Patent · US Expired

Timber incisor

US6276412A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
9References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 2000
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB27G13/005
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a timber incising machine incorporating a shaft mounted rotating incisor drum, an improved incising drum comprising a shaft configured for rotation by the incising machine; a plurality of circular incisor plates, each of the incisor plates having a plurality of equally spaced incisor teeth extending radially from the radial edge of the circular incisor plates at a desired location. A plurality of incisor plates are stacked in a desired quantity and positioned to place the incisor teeth in a desired pattern and fixed together to form a plate array as a single unit. A plurality of the plate arrays are mounted on the shaft so as to form a rotatable drum having a plurality of radially extending incisor teeth positioned in a desired pattern.

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