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US 5,947,174 AGranted
Drum debarker outfeed spool
OwnerDonald Van Woodhaminventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for debarking roundwood is provided which has a rotary drum debarker having conveyor means to move roundwood into and through the drum debarker, and, furthermore, has a rotable outfeed spool located at the outlet of the drum debarker to contact portions of the roundwood and help remove the roundwood from the drum debarker.
Claims10
An apparatus for debarking roundwood comprising:
- (a) a generally horizontal rotary drum debarker having a drum with an inside surface through which roundwood is conveyed;
- (b) said debarker having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- (c) a first conveyor means being provided at said inlet end of said debarker for feeding roundwood into and through the inside of said debarker,
- (d) a second conveyor means being provided at said outlet end of said debarker for conveying roundwood from said debarker;
- and,
- (e) an outfeed means being provided at said outlet end of said debarker for positively contacting portions of roundwood and directing the roundwood out of said debarker onto said second conveyor means.
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