Wood joining biscuits with centering feature
AssigneeRyobi North America, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey M. Dils, Jeanne A. White
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Abstract
A carpentry biscuit is provided having an elongated planar body formed of wood having opposed faces spaced apart and thickness T. One of the opposed faces is provided with a longitudinal alignment mark oriented along a longitudinal axis and a transverse alignment mark aligned perpendicular to the transverse axis to aid the user in positioning the biscuit in a slot formed in a pair of boards to be joined together.
Claims6
A carpentry biscuit for use in forming a joint between mating surfaces of adjacent wooden boards each having an aligned semi-circular slot formed therein by a rotating cutter blade, the carpentry biscuit comprising:
- an elongated planar body formed of wood having opposed faces spaced apart a thickness T;
- a longitudinal axis and a relatively smaller transverse axis;
- a longitudinal alignment mark aligned with the longitudinal axis which is formed into each of the opposed faces of the biscuit;
- a transverse alignment mark aligned with the transverse axis which is formed into each of the opposed faces of the biscuit;
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- a plurality of notches formed along the outer periphery of the biscuit corresponding to the longitudinal and transverse axes to aid a user in positioning the biscuit in the slot formed in at least one of a pair of boards to be joined together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.