Abstract: A filiere for trimming cane includes: (a) a body having a trough extending inward from a flat surface; (b) a blade fastened to the body so that a cutting edge extends across the trough; (c) a hold-down mechanism positioned proximate to the blade; and (d) a force application mechanism in contact with the hold-down mechanism which causes the hold-down mechanism to press edges and a center of the cane against the trough proximate the cutting edge.

Abstract: A clamping assembly to hold a woodworking knife in place in a woodworking machine. The clamping assembly comprises a clamping component comprising a body and an actuator. The body has three discrete contact positions distributed thereon: 1) a fulcrum located generally at one end, 2) a knife abutting portion located generally at the other end, and 3) a bearing surface located elsewhere. The actuator is for applying a clamping force to the body along a clamping axis located intermediate of the knife abutting portion and the fulcrum. The fulcrum is a surface having a normal that is at an angle to the clamping axis. The bearing surface is a surface wherein a line normal to the bearing surface intersects the line normal to the fulcrum at a position outside of the clamping component at a location farther askew of the clamping axis than the fulcrum.

Abstract: A veneer composer is provided including a skew correcting station adapted to square at least one edge of a veneer piece to a first or reference side, a clipping station adapted to move in the same direction and at the same material being clipped, and a gap closing station adapted to close the gap between adjacent veneer pieces without causing excessive force between the adjacent edges.

Abstract: A cutting implement with a blade, a handle, and a tip, used in conjunction with a planar support surface upon which food or a similar substance rests. The handle and tip cooperate to maintain the blade parallel to, and a pre-determined distance from, the support surface during a reciprocal horizontally-translating slicing motion, thus ensuring that slices are produced with two parallel planar surfaces which are uniformly of a pre-determined thickness.

Abstract: An apparatus for splitting a wood board into two separate sheets, comprising a pair of parallel drive shafts rotatable in the opposite directions, a series of toothed wheels fixed on each of the drive shafts at a predetermined spaced interval, each toothed wheel having on the circumferential periphery thereof a number of teeth incisingly engageable with the board, the toothed wheels on one of the drive shafts being disposed radially in alignment with the toothed wheels on the other drive shaft, respectively, a knife having a cutting edge positioned and directed to split the board from end to end into two separate sheets. The tip end portions of the teeth of each two radially aligned toothed wheels is formed to be positioned in an offset relation in the axial direction of the drive shafts by forming the tip end portion to have at least one surface which is bevel or oblique with respect to a plane extending radially of the toothed wheel.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for cutting squared timber into a number of thin boards. Individual boards 32 are cut off by a blade 30 from the squared timber in each of the successive cutting machines 14a-g, essentially in longitudinal direction of the squared timber. The thickness of the squared timber 26 is selected in such a way that, once an integral number of boards having a predetermined thickness are cut off, a residual board remains which is reduced to the same thickness d as the boards 32 by shaving. The shaving preferably takes place by placing a planer 18 after the last cutting machine 14g. The installation 10 is equipped with a material feed 12 and a conveying system 20 for removing the cut boards, the cutting machines and the planer are also connected to one another by conveying devices 16, 24.

Abstract: A device for cutting thin boards from cants includes a blade set in the device which is fastened to a blade holder which is mounted on a blade support. The blade support can be installed as an interchangeable component in a cutting table and clamped in the table in an exact position. A transfer apparatus, constructed as a rotating table, is alignable with the cutting device. By means of the transfer apparatus, the blade support can be removed from cutting device. The transfer apparatus can be movable or in a fixed position. Receiving surfaces for blade supports can be integrated into the transfer apparatus.

Abstract: Sheets of wood are cut from a timber piece along a guide and against a cung blade. A transverse taper of the wood piece is measured as the wood piece is conveyed. In accordance with changes in the measured transverse taper, the guide or the blade is pivoted about an axis extending perpendicular to the blade edge as the wood piece is being conveyed. Also, the longitudinal taper of the wood piece can be measured as the wood piece is conveyed. In accordance with the changes in the measured longitudinal taper, the distance between the blade edge and the wood guide is varied as the wood piece is conveyed.

