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US 2013/0199353 A1Published application
Saw tooth for circular saw
OwnerMaurice Micacchiinventor
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Abstract
A tooth is provided for a circular disc felling saw. When installed on a saw blade, the tooth has both leading and trailing cutting tips that cut the tree. The cutting discharge of the trailing cutting tips may tend to wear the rearward flank of the leading cutting tips. Either one or both of the primary and secondary cutting tips may include a wear insert, such as a ceramic wear insert.
Claims20
A tooth assembly releasably mountable to a circular saw disc of a feller head, said tooth assembly comprising:
- a body with a mounting end and a front end distant from the mounting end, in operation, the front end leading the mounting end in a direction of advance as the saw disc turns;
- a plurality of primary cutting tips mounted at said front end said plurality of primary cutting tips including a first primary cutting tip;
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- a plurality of secondary cutting tips, each of said secondary cutting tips being mounted in a trailing position relative to a respective one of said primary cutting tips;
- said tooth assembly is repositionable relative to the circular saw disc to present different ones of said primary cutting tips to a workpiece to be cut;
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- both said primary cutting tips and said secondary cutting tips facing in the direction of advance.
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A releasably mountable cutting tooth for mounting on a circular saw disc of a feller head of a tree felling apparatus, said cutting tooth comprising:
- a body with a mounting end and a front end distant from the mounting end, in operation, the front end leading the mounting end in a forward direction of cut as the saw disc turns;
- said body having a fitting by which releasably to mount said body to a tooth seat of the circular saw disc, said body being mountable thereto in a plurality of positions;
- a plurality of primary cutting tips mounted at said front end said plurality of primary cutting tips including a first primary cutting tip;
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- a plurality of secondary cutting tips, said secondary cutting tips being located along said body in a position between said front end and said mounting end, each said secondary cutting tip being mounted in a trailing position relative to a respective one of said primary cutting tips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.