Retaining device for securing wood to a saw mill
OwnerDavid Earl Grantinventor
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system for retaining a piece of wood onto a saw mill in an orientation at an angle to the horizontal, such that horizontal cuts made to the wood result in shorter planks with full exposure of wood end grain, displaying the growth rings of the tree.
Claims16
A retaining device for securing a piece of wood to a saw mill, said saw mill comprising a cutting saw, a first rail, a second rail, and one or more cross members, with said first and second rails spaced apart and oriented parallel to each other, said first and second rails being horizontally oriented, each of the one or more cross members running between the first and second rails and attached thereto and with each of the one or more cross members oriented substantially perpendicular to said rails, and said cutting saw positioned above said first and second rails, said retaining device comprising
- a support carriage, said support carriage being elongate and rigid,
- with said support carriage being oriented perpendicular to one of the one or more cross members, said cross member being located proximate to an end of the saw mill, said support carriage being pivotally attached to said cross member,
- with said support carriage configured to support the piece of wood thereon, and further configured to be pivoted downward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.