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US 2019/0232401 A1Published application
Lumber edger
AssigneeBaxley Equipment Co.
InventorsBill Wilkins, Chris Raybon, Russell R. Kennedy, Pat Conry
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Abstract
Provided is an improved lumber edger having a cross cut saw to cross cut flitch into two or more separate pieces of flitch to increase the available amount or value of boards.
Claims3
In a lumber edger comprising:
- a conveyor for conveying flitch;
- a scanner for scanning dimensions of the flitch;
- a computer in communication with the scanner, the computer system is configured to determine edge cut positions on the flitch;
- edger saws constructed to edge the flitch at the edge cut positions;
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- skew structure to laterally position and skew the flitch in relation to the edger saws, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a cross cut saw configured to cross cut the flitch prior to the flitch being edge cut by the edger saws;
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- the computer system is configured to determine at least one cross cut position on the flitch so that the computer system can determine edge cut positions for each piece of the flitch separated by the at least one cross cut position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.