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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2021
A. G. Stacker Inc., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Clarence C. Allen, Jr., Mt. Crawford, VA (US);
Jerry Blosser, Crimora, VA (US);
Eric Stempihar, Rockingham, VA (US);
Randall Donn Senger, Mount Sidney, VA (US);
Joseph Wunder, Lexington, VA (US);
A. G. STACKER INC., Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Abstract
A bundle breaker includes upstream and downstream breaking supports, platens over the breaking supports and actuators for moving the platens toward and away from the breaking supports. Each of the platens includes a plurality of air bladders each having a bottom contact surface facing one of the breaking supports. The actuators move the platens to selectively clamp a log between the bottom contact surfaces of the air bladders and the breaking supports. A third actuator shifts an input end of the downstream breaking support relative to an output end of the upstream breaking support from a first position to a second position to break a first portion of the log from a second portion of the log.