Patent · US Expired

Veneer lathe

US4559987A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1984
Grant dateDec 24, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23Q1/76
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a veneer lathe comprising a cutting slide and an anti-buckling device which are pressed by actuating means against a workpiece held between said lathe's rotating end chucks and wherein said cutting slide and anti-buckling device are guided relative to the stationary frame of said lathe along converging working planes forming an upwardly opening obtuse angle of substantially 120.degree., the improvement wherein said working planes are bisected by a plane substantially vertical to and intersecting the rotational axis of the rotating workpiece.

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