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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
May. 03, 1990
Darrell E Pierson, Federal Way, WA (US);
Edward L Snellgrove, Tacoma, WA (US);
Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, WA (US);
Abstract
The veneer tenderizer includes upper and lower tenderizer rollers (12, 14) with the veneer sheet (10) being fed with the grain oriented parallel with the rollers (12, 14). Each roller (12, 14) comprises a plurality of successive, set-apart cutter blades (16) with each blade having a plurality of cutter teeth (18) evenly spaced around the periphery thereof. The cutter blades (16) on each roller are arranged such that the cutter teeth (18) on each successive cutter blade (16) are angularly offset relative to the cutter teeth or adjacent cutter blades. The rollers (12, 14) are positioned such that the cutter blades (16) mounted on the lower roller (14) are interleaved with the cutter blades (16) on the upper roller (12).