ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,656, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Lumber handling and cutting apparatus" was invented by Ronald E. Findley (Arlington, Texas) and Mark K. Gipson (Justin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lumber handling and cutting apparatus, including an incoming material conveyor assembly, a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, a material outfeed assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, an outgoing material conveyor assembly adjacent to the...