US 2007/0214924 A1 · Material puller assembly

Abstract

A material puller assembly for use with a sawing machine for pulling material away from the saw cutting area includes horizontal support means for supporting material fed from an in-feed shuttle assembly, through the saw cutting area and toward the puller assembly. The puller assembly uses a first horizontal side support member along which movement of a vertically-disposed support means is provided. The vertically-disposed support means includes means for clamping a piece of material between a vertically-movable upper clamp jaw and a vertically-stationary lower clamp jaw. The vertically-disposed support means and the clamp jaws are horizontally movable along the first side support member. Rotatably suspended between the first and second side support members are a number of support rollers. At least one of the support rollers includes an axial contour matching the contour of the vertically-stationary lower clamp jaw such that the lower clamp jaw can pass over the roller.

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Dependent claims

A material puller assembly for use with a sawing machine, the sawing machine having a saw blade cutting area, which comprises

a material support means,
a pair of cooperating jaws, the jaws being mounted in a movable vertical support member,
means for moving the vertical support member horizontally along the material support means,
wherein a length of material may be grasped between the jaws and selectively moved towards and away from the saw blade cutting area of the sawing machine.

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A material puller assembly for use with a sawing machine having power tilt capabilities, the sawing machine having a saw blade cutting area, an in-feed area, an in-feed shuttle mechanism, and an out-feed area, the material puller assembly being located at the out-feed area of the power tilting sawing machine, which comprises

means for supporting a length of material in a substantially horizontal position at the out-feed area of the sawing machine,
a pair of cooperating jaws, said cooperating jaws including a vertically-movable upper jaw and a vertically-fixed lower jaw,
a horizontally-movable jaw support member, said jaw support member being configured to allow for the selective vertical movement of the upper jaw along the jaw support member, said jaw support member being movable along a portion of the material support means,
means for selectively moving the jaw support member horizontally along the material support means,
wherein a length of material may be grasped between the cooperating jaws and selectively moved towards and away from the saw blade cutting area of the sawing machine.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Material puller assembly

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