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US 4,219,057 AGranted
Timber to firewood processing machine
OwnerDavid C. Falkinventor
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Abstract
In abstract a preferred embodiment of this invention is a processing machine which takes a felled tree, delimbs the same, feeds the thus trimmed timber through the machine which cuts the timber into fireplace lengths, splits the thus cut logs in one or more directions for appropriate burning size, stacks the split wood into a bundler and bales the same for market transport prior to being removed from the machine.
Claims2
A wood processing machine comprising:
- a self-propelled land type vehicle having an operative power source;
- a hydraulic type lift boom means with a pick-up claw on one end thereof operatively mounted on said vehicle for picking up timber and feeding it into said machine;
- a timber feed mechanism in the form of horizontally disposed feed claws pivotably disposed on opposite sides of said timber, said mechanism operatively mounted on said vehicle to feed said timber through said wood processing machine;
- cutting means mounted on said vehicle for cutting said timber into firewood length logs;
- splitting means operatively mounted on said vehicle for splitting said logs into burnable size firewood;
- means for stackingly receiving said firewood after it has been split.
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