Finger joint architecture for wood products, and method and apparatus for formation thereof
AssigneeReConnX, Inc.
InventorJon X. Giltner
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Abstract
A finger joint architecture, method and formation apparatus are disclosed, the finger joint architecture characterized by an array of interspersed projections and cavities formed at an end face of a first wood product. The projections are spaced from one another in both first and second dimensions defining the end face and are formed by the cavities which are bored through the end face. A mating array of projections and cavities is formed at an end of another wood product to be secured to the first wood product. The projections and cavities thus formed are preferably tapered.
Claims18
A finger joint architecture formed at a surface area of a first wood product and adapted for securement at a selectively configured formation in a second wood product, said finger joint architecture characterized by plural series of projecting members wherein said projecting members in any one series are spaced from one another and from said projecting members in any adjacent series, said projecting members defined by a plurality of longitudinal cavities through the surface area into the first wood product, each of said cavities intersecting a part of another of said cavities at and a selected distance below the surface area.
A finger joint architecture formed at an uninterrupted surface area of an end of a first wood product and adapted for securement at a selectively configured formation in a second wood product, said finger joint architecture characterized by plural rows of projecting members formed at the uninterrupted surface area of the end of the first wood product, each one of said rows having a plurality of said projecting members, said projecting members in any one row formed at the uninterrupted surface area being spaced from one another and from said projecting members in an adjacent row formed at the uninterrupted surface area.
A finger joint architecture formed at an uninterrupted end face of a first dimensional lumber section and adapted for securement at a selectively configured formation in a second dimensional lumber section end face, said finger joint architecture characterized by an array of interrelated tenons and bores each interspersed in both first and second dimensions relative to the uninterrupted end face of the first dimensional lumber section, many of said tenons formed entirely interior the uninterrupted end face of the first dimensional lumber section, said bores defining said interiorly formed tenons.
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