Method and apparatus for producing mulch
OwnerCharles Brooksinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing mulch. The apparatus includes a saw blade assembly having a cutter defining a cutting plane, and a clamp assembly for holding a log. The clamp assembly holds the log with its grain substantially parallel to the cutting edge. The apparatus further includes a movement means for repetitively moving the clamp assembly and saw blade assembly relative to each other so as to feed the saw blade assembly into the log while the grain remains substantially parallel to the cutting plane, so that the saw blade assembly removes thin, narrow strips of wood mulch from the log.
Claims19
An apparatus for producing mulch, comprising:
- (a) an elongate saw blade assembly having a cutter defining a cutting plane;
- (b) a clamp assembly for holding a log with its grain substantially parallel to the cutting plane;
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- (c) movement means for repetitively moving the clamp assembly and the saw blade assembly relative to each other so as to feed the saw blade assembly into the log while the grain remains substantially parallel to the cutting plane;
- (d) whereby the saw blade assembly removes thin, narrow strips of wood mulch from the log.
An apparatus for producing mulch, comprising:
- (a) an elongate saw blade assembly having a cutter defining a cutting plane;
- (b) a clamp assembly for holding a log with its grain substantially parallel to the cutting plane;
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- (c) reciprocating means for moving the clamp assembly and the saw blade assembly in a reciprocating motion relative to each other so as to feed the saw blade assembly into the outermost side of the log repetitively while the grain remains substantially parallel to the cutting plane;
- (d) whereby the saw blade assembly removes thin, narrow strips of wood mulch from the log.
A method of making mulch, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a mulch-producing apparatus having an elongate saw blade assembly having a cutter defining a cutting plane, and a clamp assembly;
- (b) securing a log in the clamp assembly;
- (c) moving repetitively the saw blade assembly and log relative to each other such that an outermost side of the log is moved into engagement with the saw blade assembly;
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- (d) cutting along the grain of the log with the saw blade assembly to produce thin, narrow strips of wood mulch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.