Woodworking inventions 05/08

20080121310 - Joint making jig: Repositionable guide joint-making jig and spacer and stop components capable of producing both variably spaced, variable width joints and “machine-made” style joints.... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080121311 - Dadoing system: A dadoing system that can be set up to cut multiple dados in a workpiece. The dadoing system uses a sliding channel clamp to keep the workpiece from moving in a transverse direction, while the dados are being cut into the workpiece. The sliding guide rails are used to put... Agent: Steven P. Young

20080121312 - Joint between wood pieces: A joint between wood pieces, as of timber, laminated timber, LVL, plywood etc., where one or more bars (2, 3), as the diagonal of a truss, is connected the side of other bar (1), as the side of the truss chord whereby in the produced joint all said bars are... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080115855 - Inverted multiple router station: There is disclosed an apparatus that works a work piece that employs routers disposed on opposite upper and lower sides of a table. The routers operate on opposite sides of a work piece contemporaneously. The resultant work piece may be worked so as to be uniform and identical with previously... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080115856 - Method of setting machining units having a respective cutting tool: The settings of machining units of a machine are effected one after the other using a camera which transmits at least the position of the tool to a display unit. At least an end section of a workpiece to be machined is displayed with the actual position of the cutting... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080115857 - Planing head for a planing machine and method or manufacture thereof: A planing head, cylindrical body for a planing head and a method of manufacture thereof are provided. The planing head includes a cylindrical body having an axis of rotation, an outer surface around the axis of rotation, and opposite first and second end faces. A plurality of blade assemblies is... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080115858 - Knife assembly and chipping knife therefor: A knife assembly and chipping knife therefor. The knife is rotated about an axis and has a front side facing the direction of rotation. The knife has a single deflector ridge extending from the front side of the knife and two indexing features on either side of the deflector ridge,... Agent: Birdwell & Janke, LLP

20080115859 - Log feed roll and flute attachment: A log feed roll for displacing a log has a roll which may be rotated around a rotary axis, flutes for propelling the log, and removable flute attachments fastened to the flutes for contacting the log during engagement of the log in the feed roll. The flutes have flute apertures... Agent: Franz Bonsang, Patent Agent C/o Equinox Protection

20080115860 - Adjustable guidebushes: Adjustable guidebushes and methods for using the same facilitate cutting joint elements into work-pieces to join together two or more of the work-pieces. In some embodiments, the adjustable guidebush includes a guide surface defining a number of outer diameters having different lengths. Positioning different outer diameters of the guide surface... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080110525 - Disc adjustment system for chipper apparatus: An adjustment mechanism for a rotary disc chipper apparatus includes an axially displaceable shaft attached to a chipper disc, at least one gear disposed in relation to the axially adjustable shaft and a drive member engageable with the at least one gear to produce axial movement of the axially displaceable... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080110526 - Fixation structure for a blade body of a planing cutter and a spiral planing cutter: The present invention discloses a fixation structure for a blade body of a planing cutter, wherein the planing cutter comprises a cutter body, a blade body, and a plurality of screw connectors. The cutter body is provided on its outer peripheral surface with a cutter seat used for mounting the... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080110527 - Circular saw with a dust-collecting hood: A circular saw with a dust-collecting hood is to provide a circular saw structure with high dust-collecting efficiency, excellent safety and convenience in operation. By designing the dust-collecting hood and its location, the dust-collecting hood has surrounding wings to snugly attach to a main body of the circular saw and... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080110528 - Multi-functional worktable system: Described is a worktable system comprising a supporting structure (1) and fastening means (13) supported by said supporting structure (1) for fastening a work-piece, characterized in that said fastening means (13) are adapted to provide directional guidance for movement of a tool, in particular a power tool, to machine the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080110529 - Device with a profiled rail and at least one fastening element: The invention relates to a device comprising a profiled rail (10) and at least one fastening element (12) for fixing a machine tool and/or a workpiece to the profiled rail (10). The fastening element (12) is provided with at least one clamping jaw (22, 24) and a clamping means (26)... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080105332 - Aerial saw with landing legs: An aerial saw is deployable from a flying craft such as a helicopter. The aerial saw comprises a main beam along with a plurality of circular saw blades are vertically arranged. Rollable landing legs are attached to the lower end of the main beam, for the purpose of releasing the... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20080105333 - Planer and thicknesser: A planer and thicknesser comprising a frame having a passageway that substantially extends through the frame. The planer and thicknesser further comprises an upper table having front and rear sections mounted on the frame, wherein a slot is located between the front and rear sections of the upper table, and... Agent: Mehul R. Jani Black & Decker Corporation

20080105334 - Stump cutting tooth assembly: A stump cutting assembly mounted to a stump cutting wheel. Stump cutting assembly is a stump cutting tooth interconnected to the wheel by a holder or block that is fixed to wheel by welding or other equivalent process, an optional debris deflector and a fastener that interconnects tooth and deflector... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080105335 - 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 holding the log suspended over and along the track and adapted to selectively rotate... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080099101 - Holding fixture for all types of drilling concerning woodworking: The invention proposes a holding fixture for use in all types of drilling concerning woodworking, comprised of at least one flat worktable having a set of dovetailing portions at the rear end for two flat worktables to dock together horizontally; a longitude-transverse adjustment module vertically arranged on the flat worktable,... Agent: Vance Chiang

20080099102 - Tree felling head: A tree felling head including a gathering arm and a bunching finger. In various embodiments the bunching finger may include inner and outer arms pivotally coupled together with the inner arm also pivotally coupled to a frame portion of the felling head. A biasing member, e.g. a compression spring, urges... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080099103 - Shock absorbing system for stump grinding apparatus: A stump cutting assembly mounted to a stump cutting wheel. Stump cutting assembly is a stump cutting tooth interconnected to the wheel by a holder or block that is fixed to wheel by welding or other equivalent process, an optional debris deflector and a fastener that interconnects tooth and deflector... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20080099104 - Multi-function workbench with wireless controls: The present invention relates to a workbench apparatus for routing and shaping work pieces. The workbench includes a top comprising two opposed faces with a motor support structure associated with one face for holding a motor configured to receive one of a router element and a shaping element. The top... Agent: Simmons Patents

20080099105 - Method for producing wood flooring: The present invention is directed to an improved method for producing wood flooring. This method comprises providing a roughhewn board having an upper and a lower surface and ripping the board to a desired width thereby providing a long length flooring blank. The method further includes scanning the long length... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell