Patents by Inventor Ernest V. Harper

Ernest V. Harper 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).

  • Patent number: 6289954
    Abstract: A system for converting wood products into viable base construction materials consisting of a support structure, a central structure consisting of a low speed, high torque, hydraulic motor which drives a central drive shaft to which a planing table is rotatably attached. Four or more feed chutes are radially attached to the outer supports and the logs are sliced over eight blades arranged on the planing table. An alternative embodiment consists of a rotary cutting device where logs are fed to cutting blades rotating below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventor: Ernest V. Harper