Method and apparatus for retaining a flitch for cutting
AssigneeIndiana Forge, LLC
InventorRobert D. Brand
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for retaining a tapered flitch having a veneer-producing zone on a flitch table for rotating or translational movement past a veneer-slicing knife comprises stationary dog means coupled to a flitch-carrying body for engaging the flitch and means for engaging the flitch with the stationary dog means to hold the flitch on the flitch-carrying body. The flitch-carrying body may be part of a modular flitch table assembly. In the invention, the flitch is held on the flitch table with the veneer-producing zone in a parallel relation with the veneer-slicing knife so as to minimize the amount of waste veneer taken from the veneer-producing zone.
Claims11
A method of retaining a flitch on a flitch table for cutting veneer from the flitch, the flitch table having a plurality of pin dogs, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a flitch having a first plurality of holes for receiving the plurality of pin dogs, the peripheries of said holes forming a plurality of engagement surfaces;
- positioning the pin dogs in the first plurality of holes;
- and
- moving the flitch and the plurality of pin dogs into engagement to retain the flitch on the flitch table.
A method for retaining a tapered flitch for cutting veneer from its tapered outer surface comprising:
- providing a staylog with a plurality of dogs;
- providing the flitch with a plurality of holes positioned to receive the plurality of dogs;
- providing relative motion between the plurality of dogs and the plurality of holes;
- and
- engaging the plurality of dogs with the flitch to retain the flitch in the staylog for cutting.
A method for cutting veneer sheets from a tapered flitch, comprising the steps of:
- providing a staylog for a veneer slicing machine having a veneer slicing knife;
- attaching a flitch having a tapered veneer producing face to the staylog with the tapered veneer producing face affixed in a stable, parallel relationship with the veneer slicing knife;
- and
- cutting veneer sheets with the veneer slicing knife from the tapered veneer producing face of the flitch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.