Patents by Inventor Edward Komori

Edward Komori 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).

  • Board fencing system
    Publication number: 20060000521
    Abstract: A fence system and method employs a conveyor to convey boards in a travel direction towards trim saws. A board engaging foot member presses against a face of the board as the board moves through an area, and the foot member is translated at an angle relative to the travel direction so that the board can be accurately positioned laterally to a desired position while the board continues to move through the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Edward Komori, Mark Carter, Keith McDougal
  • Sawing apparatus
    Patent number: 6128989
    Abstract: A sawing apparatus comprises a base structure including bed rolls defining a horizontal bed plane for supporting a workpiece, a saw arbor carrying at least one saw for rotation about the central axis of the saw arbor, and a carriage supporting the saw arbor so that its central axis extends horizontally above the bed plane. A drive mechanism selectively raises and lowers the carriage relative to the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Aaron U. Jones
    Inventors: Aaron U. Jones, Edward Komori
  • Bandmill with automatic track and strain control system
    Patent number: 5176055
    Abstract: A bandmill has first and second wheels and an endless saw blade trained about the wheels. The wheels are mounted to rotate about respective axes which lie in a common plane, but the first wheel is adjustable in position relative to the second wheel with respect to both its distance from the second wheel and its orientation relative to the second wheel. A tensioning mechanism is effective to force the first wheel away from the second wheel, while maintaining the axes of rotation of the two wheels substantially parallel, in response to a signal which is provided by a load cell and represents the tension in the saw blade. A wheel tilt mechanism is effective to adjust the angular position of the first wheel relative to the second wheel in response to a signal indicating the path followed by the saw blade, for maintaining the blade on a proper path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Seneca Sawmill Company
    Inventors: Ralph Wijesinghe, Edward Komori, Joseph LaChapelle, Mark L. Carter
  • Method and apparatus for an automatic sawmill
    Patent number: 5088363
    Abstract: In an automatic sawmill, logs are first sawn horizontally into pieces that are respectively deposited flat side down on a bed plate and conveyed through multiple, close spaced horizontal bandsaws located above the bed plate. Sawn cants are positioned by clamps to have their waney edges removed by a flying saw after clamp retraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Aaron U. Jones
    Inventors: Aaron U. Jones, Vincent M. Howard, Edward A. Kohler, Mark L. Carter, Edward A. Komori, Ralph Wijesinghe, Ronald W. McGeehee