Woodworking inventions 10/08

20080257451 - System and method for trimming wood blocks: There is disclosed a system, apparatus and method for preparing wood blocks. The embodiments disclosed may comprise paddle designs, trimming unit designs and methods, scanner unit designs and methods, for use in the trimming of wood blocks. The blocks may be used for finger jointing.... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080257452 - Guiding apparatus for tenon fabrication machines: The invention having a chassis includes a transverse guiding plate located at the front side of the chassis and two sliding rods running through a sliding member which is run through by two rods from the front side to the rear side. A moving cap that the two rods run... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080257453 - Micro-adjustment device for the angle stop plank of a planar: An adjustable stop plank for a power tool includes a drive mechanism connected to the stop plank for continuous adjustment of the angle of the stop plank with respect to the work surface and has a display for indicating the current angle of the stop plank. In one form, the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080257451 - System and method for trimming wood blocks: There is disclosed a system, apparatus and method for preparing wood blocks. The embodiments disclosed may comprise paddle designs, trimming unit designs and methods, scanner unit designs and methods, for use in the trimming of wood blocks. The blocks may be used for finger jointing.... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080257452 - Guiding apparatus for tenon fabrication machines: The invention having a chassis includes a transverse guiding plate located at the front side of the chassis and two sliding rods running through a sliding member which is run through by two rods from the front side to the rear side. A moving cap that the two rods run... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080257453 - Micro-adjustment device for the angle stop plank of a planar: An adjustable stop plank for a power tool includes a drive mechanism connected to the stop plank for continuous adjustment of the angle of the stop plank with respect to the work surface and has a display for indicating the current angle of the stop plank. In one form, the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080251154 - Clamp type mortising jig: A clamp type mortising jig is described that allows the user to create a slot mortise in a workpiece clamped in the jig, using a plunge router. The jig includes a clamp that includes a movable jaw assembly and a fixed jaw with a template carriage slidably mounted between them.... Agent: Wesley B. Ames

20080251155 - Tree and stump trimming and removal system: A novel tree trimming system includes a crane which lifts a wood working implement and a tree trimmer together over obstacles if necessary to a location where a tree is to trimmed. The tree trimmer may cut limbs and feed them directly into the wood working implement that is mounted... Agent: Vincent L. Carney Law Office

20080251156 - Method and device of irradiation of logs with electron beams as a phytosanitary treatment: For quarantine treatment of a farming and forestry product for pest control, a method and a device may irradiate logs as a phytosanitary treatment with electron beams. The method may include: spreading the logs; aligning the spread logs to be flush at one end; conveying the spread and flush logs... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080251157 - Tree and stump trimming and removal system: A novel tree trimming system includes a crane which lifts a wood working implement and a tree trimmer together over obstacles if necessary to a location where a tree is to trimmed. The tree trimmer may cut limbs and feed them directly into the wood working implement that is mounted... Agent: Vincent L. Carney Law Office

20080251158 - Log splitting apparatus and method for its use: An apparatus and methods for splitting logs includes a hydraulic power unit, for driving a wedge against a log, held in a fixed position, between the wedge and an anvil. The hydraulic power unit is manually powered, and can provide driving forces at two different speeds, depending on the loads... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080245440 - Stump grinding wheel: A stump grinding wheel includes a wheel disc, which includes multiple recesses formed about its periphery. A peripheral cutter assembly is disposed in each one of the recesses and is mounted on the wheel disc. Multiple side cutter assemblies are mounted on the wheel disc, and each one includes a... Agent: Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co, Lpa

20080245441 - Portable workbench: A portable workbench is provided for holding a work piece, and includes a bench top, foldable legs, and a plurality of horizontal and vertical holes adapted to receive a pipe clamp for clamping the work piece to the bench top. The bench top is a torsion box with an internal... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080236704 - Utilization of coloration to improve the detection of \"hit or miss\" defects when using scanner equipment and an automated saw to remove defects in wood pieces: In a wood processing plant, planks are typically split into strips and then passed through an automated cross-cutting saw station to remove defects such as knots, cracks or flash. One defect which also occurs is the hit and miss defect caused by a planer and/or a sander. In order to... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080236705 - Router bit system and method for constructing tambours: A method for constructing tambour slats using a system of router bits. The router bit system can include at least two router bits, one of which may have a semi-spherical nose cutting surface and a concave ‘S’ shaped ogee cutting surface; and the other of which may have a ‘S’... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department