US Patent Issued to CURT G. JOA on Nov. 11 for "Method and apparatus for automated gap control of a scarfing roll" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,177, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CURT G. JOA INC. (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.).

"Method and apparatus for automated gap control of a scarfing roll" was invented by Megan A. Rammer (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.), Sean P. Follen (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.) and Randy J. Teresinski Jr. (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly and method is provided for scarfing a fibrous material with an assembly that provides automated control of a scarf gap. The assembly includes a moveable mount, a driven scarfing roll coupled to the moveable mount, and a scarfing roll lifting assembly coupled to the moveable mount. A first sensor sens...