Patents by Inventor Vincent M. Howard

Vincent M. Howard 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).

  • 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
  • Automatic sawmill method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4281696
    Abstract: A cant or plank is moved forwardly on a conveyor system, where its irregular leading lateral edge is measured by a plurality of fixed scanners. In response to measurement of the cant, conveyor movement is altered for orienting the cant relative to a predetermined saw line to be executed by a movable saw whereby the wane will be removed tangentially thereof. The cant is held or clamped in stationary position while the saw is moved on a carriage relative thereto, resulting in severing of the undesired irregular forward edge. The sawn edge is employed as a reference as the cant is then moved forwardly on a conveyor system, where the measurements obtained from the scanners may be further utilized in cutting the cant into desired widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Aaron U. Jones
    Inventors: Vincent M. Howard, Carl W. Maxey, John P. Dellett