Saw assembly and method for operating a saw assembly
OwnerIngo Freithofnigginventor
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Abstract
A method for operating a saw assembly as well as a saw assembly, having a chainsaw (1) with a circulating saw chain (2) and a chain drive sprocket (3) for driving the saw chain (2). The chainsaw (1) is secured to a moving device (8) via a chainsaw swivel device (19). The moving device (8) has a first operating mode, in which the chainsaw (1) is moved or movable from a first position through a saw area (9) and through the cutting material (18) into a second position, and the moving device (8) has a second operating mode, in which the chainsaw (1) is moved or movable from the second position back through the saw area (9) and through the cutting material (18) into the first position.
Claims19
A saw assembly, comprising a chainsaw that includes a chain drive sprocket driving a circulating saw chain, wherein the saw chain proceeds from the chain drive sprocket along an elongated contour, running first through an exiting section exiting the chain drive sprocket, followed by a deflecting section, and then an entering section entering in the direction of the chain drive sprocket, wherein the exiting section of the saw chain is arranged on one side of the chainsaw, and wherein the entering section of the saw chain is arranged on the opposite side of the chainsaw, wherein a chainsaw swivel device is configured to swivel the entering section of the saw chain into a particular cutting direction selected from varying, selectable cutting directions, wherein the chainsaw is secured to a moving device via the chainsaw swivel device, and wherein the moving device is configured to guide movement of move the chainsaw vertically through a saw area with the entering section of the saw chain extending along the particular cutting direction set by the chainsaw swivel device, wherein the saw area is configured to be occupied by material cut by the chainsaw during use of the saw assembly, and wherein the chainsaw swivel device is further configured to swivel the entering section of the saw chain to an inclined cutting direction offset from vertical for inclined cutting through the saw area;
- wherein the moving device has a first operating mode, in which the chainsaw is displaced vertically from a first position in which the saw chain is disposed above the saw area and through the saw area and into a second position in which the saw chain in its entirety is disposed below the saw area such that the chainsaw can swivel to cut in a different cutting direction,
- wherein the moving device has a second operating mode, in which the chainsaw is displaced vertically from the second position back through the saw area into the first position.
A method for operating a saw assembly to cut material, wherein the saw assembly comprises a chainsaw that includes a chain drive sprocket driving with a circulating saw chain, wherein the saw chain proceeds from the chain drive sprocket along an elongated contour, running first through an exiting section exiting the chain drive sprocket, followed by a deflecting section, and then an entering section entering in the direction of the chain drive sprocket, wherein the exiting section of the saw chain is arranged on one side of the chainsaw, and wherein the entering section of the saw chain is arranged on the opposite side of the chainsaw, wherein a chainsaw swivel device is configured to swivel the entering section of the saw chain into a first cutting direction selected from varying, selectable cutting directions, wherein the chainsaw is secured to a moving device via the chainsaw swivel device, and wherein the moving device is configured to guide movement of the chainsaw vertically through a saw area with the entering section of the saw chain extending along the first cutting direction set by the chainsaw swivel device, wherein the saw area is configured to be occupied by material cut by the chainsaw during use of the saw assembly, wherein the first cutting direction comprises an inclined cutting direction offset from vertical for inclined cutting through the saw area, and wherein the material is cut along the first cutting direction by vertical displacement of the chain saw from a first position in which the saw chain is disposed above the saw area and through the saw area into a second position in which the saw chain is disposed below the saw area such that the chainsaw can swivel to cut in a different cutting direction,
- wherein the material is further conveyed along a feed direction, and
- wherein the chainsaw swivel device is further configured to swivel the entering section of the saw chain into a second cutting direction by rotating the chainsaw swivel device around a rotational axis, wherein the moving device is configured to move the chainsaw through the saw area along the second cutting direction set by the chainsaw swivel device, and wherein the material is cut along the second cutting direction by vertical displacement of the chain saw from the second position into the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.