Patents Assigned to Miller Veeners, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for cutting veneer sheets from a tapered flitch
    Patent number: 5865232
    Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for cutting veneer sheets from a tapered flitch (one-half of a veneer log which has been sawn in half longitudinally) that places the veneer producing face of a tapered flitch in a stable, parallel relationship with the veneer slicing knife, thereby allowing full utilization of the natural taper of a veneer log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Miller Veeners, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Miller, Darrel C. Pinkston