# US 5,699,712 A · Rotatable side saw for tree processing apparatus

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- Number: US 5,699,712 A
- Document ID: US5699712A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/697,535
- Filed: 1996-08-26
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1996-08-26
- Assignees: Timberjack Inc.
- Inventors: Thomas H. Hudson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5699712A

## CPC

- A01G 23/097: having a fixed delimbing head
- Y10S 83/928: Vehicle-mounted tool
- Y10T 83/7108: Including ground-traversing vehicle
- A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A side saw assembly for a tree processing apparatus. The side saw assembly is rotatably and pivotally attached to a mounting platform on a trailer such that the side saw assembly is selectively movable between a transport position, resting on top of the trailer, and ground positions, resting on the ground adjacent either side of the trailer. A connecting arm is pivotally attached at one end to a swivel mount, which is affixed to a side saw assembly. At its other end, the connecting arm is pivotally attached to a swivel mount affixed to the mounting platform. A lift handle is attached to the side saw assembly such that it may be grasped by the grapple of a knuckle boom loader to move the side saw assembly from the transport position to the ground position on one side of the trailer or the other.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for bucking trees comprising:
a) a trailer, having a mounting platform, an upper surface, a first side and a second side; and
b) a side saw assembly, rotatably and pivotally mounted to said mounting platform of said trailer for selective movement between a transport position adjacent said upper surface of said trailer, a first ground position proximal said first side of said trailer and a second ground position proximal said second side of said trailer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a first swivel mount attached to said mounting platform, and a second swivel mount attached to said side saw assembly.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

An apparatus as defined in claim 2, further comprising a connecting arm having a first end and a second end, said first end pivotally attached to said first swivel mount and said second end pivotally attached to said second swivel mount.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An apparatus as defined in claim 3, further comprising a lift handle, rotatably attached to said side saw assembly and adapted to support the weight of said side saw assembly during said selective movement.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

An apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein said lift handle is rotatably affixed to said side saw assembly.

### Claim 6

An apparatus for bucking trees to a desired length, comprising:
a) a side saw assembly;
b) a trailer, having an upper surface, a first side and a second side; and
c) connecting means for rotatably and pivotally connecting said side saw assembly to said trailer such that said side saw assembly is selectively movable between a transport position adjacent said upper surface of said mounting platform, a first ground position proximal said first side of said mounting platform and a second ground position proximal said second side of said mounting platform.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

An apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein said connecting means comprises:
a.) A mounting platform, attached to said trailer;
b) a first swivel mount attached to said mounting platform;
c) a second swivel mount attached to said side saw assembly; and
d) a connecting arm having a first end and a second end, said first end pivotally attached to said first swivel mount and said second end pivotally attached to said second swivel mount.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

An apparatus as defined in claim 7, further comprising a lift handle, rigidly attached to said side saw assembly.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

An apparatus as defined in claim 7, further comprising a lift handle, rotatably attached to said side saw assembly.

### Claim 10

An apparatus for bucking trees to a desired length, comprising:
a) a trailer;
b) a mounting platform, having an upper surface, said mounting platform affixed to said trailer;
c) a first swivel mount, affixed to said upper surface of said mounting platform;
d) a connecting arm, having a first end and a second end, said first end pivotally connected to said swivel mount;
e) a side saw assembly; and
f) a second swivel mount, affixed to said side saw assembly, said second swivel mount pivotally connected to said second end of said connecting arm .