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US 7,104,174 B1Granted
Log sawing apparatus and method
AssigneeLumberchief
InventorBela Tibor Ocsai
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Abstract
A saw mill has a head having at least one saw. The head is configured to travel on a track longitudinally to make alternating cuts between laterally spaced apart first and second work pieces. After traveling forward longitudinally to make a first cut of the first work piece at least one of the heads in the saw move laterally to then cut the second work piece on the return longitudinal trip.
Claims15
A sawmill comprising:
- a track;
- a head having a first and a second saw connected thereto, said first saw having a first blade, said head moveable longitudinally along the track from a first to a second position;
- a first deck for supporting a first work piece;
- a second deck for supporting a second work piece, said second deck spaced laterally from the first deck;
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- wherein as the first saw is initially positioned relative to the first deck to cut intermediate the first and the second position as the head travels in a forward longitudinal path down the track to cut the first work piece with the first blade, and as the head travels in an opposite longitudinal path down the track, the second saw is positioned relative to the second deck prior to the head reaching the first position so that the second saw cuts on a return cutting path, wherein as the head travels in the forward longitudinal path, the first saw travels in a forward cutting path to cut the first work piece, and as the head travels in the opposite longitudinal path, the second saw travels in a return cutting path to cut the second work piece, and the forward cutting path and the return cutting path are substantially parallel to each other.
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A sawmill comprising:
- a track;
- a first stationary deck for supporting a first work piece;
- a head having at least one saw connected thereto, each said saw having a blade, said head moveable longitudinally along the track from a first to a second position relative to the first deck;
- a second deck for supporting a second work piece, said second deck spaced laterally from the first deck and the second deck moves longitudinally relative to the head and the first deck at least twice the speed of the head;
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- wherein the blade of the at least one saw is initially positioned to cut relative to the first deck intermediate the first and the second position as the head travels in a forward longitudinal path down the track, and the at least one saw is positioned relative to the second deck as the head travels in an opposite longitudinal path down the track prior to the head reaching the first position, with the blade alternating cutting relative to the first and second decks.
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A sawmill comprising:
- a track;
- a head having at least one saw connected thereto, each said saw having a blade, said head moveable longitudinally along the track from a first to a second position, the at least one saw further comprises a first and a second saw;
- a first deck for supporting a first work piece;
- a second deck for supporting a second work piece, said second deck spaced laterally from the first deck;
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- wherein the first saw is initially positioned relative to the first deck to cut intermediate the first and the second position as the head travels in a forward longitudinal path down the track to cut the first work piece, and the second saw is positioned relative to the second deck as the head travels in an opposite longitudinal path down the track prior to the head reaching the first position to cut the second work piece, wherein said first saw cuts on the forward longitudinal path and the second saw cuts on the return longitudinal path thereby alternating cutting relative to the first and second decks.
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