Patents by Inventor Douglas Monroe Tinsley

Douglas Monroe Tinsley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lumber unscrambler and method of using the unscrambler
    Patent number: 11613428
    Abstract: An adjustable pitch unscrambler that can adjust the pitch to accommodate boards having different widths, and method of using the adjustable pitch unscrambler to singulate boards in a lumber processing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: AD SERVICES OF ARKANSAS, INC.
    Inventors: Douglas Monroe Tinsley, James L. Anderson
  • ADJUSTIBLE HOLD-DOWN SHOE ASSEMBLY, PLANERMILL TRIMMER HAVING THE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED THEREON, AND METHOD OF USING THE ASSEMBLY TO HOLD DOWN LUMBER DURING END CUTTING BY A PLANERMILL TRIMMER
    Publication number: 20220388195
    Abstract: An adjustable hold-down shoe assembly having an assembly body, a plurality of hold-down shoes movably mounted to the assembly body, a bias device that biases the plurality of hold-down shoes in a direction away from the lumber bias surface, a body mount, and a lifting/lowering mechanism movably connecting the assembly body to the body mount that moves the assembly body in relation to the body mount and in a first direction towards the lumber bias surface and in a second direction away from the lumber bias surface. A planermill trimmer having the adjustable hold-down shoe assembly mounted thereon and a method of end trimming lumber using the planermill trimmer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: James L. Anderson, Russell R. Kennedy, Douglas Monroe Tinsley, Thomas Wayne Green
  • Dual path kiln and method of operating a dual path kiln to continuously dry lumber
    Patent number: 10619921
    Abstract: A dual path kiln is provided that includes a kiln having at least three chambers including first and second end chambers separated by a central heating chamber. At least two lumber conveyors convey lumber through the kiln in opposite directions. External unidirectional fans are utilized to provide circular directional flows through the lumber. Also provided is a method utilizing the kiln to continuously dry green lumber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NOREV DPK, LLC
    Inventors: T. Furman Brodie, James L. Anderson, Christopher E. Stewart, William Shayne Smoke, Levi Anderson Pollard, V, Douglas Monroe Tinsley
  • DUAL PATH KILN AND METHOD OF OPERATING A DUAL PATH KILN TO CONTINUOUSLY DRY LUMBER
    Publication number: 20190234686
    Abstract: A dual path kiln is provided that includes a kiln having at least three chambers including first and second end chambers separated by a central heating chamber. At least two lumber conveyors convey lumber through the kiln in opposite directions. External unidirectional fans are utilized to provide circular directional flows through the lumber. Also provided is a method utilizing the kiln to continuously dry green lumber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: T. Furman Brodie, James L. Anderson, Christopher E. Stewart, William Shayne Smoke, Levi Anderson Pollard, V, Douglas Monroe Tinsley