Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Thuemler

Nicholas J. Thuemler 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).

  • Workpiece cutting equipment hanging over the top of workpieces
    Publication number: 20210187779
    Abstract: Wood cutting and chipping equipment having saws and chippers mounted to an overhead support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn J. Guibergia, Nicholas J. Thuemler
  • Stick placer assembly
    Patent number: 10308447
    Abstract: A separator placer assembly is used with a lumber stacker, which creates a stack of lumber, includes a frame, a separator transfer assembly, and a plurality of transfer arm assemblies. The separator transfer assembly includes a continuous loop chain, preferably a plurality of continuous loop chains, with upper and lower reaches mounted to the frame. Separators are transferred to lugs on the chain at a first position along the lower reach. The plurality of transfer arm assemblies, each with first and second arms, is mounted to the frame beneath the lower reach at a transfer position downstream of the first position. A separator supported by the lugs is removed from the lugs by the arms and released onto the stack of lumber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Sierra Pacific Industries
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Thuemler
  • STICK PLACER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180044122
    Abstract: A separator placer assembly is used with a lumber stacker, which creates a stack of lumber, includes a frame, a separator transfer assembly, and a plurality of transfer arm assemblies. The separator transfer assembly includes a continuous loop chain, preferably a plurality of continuous loop chains, with upper and lower reaches mounted to the frame. Separators are transferred to lugs on the chain at a first position along the lower reach. The plurality of transfer arm assemblies, each with first and second arms, is mounted to the frame beneath the lower reach at a transfer position downstream of the first position. A separator supported by the lugs is removed from the lugs by the arms and released onto the stack of lumber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Sierra Pacific Industries
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Thuemler