Patents by Inventor Mark dePape

Mark dePape 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).

  • Publication number: 20070266761
    Abstract: This invention consists of a tool and a bending plate that provides a means of straightening woodcutting saw bars otherwise known as saw bars. The saw bars are used in the process of harvesting timber with machinery. The machinery would include Feller Bunchers or any Wood Processing Machine that uses a hydraulic, electric or gas driven wood cutting chain with a steel bar. The Erickson Super Straightener is a tool that consists of 3 main functional parts. There is a rotating head plate with an attached handle and the separate bending plate. In order to use the tool the bending plate must be secured by welding or bolting it to an adequate flat working surface. The best place to secure the bending plate would be on the machine it is intended to be used for. The tool is then used by slipping the ears of the bent saw bar through the stationary bending plate. The bar is then held securely in place by the bending plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Jeff Erickson, Mark dePape