Automated system for precision cutting short pieces of lumber
AssigneeMitek Holdings, Inc.
InventorJerome Koskovich
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Abstract
An automated saw system, including a saw head movable in a cutting stroke and rotatable in angle to perform miter cuts and a lumber feed conveyor to feed lumber to be cut to the saw head. The short lumber member conveyor has a floating gripping assembly that is shiftable along a substantially linear path that is substantially parallel to the lumber long axis whereby a short lumber member cut from the lumber is supported by the short lumber member conveyor during at least part of a cutting process and, after the cutting process is complete, is conveyed from the vicinity of the saw head to an out-feed area for removal.
Claims11
An automated saw system for cutting a piece of lumber, the saw system comprising:
- a saw for cutting a piece of lumber;
- a carrier located relative to the saw and moveable in a direction for positioning the piece of lumber for cutting by the saw, the carrier being adjustable in a direction substantially orthogonal to said direction of movement.
A method of cutting a short piece of lumber, the method comprising:
- securing a piece of lumber between jaws of a carrier;
- conveying the piece of lumber to a saw in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the piece of lumber;
- adjusting at least one of the jaws of the carrier in a direction substantially orthogonal to the conveying direction of the piece of lumber;
- cutting the piece of lumber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.