Patents by Inventor Roy R. Cockle

Roy R. Cockle 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).

  • Method and apparatus for producing rough cut lumber
    Patent number: 3934630
    Abstract: A method for producing rough cut lumber from small diameter poles of varying size at the pole harvest site including the steps of removing the bark from the pole, cutting longitudinal notches spaced around the periphery of the pole aligning and supporting the pole on rails disposed in these notches, shaping the pole with rotary cutting heads to form a rectangular beam while additionally supporting the pole by means of guides associated with each of the cutterheads.Portable apparatus for producing rough cut lumber from a small diameter wood pole at the harvest site including rotary debarking knives, kerf cutting saws, support rails adapted to run in kerfs spaced around the periphery of the pole, cutterheads adapted to form the pole into rough cut lumber of rectangular cross section, each cutterhead having a planar support associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Inventor: Roy R. Cockle