B27F DOVETAILED WORK; TENONS; SLOTTING MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES (hand-held nailing or stapling tools B25C; manufacture of cases, trunks or boxes from wood B27M3/34; connections for building structures in general, e.g. dowels for use in building constructions E04B1/38; jointing elements in general, e.g. dowels in general, F16B )
Description
B27F covers specialized woodworking machinery and techniques for creating and assembling wooden joints, particularly dovetailed joints and mortise-and-tenon connections used in furniture and construction. It includes slotting machines designed to cut grooves, slots, and mortises in wood or similar materials, as well as the general category of nailing and stapling machines for fastening wood components. This classification encompasses both the mechanical equipment used to produce these joints and the processes involved in their manufacture, distinct from more basic wood machining operations covered elsewhere in B27.
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Child Classifications
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- B27F 1/00 Dovetailed work; Tenons; Making tongues or grooves (slotting B27F5/00); Groove- and- tongue jointed work; Finger- joints (machines or devices for working mitred joints B27G5/00; cutting tools for cutting grooves or tenons B27G13/14)
- B27F 4/00 Machines for inserting dowels, with or without drilling equipment (manufacture of wooden dowels B27M3/28 )
- B27F 5/00 Slotted or mortised work (hand mortising chisels B25D3/00)
- B27F 7/00 Nailing or stapling; Nailed or stapled work
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B27, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 868
- NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY 463
- HOMAG DE 437
- HUSQVARNA SE 360
- SWISS KRONO TEC CH 350
- MAKITA CORPORATION JP 319
- DIEFFENBACHERMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU DE 312
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 306
- ANDREAS STIHL & COMPANY DE 275
- FESTOOL DE 260