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US 8,752,457 B1Granted
Pallet dismantler
AssigneePellet Recyclers LLC
InventorsAndrew J. Cosgrove, Randall W. Wink, David L. Dippel
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Abstract
A pallet dismantler includes cantilevered supports to support a pallet by its deck boards, which automatically aligns the pallet with a band saw blade.
Claims8
A pallet dismantler, comprising:
- a frame including at least one cantilevered support which is supported by a frame member at a downstream end and is cantilevered upstream from said frame member to an upstream free end, said cantilevered support having a top surface which is substantially horizontal, and having a bottom surface opposite said top surface, wherein said top surface is at a higher elevation than said bottom surface;
- a band saw blade lying directly on top of the top surface of the cantilevered support and defining a cutting plane extending parallel to and substantially coplanar with said top surface of said cantilevered support;
- wherein said upstream free end lies upstream from said band saw blade so said cantilevered support can support a pallet to be fed into the band saw blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.