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US 9,168,669 B2Granted
Double arbor vertical shape saw
AssigneeUsnr, LLC
InventorConrad Bullion
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for shape sawing wood. Specifically, embodiments include an infeed with laterally displaceable positioning rolls and a longitudinal axis between the positioning rolls. The embodiments further include a saw box with a frame and a plurality of saws coupled with a plurality of vertical arbors within the frame. In certain embodiments, the frame is operable to move laterally or rotationally with respect to a horizontal axis of rotation.
Claims18
A saw box assembly comprising:
- a frame with opposite first and second sides, the frame configured to retain one or more saw arbors therein;
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- a pivot assembly configured to mount the frame to a support, wherein the pivot assembly includes
- a first pivot member extending through the first side of the frame,
- a first coupler configured to couple the first pivot member to the support, and
- a second pivot member extending through the second side of the frame and spaced apart from the first pivot member by a gap between the first and second sides, the pivot-members defining an axis of rotation that extends through the pivot members and the gap, wherein the frame is configured to be movable along the axis of rotation on the pivot members and rotatable around the axis of rotation on the pivot members relative to the support,
- wherein the frame is configured to retain the one or more saw arbors in an orientation that is perpendicular to said axis of rotation, and
- wherein the frame further includes a top and a bottom coupled at opposite ends to the first and second sides, respectively, and the pivot members are disposed between the top and the bottom.
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