Board edger with tandem saw boxes
AssigneeMcDonough Manufacturing Company
InventorsKenneth Appeldoorn, Hugh Hawley, Stephen Mockler
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Abstract
The board edger has a longitudinal horizontal board path therein and first and second saw boxes disposed in a tandem mode adjacent the board path. Each saw box has a pair of saw blades mounted therein. The saw blades have a cutting direction that is aligned generally along the longitudinal board path. A controller is provided for coordinately moving the pair of saw blades in the first saw box into the board path for edging a first wood board and the pair of saw blades in the second saw box out of the board path for pre-positioning in view of edging a second wood board. One saw box is used for edging odd wood boards and the other saw box is used for edging even wood boards.
Claims20
A method of edging wood boards in series comprising;
- sequentially moving first and second wood boards lengthwise along a longitudinal board path;
- moving a first pair of saw blades into said board path and edging said first wood board;
- moving said first pair of saw blades away from said board path and moving a second pair of saw blades into said board path and edging said second wood board.
A board edger comprising:
- a longitudinal horizontal board path therein;
- first and second saw boxes disposed adjacent said board path;
- each of said saw boxes having at least a pair of saw blades mounted therein;
- each of said saw blades having a direction of cutting aligned generally along said board path;
- a controller for coordinately moving said pair of saw blades in said first saw box into said board path and said pair of saw blades in said second saw box out of said board path when said pair of saw blades in said first saw box is moved into said board path.
An installation for edging wood boards:
- a conveyor system for transporting wood boards thereon;
- a scanner and computer associated with said conveyor system for scanning and optimizing saw cuts on wood boards transported on said conveyor system;
- a board edger associated with said conveyor system and having;
- a longitudinal horizontal board path therein;
- first and second saw boxes disposed adjacent said board path;
- each of said saw boxes having at least a pair of saw blades mounted therein;
- each of said saw blades having a direction of cutting aligned generally along said board path;
- a controller for cooperatively moving said pair of saw blades in said first saw box into said board path and said pair of saw blades in said second saw box out of said saw path when said pair of saw blades in said first saw box is moved into of said board path, and for cooperatively moving said pair of saw blades in said first saw box out of said board path and said pair of saw blades in said second saw box into said board path when said pair of saw blades in said first saw box is moved out of said board path, and
- means for guiding said saw blades along optimized profiles defined by said scanner and computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.