Drum debarker
OwnerThomas R. Colemaninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a drum type debarker for the debarking of logs and the like and there is provided a drive means for rotating the drum. The drum sits in a saddle that includes vehicle tires, and a drive mechanism is provided for rotating certain of the tires or wheels so as to rotate the drum. There is also provided a flange section on the drum that has vertically mounted tires arranged in engagement therewith for holding the drum in place.
Claims4
An apparatus for debarking logs comprising a drum having cylindrical configuration and open end faces for the ingress and egress of logs, a support stand underlying said drum having a depressed central area and raised side areas, plural arrays of inflated tires carried by said support stand and rotatably supporting said drum, motor means carried on said support stand having a drive mechanism powering at least one of said arrays for rotating said drum, a pair of spaced parallel circumferential flanges disposed on said drum, a tire rotatably carried on said support means, said tire contacting said flanges and being disposed and extending between said flanges such that a radial line from said cylinder coincides with the axis of rotation of said tire, whereby engagement of said tire with said flanges constrains said drum from axial translation.
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