is installed in a chamber,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080053570 - Process for making a bamboo filament slab floor by opposite directional hot pressing: The present invention relates to bamboo manufacturing field, in particular, to a process for making a bamboo filament slab floor by opposite directional hot pressing. Aiming to overcome the defects that, while compressing, the existing bamboo filament slab floor at normal temperature under cold pressing is easy to rebound and... Agent: GlobalIPServices