Patent ID: 7640854

Claim:
A timing assembly for a manufactured wood products press having a first drive shaft coupled to a first platen and second drive shaft coupled to a second platen, the first and second platens disposed within the manufactured wood products press in an vertically opposed manner, the timing assembly comprising: (a) a housing having four corners and a center; and (b) a plurality of timing gears disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the first and second drive shafts, the plurality of timing gears comprising: a first carrier gear positioned near a first corner of the housing; a second carrier gear positioned near a second corner of the housing; a first drive gear positioned near the center of the housing; and a second drive gear positioned near the center of the housing, the first and second drive gears being disposed between the first and second carrier gears to transmit motion between the first and second carrier gears, thereby simultaneously driving the first platen and second platen in a substantially non-linear path.