Patent ID: 8960244
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B27B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A lumber handling method comprising: placing a board on a lumber support; driving a piercing tool downward through an upward facing surface of the board such that the piercing tool penetrates the board to become fastened thereto; raising the piercing tool with the board fastened thereto, thereby lifting the board from the lumber support while the board hangs suspended from the piercing tool; while the board hangs from the piercing tool, moving the piercing tool and the board in translation from above the lumber support to a delivery position; extracting the piercing tool from the board, thereby releasing the board at the delivery position; and upon extracting the piercing tool from the board, leaving a pierced hole in the board, the pierced hole having an average width at the upward facing surface and a pierced depth, the pierced depth being at least three times greater than the average width.