Patents Assigned to Hinchcliff Lumber Company
  • Apparatus and process for boring and bolting pallets
    Patent number: 6523243
    Abstract: The method for boring and bolting pallets comprises filling an assembly jig located at a pre-boring station with the components to form an incomplete pallet; simultaneously boring the intersections of the incomplete pallet by raising a plurality of drills to the incomplete pallet, thereby creating a bored pallet; delivering the assembly jig containing the bored pallet form to a bolting table; and bolting together the components of the bored pallet form into a pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Hinchcliff Lumber Company
    Inventors: Ned H. Phillips, Michael L. Helmick