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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian T. Stroud, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 9/00 ; B26D 5/20 ; B27B 2/500 ; B27B 1/00 ; B27B 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 9/00 ; B26D 5/20 ; B27B 2/500 ; B27B 1/00 ; B27B 1/300 ;
Abstract
A rotatable saw unit for optimized log breakdown includes a saw unit immediately downstream of an infeed conveyor and cooperating with the infeed conveyor for sawing a workpiece as the workpiece is translated by the infeed conveyor into the saw unit. The saw unit includes at least one saw aligned for sawing of the workpiece parallel to a longitudinal infeed axis. An optimizing processor determines an optimized sawing orientation relative to the longitudinal infeed axis. A saw unit positioner'selectively rotates the saw unit about a saw unit rotation axis so as to rotate the at least one saw into the optimized sawing orientation prior to sawing of the workpiece.