Lumber handling and cutting apparatus
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsRonald E. Findley, Mark K. Gipson
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a lumber handling and cutting apparatus, including an incoming material conveyor assembly, a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, a material outfeed assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, an outgoing material conveyor assembly adjacent to the cutting assembly, and a printer assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly and the material infeed assembly.
Claims16
A lumber handling and cutting apparatus comprising:
- an incoming material conveyor assembly;
- a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly;
- a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly;
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- a printer assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, the printer assembly comprising:
- a printer support base;
- a printer support frame supported by and connected to the printer support base;
- a printer support arm supported by and connected to the printer support frame;
- a print head mounting bracket connected to the printer support arm;
- a print head supported by and connected to the print head mounting bracket, the print head configured to print on a lumber board as the lumber board passes the print head;
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- a multi-size board alignment assembly at an end of the incoming material conveyor assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, wherein the multi-size board alignment assembly is configured to square the lumber board with respect to the print head prior to the print head printing on the lumber board.
A lumber handling and cutting apparatus comprising:
- an incoming material conveyor assembly;
- a material infeed assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly;
- a cutting assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly;
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- a printer assembly adjacent to the incoming material conveyor assembly, the printer assembly comprising:
- a print head;
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- a multi-size board alignment assembly at an end of the incoming material conveyor assembly adjacent to the material infeed assembly, wherein the multi-size board alignment assembly is configured to square a plurality of different lumber boards of different dimensions with respect to the print head prior to the print head printing on each of the plurality of different lumber boards having without adjusting a position of the print head and without reconfiguring the print head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.