B27L 5/02
Cutting strips from a rotating trunk or piece
Official title: Cutting strips from a rotating trunk or piece; Veneer lathes {(B27L5/004 takes precedence)}
B27L5/02 (Cutting strips from a rotating trunk or piece) appears on 178 US grants and 48 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B27L- Granted patents
- 178
- Published applications
- 48
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 182
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Lathe charger control device, lathe charger including the same, and a method for controlling a lathe charger7 Apr 2026US 12,594,687 B2Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.
- Method and device for determining an angular orientation of a log2 Dec 2025US 12,485,571 B2Microtec S.R.L.
- Apparatus for peeling logs1 Apr 2025US 12,263,616 B2Microtec S.R.L.
- Veneer lathe and method of producing veneer17 Dec 2024US 12,168,308 B2Raute Oyj
- Knife carriage, a rotary veneer lathe having the same, and a veneer slicer having the same17 Sep 2024US 12,090,681 B2Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.
- Long Cutting Knife19 Sep 2024US 2024/0308102 A1Kanefusa Kabushiki Kaisha
- Solution for estimating drying shrinkage of veneer28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415370 A1Raute Oyj
- Lathe charger control device, lathe charger including the same, and a method for controlling a lathe charger18 May 2023US 2023/0150167 A1Meinan Machinery Works, Inc.
- Method and device for determining an angular orientation of a log9 Feb 2023US 2023/0040571 A1Microtec S.R.L.
- Apparatus for peeling logs9 Feb 2023US 2023/0041296 A1Microtec S.R.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Log centering apparatus and method using transmitted light and reference edge log scanner38US 4,197,888 AThe Coe Manufacturing Company · 1980
- Substantially uncurved and unwaved plywood produced by using veneers with unstraight fibers and method for producing such a plywood32US 5,255,726 AMeinan Machinery Works, Inc. · 1993
- System for orienting logs for lumber processing30US 4,867,213 AU. S. Natural Resources, Inc. · 1989
- Knife pitch control for veneer lathe24US 4,392,519 ACalvert Manufacturing, Inc. · 1983
- Wood tenderizing apparatus and method21US 4,790,360 AForintek Canada Corp. · 1988