Patents by Inventor Darwin R. Bassett

Darwin R. Bassett 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).

  • Patent number: 6595252
    Abstract: A method of producing the floor-bridging units, which increases production rate of the floor-bridging units. First rough lumber beams are fed through a planer, which planes the lumber to the required consistent size tolerance. The planed lumber is transferred to a cut-off saw to cut the legs. The legs are transferred to a dado machine and a dado slot is cut into the lumber. The legs are transferred to a joining station to form the X member, where the dado slots are joined into a dado joint by gluing and stapling the joint. The X member is transferred to a trimming station to be trimmed. At the same time flanges are being made by cutting sheet lumber in strips and then into rectangles to form the flanges. The flanges are transferred to a nailing jig, while glue is applied to the trimmed ends of the legs of the X members. The X members with the applied glue are transferred to the nailing jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventors: Wayne L. Bassett, Darwin R. Bassett