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Apparatus for producing furniture

US4915149A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1988
Grant dateApr 10, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B2200/40
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A new method for the production of furniture is provided comprising the steps of providing tree trunks and branches; debarking, drying and cutting said tree trunks or branches to the desired size; producing tenons and mortises in respective ends of said cut tree trunks or branches, said tenons being sized to cooperatively engage said mortises; and assembling furniture from said cut tree trunks or branches by inserting said tenons into said mortises in order to fix respective tree trunks or branches to one another.

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