Patents by Inventor Klaus Palm

Klaus Palm 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).

  • Process and apparatus for the machine sorting of sawn timber according to strength
    Patent number: 5564573
    Abstract: The timber (2) passes in a direction of movement (3) between successive clamping roller pairs (27, 26), between which a test roller (48) imposes a flexible bending f.sub.D on the timber (2). The imposed flexible bending f.sub.D is maintained at least approximately constant by controlling a setting drive (70) by means of a computer (83). Any possible natural curvature of the timber (2) is measured by measuring elements (80, 81) and is taken into account. The thickness (d) of the timber is also measured without contact by measuring elements (81, 82). The restoring force is measured by a force measuring device (68) and the position of the test roller (48) transversely to the direction of movement (3) is measured by a distance transducer (77).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Palm, Detlev Wienckowski, Martin Steinbach