Floor planks production machines and method

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2011-07-05

2011-07-05

Walczak, David J. (Department: 3751)

Woodworking

Process

Including monitoring of operation

C144S375000, C144S117100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07971612

ABSTRACT:
A floor planks production method, for producing wood flooring from raw lumbers, by surfacing top and lower faces of the lumbers to a final thickness of the lumbers; optimizing the lumbers along a length thereof to determine lengths of best faces; and profiling edges of the optimized lumbers. The system comprises a surfacing unit processing both top and lower faces of each lumber to final dimensions; an optimizing unit receiving lumbers from the surfacing unit; and a profiling unit processing edges of each length of best faces positioned by the optimizing unit.

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