Seneca Sawmill Company

Marcel R Trudeau, Deceased

Aaron U Jones

By Claire Trudeau, Administratrix

A board separator apparatus includes an input conveyor for longitudinally feeding groups of vertically positioned boards into a transfer box which is pivoted to transfer the boards downwardly into board receiving mechanism including an elevator. The transfer box is provided with parallel walls which are relatively movable in accordance with the number and size of boards in a group. The board receiving mechanism comprises an extension of the parallel walls of the transfer box in their unloaded position, said board receiving mechanism having separator arms against which the side of a group of boards is received, and a gate extending downwardly in parallel juxtaposition to the separator arms, initially substantially closing off the board receiving mechanism. The gate further comprises a plurality of piston operated stops mounted for movement toward the separator arms for urging boards of a group into alignment. The separator arms are then rotated outwardly causing the individual boards of a group to pass one at a time over an edge and down a ramp onto an output conveyor for horizontally transporting the boards.

Board separator

A sawmill apparatus includes first and second carriages for supporting first and second logging dogs therebeneath, with the second carriage being movable upon the first whereby to engage the ends of a log between the dogs. The carriages support the dogs at the end of steel baldes which are moved in a vertical direction by a combination of air cylinders and ball screws to provide the desired positioning of the log in a vertical direction. As the carriages urge the log between the blades of a bandsaw, rubber tired wheels are raised against the underside of the log for supporting cants or boards sawn therefrom and preventing splitting at the finally sawn edge.

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Eugene, OR, United States of America

Marcel R Trudeau, Deceased