Pallet dismantling machine and cutter head assembly therefor

A cutter head assembly for a machine that dismantles pallets of the type having deck boards nailed to longitudinally aligned spacing members, said assembly comprising:

• a laterally extending cross member capable of association with a pallet dismantling machine,
• said cross member having forward and rearward portions and a top surface,
• cutter head means disposed in a forward substantially horizontal projecting relation, each of said cutter head means including a pair of forwardly extending mounts disposed in integral, laterally spaced parallel relation through which pallet spacing members pass in a nail cutting operation, cutter discs on said mounts for cutting nails between the longitudinally aligned spacing members and the deck boards of a pallet,
• attaching means on said cross member and said cutter head assembly supporting said cutter head means in said horizontal projecting relation, said attaching means comprising a slidable support engagement of said cutter head means on said cross member in a lateral direction and also comprising a non-rotatable engagement of the cutter head assembly on said cross member,
• and off-bearing tray means extending rearwardly of said cutter head means in alignment with the space between said mounts forming discharge guide means for the pallet spacing members.

A cutter head assembly for a machine that dismantles pallets of the type having deck boards nailed to longitudinally aligned spacing members, said assembly comprising:

• a laterally extending cross member capable of association with a pallet dismantling machine, said cross member having forward and rearward portions and a top surface,
• cutter head means disposed in a forward substantially horizontal projecting relation for cutting nails between the longitudinally aligned spacing members and the deck boards of a pallet,
• attaching means on said cross member and said cutter head assembly supporting said cutter head means in said horizontal projecting relation, said attaching means comprising a slidable support engagement of said cutter head means on said cross member in a lateral direction and also comprising a non-rotatable engagement of the cutter head assembly on said cross member,
• and pivot connecting means capable of connection between said cross member and a pallet dismantling machine wherein said cross member and cutter head means are tiltable rearwardly to raise the cutter head from a horizontal operational position to a raised maintenance position.

A cutter head assembly for a machine that dismantles pallets of the type having deck boards nailed to longitudinally aligned spacing members, said assembly comprising:

• a single laterally extending cross member capable of mounting on a pallet dismantling machine,
• said cross member having a T-bar cross sectional shape with forward and rearward lower surfaces and a top surface,
• cutter head means having its full support by said single cross member in a forward substantially horizontal projecting relation for cutting nails between the longitudinally aligned spacing members and the deck boards of a pallet,
• attaching means on said cross member and said cutter head assembly supporting said cutter head means in said horizontal projecting relation,
• said attaching means comprising a slidable support engagement of said cutter head means on said surfaces of said cross member in a lateral direction and also comprising a non-rotatable engagement of the cutter head assembly on said cross member.

A pallet dismantling machine for pallets of the type having deck boards nailed to longitudinally aligned spacing members, said machine comprising:

• a frame,
• a single laterally extending cross member,
• means mounting said cross member on said frame,
• said cross member having a T-bar cross sectional shape with forward and rearward lower surfaces and a top surface,
• cutter head means in a forward substantially horizontal projecting relation for cutting nails between the longitudinally aligned spacing members and the deck boards of a pallet,
• attaching means on said cross member and said cutter head assembly supporting said cutter head means in said horizontal projecting relation, said attaching means comprising a slidable support engagement of said cutter head means on said surfaces of said cross member in a lateral direction and also comprising a non-rotatable engagement of said cutter head means on said cross member.