US 11,628,586 B2Granted

Splitter profiler

AssigneeUsnr, LLC

InventorsChristopher W. Blomquist, Benjamin Owen Whitaker

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Abstract

In various embodiments, a splitter profiler apparatus may include at least one profiler head and at least one circular saw mounted to a common arbor. The circular saw may be mounted to a saw arm, and the saw arm may be coupled with an actuator that is selectively operable to move the circular saw along the arbor. The circular saw may be used in a profiling position, in which the circular saw and profiler head are in close proximity, such that the profiler head and circular saw function collectively to form a sideboard edge with a sawn finish. The circular saw may also be used in a splitting position, in which the circular saw is at a distance from the profiler, to divide the sideboard into narrower sideboards before the sideboards are sawn from the primary workpiece. Corresponding methods and systems are also described herein.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A splitter profiler module, comprising:

a frame;
an arbor rotatably coupled with the frame;
a first profiler arm assembly mounted to the arbor, wherein the first profiler arm assembly is configured to transmit rotational motion of the arbor to a first profiler head;
a second profiler arm assembly mounted to the arbor and configured to transmit rotational motion of the arbor to a second profiler head;
and
a first saw arm assembly mounted to the arbor and configured to transmit rotational motion of the arbor to a first circular saw blade, wherein the first saw arm assembly includes a saw arm and a sleeve assembly, and the sleeve assembly includes a first portion with a center annulus configured to slideably engage the arbor and a second portion fixedly connected to the saw arm, and the first portion is disposed at least partially through the second portion, wherein the first saw arm assembly is disposed between the first profiler arm assembly and the second profiler arm assembly and selectively axially moveable along the arbor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/414,710Filed 16 May 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 16 May 2018
Published: US 2019/0351573 A121 Nov 2019
Granted: 18 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B27B 5/08
Characterised by a special purpose only: for sawing with the saw blade abutting parallel against a surface of the workpiece
B27B 5/063
For dividing plates in parts of determined size, e.g. panels: sawing travelling workpieces
B27B 5/34
For mounting or securing saw blades or saw spindles: devices for securing a plurality of circular saw blades on a single saw spindle; Equipment…
B27B 33/20
Sawing tools for saw mills, sawing machines, or sawing devices: edge trimming saw blades or tools combined with means to disintegrate waste