Patents Assigned to Timber Automation, LLC
  • Patent number: 12240140
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Timber Automation, LLC
    Inventors: James L. Anderson, Russell R. Kennedy, Douglas Monroe Tinsley, Thomas Wayne Green