Drop sling lumber sorter apparatus
OwnerWarner Baileyinventor
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Abstract
A drop sling lumber sorter apparatus comprising a frame assembly including a plurality of bays for receiving pieces of sorted lumber. Each of the bays includes a rotatable drive shaft mounted to the frame assembly and a plurality of elongated, flexible, laterally spaced slings having a first end and a second end. The first end of each sling is mounted to the drive shaft. A pivoting hook and retriever assembly selectively capture and release the second end of each sling to the frame assembly. A spool assembly is mounted on the drive shaft for each sling. Each spool assembly is capable of guiding the sling onto the rotatable drive shaft. The slings are reeled onto or reeled off of the drive shaft as the drive shaft rotates. A tensioner assembly tensions the slings as they are reeled off of the drive shaft.
Claims8
A drop sling lumber sorter apparatus comprising:
- a frame assembly including a plurality of bays for receiving pieces of sorted lumber;
- each of said bays comprising:
- a rotatable spool drive shaft mounted to said frame assembly;
- a plurality of elongated, flexible, laterally spaced slings having a first end and a second end;
- means for mounting said first end of each of said slings to said spool drive shaft;
- means for selectively capturing and releasing said second end of each of said slings to said frame assembly;
- a spool assembly mounted on said spool drive shaft for each of said slings, each said spool assembly capable of guiding said sling onto said rotatable spool drive shaft,
- wherein said slings are reeled onto or reeled off of said spool drive shaft as said spool drive shaft rotates;
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- means for tensioning said slings as said slings are reeled off of said spool drive shaft, said tensioning means pulls said sling off of said spool drive shaft as said spool drive shaft rotates to reel off said slings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.