Woodworking inventions 04/08

20080092987 - Planer apparatus: A planer having a base, a first support member attached to the base and supporting a cutterhead for selective travel in a first direction toward the base and a second opposite direction, a top frame attached to the first support member and a depth stop mechanism attached to the top... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080092988 - Finger joint: A finger joint in a joint assembled of at least mainly woody parts (1, 2), such as sawn timber, glued wood, plywood, fibreboard, LVL, LSL, comprises at least one finger The finger shapes needed complementarily have been milled with a cutting tool, such as a milling curser, to the both... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080092989 - Loading of a veneer slicer: The invention relates to a method and a device for loading a device for eccentrically slicing veneering. Known slicing devices are problematic in that the process for loading the same with a block of wood is relatively time-consuming and at least partly difficult to perform. The aim of the invention... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080092990 - Manufacturing of wooden rod with central hollow: A manufacturing method of wooden rod with central hollow. The manufacturing method includes steps of: preparing a wooden material with a predetermined length and a predetermined minimum outer diameter; axially drilling the wooden material from one end to the other end to form a shaft hole; fitting a reinforcing material... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20080087355 - Adjusting device for the conveying belt of a planer: An adjusting device for the conveying belt of a planer includes a fundamental plate assembled on the base of a planer. The fundamental plate has its rear end disposed with a rear roller unit connected with the base of the planer and composed of two adjusting plates and a rear... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080087356 - Debris splitting grinder: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus which includes an apparatus body, a splitter for splitter relatively larger pieces of material into relatively smaller pieces of material coupled with the apparatus body, and a grinder for grinding the relatively smaller pieces of material also coupled with the apparatus body. A... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080083476 - Wood indexing rack: A wood indexing or sorting device for use with an automated cutoff saw. The indexing rack has a number of chambers for sorting pieces of wood for later assembly into cabinet and door components. A swing out assembly of chamber walls is rotatable into position between fixed chamber walls, to... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20080078469 - Bamboo composition slat system, covering and method: A structures and process incorporates the efficient use of the annularly shaped bamboo plant to make planar shaped slats or louvers. Structures include a double rank of bamboo strips, an offset series of bamboo strips, an optional interstitial support, a single rank of bamboo strips attached to a thin wood... Agent: Harrington & Harrington Curtis L. Harrington

20080078470 - Power tool safety mechanisms: A sensing mechanism (12) for detecting user contact with an active portion (26) of the power tool (10) is provided. In addition, a safety mechanism (14) for preventing prolonged user contact with the active portion (26) of a power tool (10) is provided. The safety mechanism (14) is configured to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080078472 - Adjustable scale and router table for use therewith: An adjustable scale typically used with a router table may be reset at any time to facilitate determining the change in height of the router regardless of where the scale is positioned when the router is at a given height. When used with a router table having a table plate... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080078471 - Fence assembly with articulating bit guard: A fence assembly with an articulating bit guard is disclosed. The fence assembly with an articulating bit guard preferably includes a workpiece fence, an arm pivotally coupled with the workpiece fence, a slot formed in the arm, and a shield pivotally coupled with the arm at the slot formed in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080078473 - Methods for using light reflection patterns to determine location of pith and curvature of the annual ring: Methods are provided for using light reflection patterns to determine various properties of fibrous materials, such as wood. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for determining a dive angle for grain. Further, the present invention relates to methods for using information in T2 plots, combined with knowledge of... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27