B27L REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES (forestry A01G); SPLITTING WOOD; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOOD FIBRES OR WOOD POWDER
Description
B27L encompasses machinery and processes for primary wood preparation and conversion operations, including bark removal, debarking of branch remnants, wood splitting, and the manufacture of wood-derived products such as veneer sheets, wooden dowels or sticks, wood shavings, wood fibres, and wood powder. This classification covers debarking equipment, splitting mechanisms, and processing technologies that transform raw or partially processed wood into intermediate or finished materials for further manufacturing or end use. Applications range from sawmill preparation of logs to production of wood composites, engineered wood products, and cellulose-based materials.
6 direct subcodes
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- B27L 1/00 Debarking or removing vestiges of branches from trees or logs (debarking by chemical treatment B27L3/00 ); Machines therefor
- B27L 11/00 Manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder, or the like (disintegrating in general B02C; edge trimming sawing blades or sawing tools combined with means to disintegrate waste B27B33/20; obtaining fibres for spinning D01B1/00; wet methods D21B1/12); Tools therefor
- B27L 3/00 Debarking by chemical treatment
- B27L 5/00 Manufacture of veneer (working veneer or plywood B27D )
- B27L 7/00 Arrangements for splitting wood
- B27L 9/00 Manufacture of wooden sticks, e.g. toothpicks (of walking sticks, of sticks for umbrellas B27M3/38; combined with other operations in the manufacture of matches C06F)
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