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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1988
William E Bolton, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeffrey D Ballance, Albany, OR (US);
Dale E Campbell, Oregon City, OR (US);
U.S. Natural Resources, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
A log stem scanning system for a bucking operation. The bucking operation includes a log deck with logs delivered laterally onto a log stem holder and from the holder onto the conveyor chain for conveying the log stems in sequence through the bucking saw. The log stem holder constitutes a component of a scanning station. An overhead support has a carriage that is guided along the holder. Scanners carried by the carriage obtain dimensional data of the vertical and lateral diameters of the log stems at selected cross sections and a laser beam transmitter on the carriage transmits the data to a stationary computer mounted at one or both ends of the scanning station.