Wood cutting apparatus
OwnerRobert L. Kurkinventor
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Abstract
A wood cutting apparatus for cutting a workpiece from a stock of material includes a guide device for moving the stock material through the apparatus and a pair of saws located to opposite sides of the guide device for movement across the stock material to cut the workpieces to a selected configuration off the stock material. A movable workpiece holder is located at the end of the guide device which holds and supports the portion of the stock material composing the piece being cut off the stock material. An ejector ejects a severed workpiece from the workpiece holder as the workpiece holder moves.
Claims19
A saw apparatus for cutting a workpiece from a stock of material comprising:
- stock material guide means for guiding the movement of the stock material along a predetermined path;
- a pair of saws located to opposite lateral sides of the path determined by the stock material guide means, each of the saws being adapted for movement across the guide means to cut a workpiece off of the stock material located on the guide means;
- a movable workpiece holder located at the end of the guide means defining the downstream end of the predetermined path movable back and forth in a direction transverse to the predetermined path of the guide means across the downstream end of the predetermined path, adapted to alternately engage opposite sides of and support the portion of the stock material comprising the workpiece being cut-off the stock material;
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- means for ejecting the severed workpiece from the workpiece holder after the workpiece has been cut-off the stock material as the workpiece holder moves the workpiece transversely away from the lateral sides of the guide means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.