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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Andritz Oy, Hollola, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement at the discharge end of a debarking machine ( ) for the preliminary debarking of logs ( ) prior to a separately performed final barking and for the expulsion of at least some of the removed barks from a wood flow passing through the debarking machine. The debarking machine ( ) has its discharge side provided with an extension ( ), continuing from the lower section level of the support surface of the debarking machine used for bearing the logs ( ), and guiding the logs ( ) discharging out of the debarking machine ( ). The extension may include a variable speed conveyor ( ), varying the speed of which influences the admission rate of logs into the debarking machine and the dwell time of logs therein.