Abstract: A machine is described for the slicing removal of a board from a cant adved longitudinally past a blade and pressed, from the side opposite from the blade, by means of a pressing device against the blade and a counterpressure rail mounted in front of the blade. In contrast to conventional constructions, in which driven feed rollers for the cant are located before and beyond the actual slicing device, driven roller pairs are provided directly in the region over which the blade, which forms a very acute angle with the feed direction, extends. The feed roller pairs are moreover floatingly journaled so that they do not affect the position of the cant. By the novel arrangement, an overly lengthy force transmission path through the cant itself from the feed rollers to the blade is avoided.

Abstract: An apparatus for severing thin boards from squared timber includes a guide urface upon which a squared timber is conveyed and pressed against a cutting edge of a blade, as well as a counter pressing edge. The adjustment of the distance between the guide surface and a plane parallel thereto which extends through the blade cutting edge (i.e., the thickness of the thin board to be cut) is effected by relative adjustment of the blade cutting edge to the guide surface in an inclined plane which forms an acute adjustment angle .alpha. with a line normal to the guide surface. Because of the relative adjustment of the blade cutting edge to the guide surface along the angle .alpha., when a different board thickness is desired, the distance between the blade cutting edge and the counter pressing edge in the cutting direction is automatically adapted. In a preferred embodiment of the apparatus, the width of an exit guide channel for the severed thin boards can also be simultaneously set to the desired board thickness.

Abstract: A woodwork slicer apparatus is disclosed for slicing a thick veneer, which is pressed and advanced by a material feeding belt to a table surface. The material feeding belt, driven by power, is arranged so as to oppose a table, which includes a knife. The relief face of the knife is disposed so as to oppose a rand. There is a space between the relief face and the rand that is substantially the same as the thickness of the veneer to be sliced. Further, a guide, which is fixed by a fixing means so as to be in contact with the rand, is provided. For the above reasons, the veneer to be sliced is prevented from being cracked and is guided into a feeding direction along with the guide.

Abstract: The invention provides a longitudinal wood peeling machine and a wood peeling installation comprising at least one such machine. In this wood peeling machine of the type comprising an inlet table and an outlet table with a knife forming an angle of about 10.degree. with the advancing direction of the green balk to be peeled, said tables are thin, have the same thickness and advantageously an upper suction surface and are heated, a plate adjustable in height and disposed below the tables for receiving the cut veneers and being preferably driven in synchronism with the balk.

Abstract: A method of slicing wood by moving a wooden workpiece on a linear path, and forcing one end against a blade directed longitudinally along the grain, applying pressure on both sides of the workpiece, on opposite sides of the blade by means of pressure pads, and, allowing the pressure pads to move relative to the blade, while maintaining equal spacing between themselves, so as to equalize the compressive force on both sides of the workpiece in the region of the blade, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.Also disclosed is a wood slicing blade with angled cutting edges, which is short and stiff, and a blade holder assembly arranged to tension the blade laterally.

Abstract: A domestic ice shaver comprises a box-like base frame unit having a top surface beyond which a drive shaft rotated by a built-in motor protrudes, a shaver case unit mounted on the base frame unit and having a shaved ice piece discharge port to which a shaving blade faces, a rotary blade unit fixed to the upper end of the drive shaft within the shaver case unit and having, on its top, a cylindrical hopper, and a cover unit mounted to the shaver case unit to cover an upper portion thereof and having a central openable lid. There is provided on the outer surface of the shaver case unit a shaving blade block detachably disposed rearwardly of the shaved ice piece discharged port. The shaving blade block has a front edge portion mounted with the shaving blade confronting the shaved ice piece discharge port.

Abstract: A hand operated balsa wood stripper for cutting sheet balsa wood into strips suitable for constructing wooden models, the balsa wood stripper including a base, a blade for cutting the balsa wood, top and bottom members mounted on the side of the base, said members being slidably adjustable with respect to one another to form a variable depth, U-shaped channel to vary the size of the strips to be cut from the balsa wood. A guiding means is included on the top of the base for guiding the balsa wood into position while the cutting operation is performed.

