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Method and apparatus for an automatic sawmill

US5088363A · kind A · utility

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38Claims
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Filing dateJun 20, 1990
Grant dateFeb 18, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/7189
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an automatic sawmill, logs are first sawn horizontally into pieces that are respectively deposited flat side down on a bed plate and conveyed through multiple, close spaced horizontal bandsaws located above the bed plate. Sawn cants are positioned by clamps to have their waney edges removed by a flying saw after clamp retraction.

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