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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Daniel J. Rastatter, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Juergen F. Trost, Columbiana, OH (US);
Daniel J. Rastatter, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Juergen F. Trost, Columbiana, OH (US);
Padana AG, Baar, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for surfacing a flitch by cutting material from its radially outer surface to prepare the flitch for veneer slicing or other uses. The apparatus comprises a cutterhead rotatable about a cutterhead axis. The apparatus further comprises a carriage comprising a ring that rotates about a carriage axis and a pivot arm that carries the cutterhead and is coupled to the rotatable ring for pivoting movement about a pivot arm axis. The apparatus further comprises a flitch contour accommodation device coupled to the pivot arm and to the cutterhead to permit rotation of the cutterhead about a device axis that is generally transverse to the cutterhead axis.