B27F 1/16
Making finger joints, i.e. joints having tapers in the opposite direction to
Official title: Making finger joints, i.e. joints having tapers in the opposite direction to those of dovetail joints (B27F1/08 takes precedence)
B27F1/16 (Making finger joints, i.e. joints having tapers in the opposite direction to) appears on 46 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B27F- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 70
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Production process for manufacture of a laminate10 Feb 2026US 12,544,949 B2Wood Engineering Technology Limited
- Finger joint cutterhead with adjustable insert knives positioning system25 Apr 2023US 11,633,873 B2Gestion D'Actifs Gladu Inc.
- Finger joint router jig4 Feb 2020US 10,549,450 B2Saylor Solutions LLC
- Structural butt finger joint for flat boards28 Jan 2020US 10,543,614 B2
- Systems, methods and apparatus for the production of finger jointed dimensioned lumber, poles, beams and molding stock from green rough trim blocks10 Oct 2017US 9,782,911 B1Gtk, LLC
- Production process for manufacture of a laminate19 Dec 2024US 2024/0416549 A1Wood Engineering Technology Limited
- Method and apparatus for using a portable joiner17 Aug 2023US 2023/0256528 A1Woodpeckers, LLC
- A production process for manufacture of a laminate13 Oct 2022US 2022/0324134 A1Wood Engineering Technology Limited
- Finger joint cutterhead with adjustable insert knives positioning system16 Dec 2021US 2021/0387372 A1Gestion D'Actifs Gladu Inc.
- Compound Lumber Product20 Dec 2018US 2018/0361615 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solid wood paneling system205US 5,113,632 AWoodline Manufacturing, Inc. · 1992
- System and process for material management39US 5,934,347 A1999
- Method of manufacturing a finger-jointed wood panel23US 4,624,295 AThe Nicolai Company · 1986
- Stacked disc finger joint cutter assembly22US 4,068,688 AIndustrial Carbide Tooling Incorporated · 1978
- Finger joint architecture for wood products, and method and apparatus for formation thereof22US 5,985,415 AReConnX, Inc. · 1999