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US 6,484,769 B2Granted
Delimbing device and methods
AssigneeKerry Seymour
InventorKerry Seymour
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Abstract
A push-through delimber device having a frame, a blade lattice, a trough, a throat and a saw so that trees can be topped and delimbed in the throat and pushed through the delimbing blade lattice to further delimb the trees.
Claims96
A tree delimbing device comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal delimbing blade;
- b. at least one vertical delimbing blade coupled to the horizontal delimbing blade to form a delimbing blade lattice with a plurality of apertures;
- and
- c. a trough coupled to the blade lattice for directing trees into the delimbing blade lattice, the trough comprising a floor and at least one side positioned adjacent to the floor.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal delimbing blade;
- b. at least one vertical delimbing blade coupled to the horizontal delimbing blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a frame coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- d. a throat formbed by the frame for receiving a tree;
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- e. wherein a portion of the frame slopes downward toward the throat.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal delimbing blade;
- b. at least one vertical delimbing blade coupled to the horizontal delimbing blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a frame coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- and
- d. a “U” shaped throat formed by the frame for receiving a tree.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal delimbing blade;
- b. at least one vertical delimbing blade coupled to the horizontal delimbing blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a saw box coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- d. a first rearward facing delimbing blade coupled to the saw box;
- e. a frame coupled to the blade lattice;
- and
- f. a second rearward facing delimbing blade coupled to the frame.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal delimbing blade;
- b. at least one vertical delimbing blade coupled to the horizontal delimbing blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a saw box coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- and
- d. a barrier that is generally horizontally suspended in front of the delimbing blade lattice.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal delimbing blade;
- b. at least one vertical delimbing blade coupled to the horizontal delimbing blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a saw box coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- and
- d. at least one flexible divider bisecting at least one of the apertures.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal blade;
- b. at least one vertical blade coupled to the horizontal blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a fram coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- and
- d. a barrier that is generally horizontally suspended in front of the delimbing blade lattice.
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A tree delimbing, comprising:
- a. at least one horizontal blade;
- b. at least one vertical blade coupled to the horizontal blade to form a delimbing blade lattice having a plurality of apertures;
- c. a frame coupled to the delimbing blade lattice;
- and
- d. at least one flexible divider bisecting at least one of the apertures.
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A method of delimbing a tree, the method comprising:
- a. grasping in a bundle multiple tree trunks having butt ends and limbs on the opposite ends proximate the butt ends;
- b. topping all the tree trunks with a single cut;
- c. moving the bundle generally longitudinally in the direction of the butt ends so that the limbs are sheared from the trunks by at least one rear-facing blade;
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- d. moving the bundle generally in the opposite direction to shear limbs from the trunks by front-facing blades.
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A method for delimbing a tree, the method comprising:
- a. a grasping in a bundle multiple tree trunks having butt ends and limbs on the opposite ends proximate the butt ends;
- b. moving the bundle generally longitudinally in the direction of the butt ends so that the limbs are sheared from the trunks by at least one rear-facing blade;
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- c. moving the bundle generally in the opposite direction to shear limbs from the trunks by front-facing blades.
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A method for delimbing a tree, the method comprising:
- a. grasping in a bundle multiple tree trunks having butt ends and limbs on the opposite ends proximate the butt ends;
- b. topping all the tree trunks with a single cut;
- and
- c. moving the bundle generally longitudinally in the opposite direction of the butt ends to shear limbs from the trunks by front-facing blades.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. a frame;
- b. a delimbing lattice coupled to the frame and comprising at least two shearing members for delimbing a tree;
- and
- c. a trough coupled to the frame for directing trees into the delimbing lattice comprising a floor and at least one side positioned adjacent to the floor.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. a frame;
- b. a delimbing lattice coupled to the frame and comprising at least two shearing members for delimbing a tree;
- c. a trough having a floor and coupled to the frame for directing trees into the delimbing lattice;
- and
- d. wherein at least one of the at least two shearing members comprises a flexible divider.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. a frame;
- b. a delimbing lattice coupled to the frame and comprising at least two shearing members for delimbing a tree;
- c. a trough having a floor and coupled to the frame for directing trees into the delimbing lattice;
- d. a saw coupled to the frame for cutting wood;
- e. a saw box for protecting the saw;
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- f. at least one shearing member coupled to an outside surface of the saw box.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. a frame;
- b. a delimbing lattice coupled to the frame and comprising at least two shearing members for delimbing a tree;
- c. a trough havinga floor and coupled to the frame for directing trees into the delimbing lattice;
- and
- d. a barrier suspended proximate the delimbing lattice.
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A tree delimbing device, comprising:
- a. a trough having a floor and at least one side wall;
- b. a frame having a throat and being coupled to the trough at one end;
- c. a lattice coupled to the frame and comprising:
- at least one tree shearing member positioned generally orthogonal to the floor of the trough;
- and
- at least one tree shearing member positioned generally parallel to the floor of the trough;
- e. a saw coupled to the frame for cutting wood;
- f. a saw box coupled to the frame for protecting the saw;
- g. at least one shearing member coupled to the throat;
- and
- h. a trailer assembly coupled to the trough and comprising;
- an axel;
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the axel;
- and
- a hitch for trailering the tree delimbing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.