Patents by Inventor Fred Maier

Fred Maier 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).

  • Apparatus for processing workpieces in the form of short-length elongate timber waste into usable timber
    Patent number: 4128119
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing short lengthed, elongate waste timber workpieces to usable timber beams of relatively long length includes a cutter device for cutting wedge-shaped tenons into the ends of the elongate workpieces, a gluing device for applying a thin coating of glue to the cut tenons on each end of each workpiece, and a press device for pressing the workpieces together such that the cut tenon ends of each workpiece is glued to the cut tenon ends of another workpiece to form a timber beam. A length-cutting device can be used to cut the timber beam into the appropriate lengths as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1978
    Assignee: Festo-Maschinenfabrik Gottlieb Stoll
    Inventor: Fred Maier