Hardwood texturing apparatus and methods for using same
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorKris Edward Hahn
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Abstract
Texturing apparatuses and methods are provided for forming a textured surface on a panel. An exemplary texturing apparatus has a bed and a mount having at least one cutting blade that can be configured to impart a cut to a top structural surface of the panel as the panel is moved along the bed. The bed is configured to receive the panel and can define one or more openings. The mount is operably positioned in the opening and can be articulated in one or more directions with respect to the plane of the bed.
Claims50
A texturing apparatus for forming a textured surface on a panel, comprising:
- a planar bed configured to receive the panel and configured to allow movement of the panel in a machine direction, the bed defining a plurality of openings arranged in an array;
- a plurality of mounts each having a respective top surface, wherein at least one of the plurality of mounts is positioned therein each of the plurality of openings;
- a plurality of cutting blades, wherein one cutting blade of the plurality of cutting blades is fixedly mounted to each of the plurality of mounts, wherein at least a portion of each of the plurality of cutting blades extends outwardly from the top surface of the respective mount, wherein the at least one cutting blade has a distal end and a proximal end, and wherein at least a portion of the distal end of the at least one cutting blade comprises a cutting edge facing only the machine direction;
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- means for individually moving each of the plurality of mounts within each of the respective openings relative to the other mounts of the plurality of mounts.
A texturing apparatus for forming a textured surface on a panel, comprising:
- a planar bed configured to receive the panel and configured to allow movement of the panel in a machine direction, the bed defining a plurality of openings arranged in an array;
- a plurality of mounts each having a respective planar top surface, wherein at least one of the plurality of mounts is positioned therein each of the plurality of openings;
- a plurality of cutting blades, wherein at least one of the plurality of cutting blades is fixedly mounted to the respective planar top surface of each of the plurality of mounts and wherein at least a portion of each of the plurality of cutting blades extends outwardly from the top surface of the respective mount;
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- means for individually moving each of the plurality of mounts within each of the respective openings relative to a first axis substantially transverse to the machine direction and substantially transverse to the plane of the bed and relative to a second axis substantially transverse to the machine direction and substantially transverse to the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.