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US 2003/0111137 A1Published application
Device and method in a tree harvester head
AssigneePartek Forest AB
InventorsGunnar Nilsson, Leo Samson, Tommy Englund
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AssigneePartek Forest AB
InventorsGunnar Nilsson, Leo Samson, Tommy Englund
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The invention relates to a device and a method for a tree harvester head for trimming tree trunks. The device includes a frame (1) supporting feed rollers (2), one or more trimming knives (4) that pivot towards and away from the tree trunk, as well as a trimming knife (6) permanently fixed to the frame (1) and with a radius of curvature that is essentially equivalent to the radii of curvature of the pivoting trimming knives (4). A complementary trimming knife (7) is arranged in a displaceable manner at the frame and affected by a force of spring tension (9) in a direction towards the tree trunk that is to be worked, whereby the complementary trimming knife (7) has an area of grip around the tree trunk that is significantly less than the area of grip of the pivoting trimming knives (4) or the fixed trimming knife (6) when working the butt end of the trunk, and an area of grip around the tree trunk that is greater than the area of grip of the pivoting trimming knives (4) or the fixed trimming knife (6) when working the top end of the trunk for trimming the trunk from its butt end to its top end.
Device in a tree harvester head for trimming tree trunks including a frame (1) supporting feed rollers (2), one or more trimming knives (4) that pivot towards and away from the tree trunk, as well as a trimming knife (6) permanently fixed to the frame (1) and with a radius of curvature that is essentially equivalent to the radii of curvature of the pivoting trimming knives (4) characterised in that a complementary trimming knife (7) is arranged in a displaceable manner at the frame and affected by a force of spring tension (9) in a direction towards the tree trunk that is to be worked, whereby the complementary trimming knife (7) has an area of grip around the tree trunk that is significantly less than the area of grip of the pivoting trimming knives (4) or the fixed trimming knife (6) when working the butt end of the trunk, and an area of grip around the tree trunk that is greater than the area of grip of the pivoting trimming knives (4) or the fixed trimming knife (6) when working the top end of the trunk for trimming the trunk from its butt end to its top end.
Method for trimming tree trunks in tree harvesting machinery including a frame (1) with one or more trimming knives (4) that pivot towards and away from the tree trunk, as well as a trimming knife (6) permanently fixed to the frame (1) and with a radius of curvature that is essentially equivalent to the radii of curvature of the pivoting trimming knives (4) characterised in that the machinery (1) is provided with a complementary trimming knife (7) that is spring-tensioned to be brought to abut the tree trunk that is to be worked, and that is designed with an extension for trimming that straddles a smaller diameter of tree trunk than that for which the curvature of the fixed trimming knife (6) is intended to straddle.
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