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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kone Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198532 ; 198359 ; 4147908 ; 4147882 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for dividing a supply of pieces of wood into portions has an aperture for receiving the wood pieces, pivotable grippers for retaining the wood pieces from falling through the aperture, a support which is movable downwardly relative to the aperture to allow a plurality of the wood pieces to descend therewith, the plurality of wood pieces constituting one of the portions, and hydraulic pistons and cylinders for operating the grippers after the downward movement of the support, to retain subsequent wood pieces from falling through the aperture, whereby the remainder of the wood pieces can be temporarily retained from descending with the support.