Equipment for transferring heaped tree trunk onto a transporter for further processing
OwnerAntti Tapani Valoinventor
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Abstract
Equipment for transferring tree trunks one-by-one from a heap onto a longitudinal transporter comprises a reception table positioned between the heap and said transporter and provided with a feeding device movable back and forth over the table in a direction transversal to the longitudinal direction of the tree trunks in the heap. The feeding device is provided with a gripper for drawing each tree trunk in its longitudinal direction from the heap onto conveyors which are arranged on the table for transporting of the tree trunk in a direction perpendicular to its longitudinal direction onto the longitudinal transporter.
Claims4
Equipment for transferring tree trunks one-by-one from a first region to a second region, the equipment comprising a feeding device for removing the tree trunks from the first region, a receiving table, and a conveyor means on the receiving table for receiving tree trunks which have been removed from the first region by the feeding device and conveying them to the second region, the feeding device comprising:
- a gripper for gripping a tree trunk disposed in said first region;
- a roller conveyor having its feeding direction transverse to the feeding direction of said conveyor means and positioned to receive the tree trunk from the gripper and advance it longitudinally;
- a second conveyor having its feeding direction aligned with the feeding direction of said roller conveyor and arranged to receive the tree trunk from the roller conveyor and advance it longitudinally to discharge it onto said conveyor means;
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- a lopping machine arranged between the gripper and the second conveyor to lop the tree trunk as it passes from said first region to the second conveyor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.