Abstract: An improved cutter knife for wood chip and flake producing apparatus includes shallow grooves in either the heel face or the gullet face of the knife intersecting the cutting edge and extending away from the cutting edge. The depth of the grooves is less than the depth of cut of the knife, and the grooves and corners formed by the grooves with the cutting edge provide an aggressive serrated cutting edge which penetrates into the wood and remains sharp longer than conventional cutting edges. Also disclosed is a novel wood flake material in which flake members have a larger area of exposured grain than of exposed side grain, thereby providing a short fiber length flake which can absorb moisture quickly by means of the exposed end grains, and can also dry quickly. The flake material is particularly useful as a bedding material for animals.

Abstract: A knife holder having two cylinders journaled for axial and rotatable movement are supported by two spaced-apart clamp blocks. The cylinders are axially and rotatably movable in the clamp blocks. Each cylinder has a continuous longitudinal slot of a cross-sectional shape generally complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the knife clamped therein. The axial movement of one cylinder relative to the other cylinder enables the length of knife edge that is exposed to be varied.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for splitting substantially straight grained lignocellulosic material substantially along grain lines into slabs are provided. The apparatus may comprise: means for advancing material along a direction of travel, a plurality of splitter blades, said blades being spaced along the direction of travel, and being laterally spaced apart in a stepped row from a first splitter blade located to commence splitting at one side of the material, to a last splitter blade located to finalize splitting at the opposite side of the material, and support means to support the material when advancing the material in the direction of travel and past said splitter blades, said apparatus permitting the split slabs to separate away from the remainder of said material.

Abstract: A strip cutting device for wood or the like having a plurality of parallel slots of different depths with a cutter disposed above the slots and means for holding the cutter across a plurality of the slots and at an angle to said slots and intermediate the ends of the slots so that work slid along a selected slot will be severed by the cutter and the work will be guided both in its approach to the cutter and after it has passed the cutter for discharge. There will be holding means for the cutter on either side of each of the slots and also on either side of the cutter to maintain the cutter fixedly in place.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for cutting various materials and more specifically pieces of wood.The apparatus according to the invention, comprises a table and a pressure plate between which is held a piece of wood to be cut. The said table and the said plate are supported by a drum connected to a rotary driving device, equipped with radial forward movement devices. The cutting device also comprises a cutting tool installed in such a way that its knife acts on the piece of wood in accordance with a constant cutting radius.The process and apparatus of the invention are applicable to the cutting of various materials and more particularly pieces of wood, with a view to obtaining thin planar products, calibrated in thickness, of excellent quality and of perfect appearance.

Abstract: A machine is described for shearing a block of wood into a plurality of individual sheets in a single pass through a plurality of vertically and horizontally spaced, stationary shearing knives. The knives are rigidly supported, one after the other, in vertically spaced relationship. Means are provided to force the wood block past the knives. A pressure applicator is provided for positively holding the wood block down against a horizontal supporting surface as it passes through the shearing knives. The wood block contacting surface of the pressure applicator is made up of a plurality of small diameter rod-like roller elements, each supported so that it can individually rotate with respect to adjacent roller elements. The roller elements contact each other and each is individually pressed against the wood block by a block-like mass of polyurethane elastomer of a durometer such that high unit pressure is maintained between each of the roller elements and the wood block.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for cutting various materials and more specifically pieces of wood.The apparatus according to the invention, comprises a table and a pressure plate between which is held a piece of wood to be cut. The said table and the said plate are supported by a drum connected to a rotary driving device, equipped with radial forward movement devices. The cutting device also comprises a cutting tool installed in such a way that its knife acts on the piece of wood in accordance with a constant cutting radius.The process and apparatus of the invention are applicable to the cutting of various materials and more particularly pieces of wood, with a view to obtaining thin planar products, calibrated in thickness, of excellent quality and of perfect appearance.

Abstract: A wood slicing apparatus for slicing of slats, strips or similar elements from board-shaped base material, with minimum wastage and noise, and maintenance of plane cut surfaces. Boards are initially placed in a loading station from which the topmost board is automatically transferred to a cutting station whereat slats are cut from the board by a cutting unit carrying rigidly held thin cutting blades. The slats are subsequently transferred through smoothing and squaring-off means which apply pressure to smooth both pairs of opposite sides of each slat, during which time the cutting unit is returned to its initial position and the board is advanced to permit severing of further slats therefrom, this action being repeated until there is insufficient board material for removal of further slats, whereupon the apparatus is automatically stopped.