Woodworking – Process – Mechanical cutting or shaping
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-18
2011-01-18
Self, Shelley (Department: 3725)
Woodworking
Process
Mechanical cutting or shaping
C144S376000, C144S379000, C144S394000, C144S404000, C144S003100, C083S075500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07870879
ABSTRACT:
An automated saw system for cutting a crooked piece of lumber with a mitered end and a length. The saw system includes a saw for cutting the piece of lumber, a lumber feed conveyor for feeding the piece of lumber to the saw, and a sensor that measures a deviation amount by which the piece of lumber deviates from an idealized straight piece of lumber. A controller communicates with the sensor to adjust either the saw or the conveyor in response to the detected deviation amount so that the piece of lumber is cut to correspond to a cut of the idealized straight piece of lumber.
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MiTek Holdings, Inc.
Self Shelley
Senniger Powers LLP
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