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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1978
Aaron U Jones, Eugene, OR (US);
Francis E Allen, North Vancouver, CA;
Seneca Sawmill Company, Inc., Eugene, OR (US);
Abstract
A cant or plank is moved forwardly on a conveyor system, where its irregular leading lateral edge is measured by a plurality of fixed scanners. In response to measurement of the cant, conveyor movement is altered for orienting the cant relative to a fixed saw line to be executed by a movable saw. The cant is held or clamped in stationary position while the saw is moved on a carriage relative thereto, resulting in severing of the undesired irregular forward edge. The sawn edge is employed as a reference as the cant is then moved forwardly on a conveyor system, where the measurements obtained from the scanners may be further utilized in cutting the cant into desired widths.