Woodworking inventions 11/08

20080289722 - Forest products lineal cutter assembly and method: A forest products lineal cutter assembly comprises a work piece scanning assembly, an outfeed conveyor assembly and a cutting station. The lineal cutter assembly also includes first and second work piece hold down elements above the scan belt at a first exit end of the scan belt and above the... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20080289723 - Rough hew planer: Disclosed is a method and apparatus finishing the surface of a wood piece to appear rough hewn. The apparatus comprises a hand planer having a longitudinal direction, a rotatable cutter head having at least one planning blade and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has a convex curved profile longitudinally... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080289724 - Timber harvesting apparatus: The use of a harvester head, processor head or merchandiser to deploy or place probes into a standing tree, felled stem or trunk, log, cant or the like whereby a time of flight of a stress or acoustic wave can be measured for the purpose of comparing a relationship to... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080283147 - Ergonomic router: The present invention is directed to a router including a motor housing for at least partially enclosing a motor, a base having a sleeve for receiving the motor housing therein. The base is constructed to at least partially support the motor housing on a workpiece. The router additionally includes an... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080283148 - Apparatus for facilitating work on stringed instruments: A tool for luthiers comprising a main slide bar; router or rotary tool attachment piece; and two slotted clamps; wherein the main slide bar comprises a first channel that runs longitudinally from the first to the second end of the main slide bar and that comprises a lip that extends... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease, P.l.l.c.

20080283149 - Apparatus for surfacing flitch: An apparatus for surfacing a flitch by cutting material from its radially outer surface to prepare the flitch for veneer slicing or other uses. The apparatus comprises a cutterhead rotatable about a cutterhead axis. The apparatus further comprises a carriage comprising a ring that rotates about a carriage axis and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080283150 - Cutter insert for a tree stump milling cutter: A cutter insert for a tree stump milling cutter or the like with a milling tooth having a milling tooth head and a shaft. The shaft has two lateral faces extending in an advancement direction of the milling tooth, and the milling tooth head has a protrusion, which projects past... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20080283151 - Warp stable wood product and methods for detecting the same: A warp stable wood product and methods for detecting the same are provided. The wood product may be sorted based on its morphology, microstructure, macrostructure, and/or chemical composition properties being substantially symmetric relative to at least one or more cross-sectional centroids of the wood product, thereby imparting warp stability.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080277023 - Apparatus for splitting wood: An apparatus for use in splitting and cutting wood is provided, including a frame having a log support for holding a log to be split and cut, a vertically extending frame for holding a removable wedge or axe head connected to a manually operable drive means for engaging the wedge... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080277024 - Feather board apparatus and method: An improved feather board apparatus and method are provided, for use in holding a work piece against a guide surface as the work piece is guided in a feed direction, and for precluding motion of the work piece in a direction opposite the feed direction, through use of a feather... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080277025 - Woodworking bench: A woodworking bench includes a table made of granite and mounted on a base of a woodworking machine. A table extension is mounted to a side of the table and made of granite. The side of the table includes two first tracks mounted therein. The table extension includes a side... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080277026 - Joint for connecting wood members: A joint for joining one board to another board comprises a plurality of alternating top and bottom fingers. The top fingers each have a top surface and a sloped surface. The top surfaces of the top fingers are level and contiguous with the top surface of the board, and the... Agent: Brian J. Teague Thomas & Raring, P.C.

20080277027 - Bio-thermal method and system for stabilizing timber: A thermal method for stabilizing a load of wood, in particular timber, including: a phase of treatment of the load of wood in a treatment kiln by a gaseous treatment flow; generation of a gaseous treatment flow at high temperature from a heat generator independent of the treatment kiln and... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080271817 - Log splitter system for a front-loader tractor: A tractor has a log splitter installed on two loader arms pivoted at a front end of the tractor. The log splitter includes a frame for attachment to the loader arms. The frame includes a surface, to which a ram and a wedge are coupled. An actuator mounted to the... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP