Patents Examined by Matthew Katcoff
  • Pressure pin of a press and press having pressure pin
    Patent number: 11479005
    Abstract: A pressure pin of a press, in particular a forming press, for transferring a force to a tool component of the press includes a pin body, a sensor element arranged in the pin body for measuring a force which can be transferred via the pressure pin, and an actuator unit arranged in the pin body which has a functional body made of an adaptive material. The adaptive material is designed such that the rheological properties thereof and/or the length thereof and/or the volume thereof can be selectively modified as a function of an electrical and/or magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Boris Bevc, Philipp Craighero
  • Log cutter
    Patent number: 11478952
    Abstract: A sawmill and method for sawing a log. The sawmill includes a transfer conveyor to convey a log quarter wedge segment to a log transport rig configured to orient the log quarter wedge segment so that an apex of the log quarter wedge segment is oriented in a downward direction. The log transport rig moves the log quarter wedge segment through a band saw configured to saw the log quarter wedge segment into two log eighth wedge segments. A transfer conveyor is provided to gather the two log eighth wedge segments from the log transport rig and feed the two log eighth wedge segments sequentially to a resawing rig comprising a conveying device and from two to six band saws configured to saw boards from the each of two log eighth wedge segments in succession as each of the two log eighth wedge segments are transported through the resawing rig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Charles R. Collier
  • Mechanical binding log splitter blades
    Patent number: 11472060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanized log splitter (or other powered ram application) and removable blade assembly The difference between this Mechanical Binding Log Splitter Blade assembly and traditional blade(s) is that the blade assemblies according to the invention are interchangeable without the time consuming use of mechanical fasteners or permanent adhesion of a welding process. On most log splitters the blades are either welded or bolted onto the splitter. With a Mechanical Binding Log Splitter Blade according to my invention, this is not necessary. Traditionally the blades were only changed or removed when and if they got damaged. By eliminating fasteners and welding it allows the operator a quick way to install the optimal bade for his operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Joshua Essary
  • Knife set-up gauge for cutter head of a wood shaper
    Patent number: 11465313
    Abstract: A set-up gauge for precision alignment of the cutting knives in a cutter head. The set-up gauge utilizes a support bar extending laterally across the wood shaper. Also included is a bracket slidably secured to the support bar and a rod extending outwardly from the bracket, the rod further comprising first end and second ends. Further included is a magnetic disc secured to the second end of the rod, the magnetic disc for contact with a surface of the cutting knives to identify a common inset distance for each of the cutting knives relative to the guide fence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: WOODMASTER TOOLS, INC.
    Inventor: Barry G. Bland
  • Tree harvesting machine, a tree harvesting monitoring system, a tree harvesting head, a method for controlling operation of a tree harvesting head and a method for monitoring operation of a tree harvesting machine
    Patent number: 11457573
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tree harvesting machine (120) having a crane arm (118), wherein the crane arm (118) comprises a tree harvesting head (100; 200) arranged at a free end of the crane arm (118). The tree harvesting head (100) comprises a saw (104) and at least two feed wheels (102). The tree harvesting head (100) further comprises an electric motor (106a) arranged to drive the saw (104), and at least one electric motor (106b) arranged to drive the feed wheels (102). The present disclosure also relates to associated tree harvesting monitoring systems, tree harvesting heads, methods and computer programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LOG MAX AB
    Inventor: Mikael Eliasson
  • Portable dowel making tool
    Patent number: 11453144
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable dowel making tool. The tool includes a base, a dowel positioning portion is arranged on the base, the dowel positioning portion is provided with a dowel passing hole for a dowel to pass through, and the base or/and the dowel positioning portion is/are provided with a cutting mechanism which matches the dowel passing hole so as to cut, when a material rotates, the material into a cylinder capable of passing through the dowel passing hole. According to the present disclosure, by arranging the dowel positioning portion on the base and by arranging the cutting mechanism at the dowel positioning portion, a log can be conveniently cut to obtain the regular dowel without tools such as a lathe such that the dowel can be machined more conveniently. The tool can match various rotatable components to machine the dowel, such that machining is more convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Jinhua Wanfeng Tools Factory
    Inventor: Hui Zhan
  • Stump cutter
    Patent number: 11445670
    Abstract: A material reduction machine includes a frame, an arm assembly coupled to the frame, and a bearing assembly coupled to the arm assembly adjacent a distal end. A shaft is rotatably coupled to the bearing assembly and has an axis. A comminution wheel is coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith. The comminution wheel is configured to be driven by a drive system and extends outward from the shaft in a radial direction that is perpendicular to the axis. A gap is defined between a portion of the shaft, the bearing assembly, and the comminution wheel, and a guard plate is attached to the bearing assembly or the arm assembly. The guard plate has an axial extent extending along the axis and a radial extent extending radially relative to the axis to at least partially fill the gap. The axial extent and the radial extent lie in a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Fecon, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Daining, Matthew David Greenawalt, George Danny Toubekis
  • Portable frozen confection machine
    Patent number: 11441832
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Snowie LLC
    Inventor: Carl A. Rupp
  • Power tool having at least one motor axis and one output axis
    Patent number: 11440213
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a router, includes a motor shaft, at least one output shaft defining an output axis that is coaxial with the output shaft, and at least one electromotive drive acting on the motor shaft. The motor shaft defines a motor axis with the electromotive drive which is coaxial with the motor shaft. The motor axis and the output axis are arranged substantially parallel to and at a distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Kuehn, Florian Esenwein
  • Obtaining cullet from thin film solar modules
    Patent number: 11440056
    Abstract: A method of obtaining cullet from a solar module unit is disclosed. The method involves providing a solar module unit in which a detectable tagging material has been applied onto an exposed outer surface of a glass substrate of the solar module unit over one or more electrically conductive contact strips located beneath and visible through the glass substrate. Thereafter, the solar module unit is crushed into assorted module pieces. The assorted module pieces are then sorted by detecting module pieces that include the detectable tagging material and separating the assorted module pieces into a collection of accepted module pieces and a collection of rejected module pieces. The collection of accepted module pieces has module pieces determined not to include the detectable tagging material. Recycled glass is then obtained from the collection of accepted module pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Chandrashekhar S. Khadilkar
  • Method for preparing hydrophilic writing sliced bamboo veneer
    Patent number: 11433565
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a hydrophilic writing sliced bamboo veneer, including, in sequence, the following steps: (1) processing a sliced bamboo veneer into thin bamboo sheets with a thickness of 0.2-0.6 mm; (2) selecting the thin bamboo sheets with less color difference and fewer processing defects, and rolling the selected thin bamboo sheets on a plane; (3) performing deburring, sanding, and surface polishing on the rolled thin bamboo sheets; (4) performing mildewproofing and mothproofing treatment on the thin bamboo sheets; (5) performing surface coating treatment on the thin bamboo sheets using a coating material; (6) drying the coated thin bamboo sheets at low temperature; (7) fine-polishing the dried thin bamboo sheets; (8) cutting the thin bamboo sheets; and (9) flattening, compacting, and piling the cut thin bamboo sheets for future use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: Xinyan Lin
  • Tree processing systems
    Patent number: 11425869
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an improved tree processing system enabling efficient, reliable and accurate processing of harvested trees. The system includes a grabbing head having first grabbing arms and a delimbing head having second grabbing arms. The first and second grabbing arms are mounted on a boom system and can be activated to grab the tree stem of a harvested tree. When grabbed, the boom system can be selectively extended or retracted to effect delimbining of a felled tree. Each of the delimbing head and grabbing head includes saws allowing an operator to selectively activate one or both saws to cut a length of timber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Les Alfred Kerik, Robert Stegmeier
  • Splitter profiler
    Patent number: 11420356
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a splitter profiler apparatus may include at least one profiler head and at least one circular saw mounted to a common arbor. The circular saw may be mounted to a saw arm, and the saw arm may be coupled with an actuator that is selectively operable to move the circular saw along the arbor. The circular saw may be used in a profiling position, in which the circular saw and profiler head are in close proximity, such that the profiler head and circular saw function collectively to form a sideboard edge with a sawn finish. The circular saw may also be used in a splitting position, in which the circular saw is at a distance from the profiler, to divide the sideboard into narrower sideboards before the sideboards are sawn from the primary workpiece. Corresponding methods and systems are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: USNR, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher W. Blomquist, Benjamin Owen Whitaker
  • Clamping tool for a jaw crusher
    Patent number: 11406985
    Abstract: A jaw crusher assembly comprises a jaw crusher a jaw liner clamping tool for clamping a jaw liner to a jaw of the jaw crusher. The clamping tool comprises a clamping head pivotably coupled to a shaft, and a releasable fastening mechanism. The shaft passes through the jaw and its free end is fastened to the jaw by the fastening mechanism, which is tightened to cause the clamping head to exert a clamping force to hold the jaw liner in place. The clamping tool facilitates safe installation of the jaw liners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Phillip Sproule
  • Single end tenoner (SET) with automatic squaring and sizing
    Patent number: 11407141
    Abstract: A single end tenoner (SET) system and method that automatically sizes a workpiece (e.g. door or like panel) to a specified dimension, and automatically squares the edges of the workpiece, both while processing all four edges to the desires SET profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: VOORWOOD COMPANY
    Inventor: Adam Britton
  • Wood material panel pressing device and method for monitoring a wood material panel pressing device
    Patent number: 11400676
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wood material panel pressing device for pressing a fibrous press cake in order to produce a wood material panel including an inspection device that is designed to emit a signal in the event of a disruption. According to the disclosure, the wood material panel pressing device for pressing a fibrous press cake for producing an HDF panel or an MDF panel includes: an inspection device, which is designed to emit a signal in an event of a disruption, wherein: the inspection device has a camera and an evaluation unit, the camera is arranged in an intake region of the wood material panel pressing device; and the evaluation unit automatically emits a signal in an event of a blow-out of press cake particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventor: Daniel Sperlich
  • Thickness planer
    Patent number: 11396111
    Abstract: A thickness planer includes a motor, a planing part, a placing part, a feeding part, and a battery pack mounting unit. The planing part is configured to be driven by the motor and plane a workpiece. A workpiece is placeable on the placing part. The feeding part is configured to feed the workpiece placed on the placing part to the planing part. A battery pack for supplying power to the motor is attachable to the battery pack mounting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zuoxiu Zhao, Shixuan Peng, Pengsheng Wang, Xiongfei Wen
  • Method and apparatus for cutting dadoes
    Patent number: 11389988
    Abstract: A dado jig that may be adapted for use with any thickness of wood stock to allow quick and accurate cutting of dadoes to fit the thickness of the stock piece exactly is provided. The present disclosure further provides a method of use for a dado jig to cut both open and blind dadoes with stock of varying thicknesses without the need to measure that thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Woodpeckers, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. Skillicorn, Richard M. Hummel
  • Expanding tool and method
    Patent number: 11389856
    Abstract: A tool including a front housing and an expander head ring that is readily attachable and detachable from the front housing. The front housing may be coupled to the tool body, or can be integral with the tool body. The front housing may have a mating end that has one or more locking tabs that are configured to be engaged by the expander head ring. The expander head ring may carry one or more functional elements such as a die set that may be expanded by insertion of an expander extending from the tool such as by manual actuation of the tool. A plurality of expander head rings, each with a different size die set, can be alternatively attached to the front housing, depending on the desired extent of expanding of the pipe or the like with the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Uniweld Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Pearl, II, Douglas B. Pearl, Dragan Bukur, David Foster
  • Hinge mortising tool
    Patent number: 11383367
    Abstract: A mortising kit for hinges, locks, strike plates, and the like can include a guide attachable to a subject to be mortised (e.g., door or door jamb). The kit can include a chisel that interacts with locating features of the guide to ensure proper placement of the chisel. Force applied to the chisel can score or otherwise cut the subject to a desired depth, at which point stops or other features of the guide can limit the chisel from scoring or cutting deeper. Placement of the chisel at opposite ends of the guide allow the full mortise perimeter to be scored or cut. Excess waste material can be removed from between the mortise perimeter, such as through use of the block plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Mace Lombardo