Apparatus for cutting off a thickness of wood or veneer from logs
AssigneeMeinan Machinery Works, Inc.
InventorKatsuji Hasegawa
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting off a thickness of wood or veneer from a log, which apparatus uses a plurality of resilient pressing members formed as rollers for pressing the surface of the log during the cutting operation. Each roller has a plurality of edged members projecting from the periphery thereof, which edged members form a plurality of small cuts in the surface of the log prior to cutting of the thickness of wood or veneer therefrom.
Claims5
In an apparatus for cutting off a thickness of wood or veneer from a wooden loglike member, said apparatus having a tangential knife for cutting the wooden member and a pressing device positioned ahead of the cutting edge of said knife, the improvement wherein said pressing device comprises a plurality of pressing members, resilient means individually urging each of said pressing members into engagement with the surface of said wooden member, each said pressing member comprising a roller, and means associated with each said roller for making small cuts on the surface of the wooden member, said means comprising a plurality of edged members provided on the peripheral surface of each said roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.