To Control Operation Of Interlock Patents (Class 144/426)
  • Power equipment with detection and reaction systems
    Publication number: 20100236663
    Abstract: Woodworking machines and safety methods for use with those machines are disclosed. The machines include a detection system adapted to detect one or more dangerous conditions and a reaction system associated with the detection system. The reaction system can include an explosive to trigger the system, and also can be configured to retract a cutting tool at least partially away from a cutting region upon detection of a dangerous condition by the detection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen F. Gass
  • Apparatus and methods for double ended processing
    Patent number: 7080431
    Abstract: System, including apparatus and method, involves processing materials in opposite directions between two machines along a processing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Precision Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip P. Sawyer, David A. Morgan, David Lee