ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,994, issued on July 14, was assigned to 1000110154 ONTARIO INC. (New Lowell, Canada).
"Method of manufacturing nail-laminated timber (NLT) and machine therefor" was invented by Michael Krans (Caledon East, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a nail-laminated timber (NLT) machine. The machine includes a press. The machine includes an infeed via which first and second boards are received in the press. The machine includes a positioning member via which a size of a gap between the first and second boards is programmable, adjustable and/or customizable. Actuation of the press promotes fixing in place of the boards so ...