Apparatus for separating a sawn timber package into main and side products
US12350856B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB27B15/02
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for separating a sawn timber package cut from a log into main and side products during longitudinal transport thereof, having at least one separating device positioned such that, during a feed motion of the sawn timber package, it engages in a sawing gap between single- or multi-cut main product and side product and deflects the side product in a direction leading away from the main product. Two rotatably mounted conical rollers form the separating device, each having a circumferential separating edge formed by two surfaces of revolution enclosing an acute angle, and the two conical rollers are arranged on both sides of the sawn timber package and oriented such that they engage laterally into the sawing gap with respective separating edges and roll on the main product with their first surface of revolution, while deflecting the side product from the main product with their second surface of revolution.
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