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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Arlington Ruff, Negley, OH (US);
Clifford Ruff, Negley, OH (US);
Mark J. Zirnheld, Buffalo, NY (US);
Michael T. Smith, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
Arlington Ruff, Negley, OH (US);
Clifford Ruff, Negley, OH (US);
Mark J. Zirnheld, Buffalo, NY (US);
Michael T. Smith, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
Merritt Machinery, LLC, Lockport, NY (US);
Abstract
A cutter head for surfacing a flitch, the cutter head including a shaft, a blade non-rotatably mounted on the shaft, wherein the flitch is surfaced by rotating the blade, a bushing including a bore, wherein the shaft runs through the bore, wherein a flange is eccentrically formed about the bore, a guide mounted on the flange of the bushing, wherein the flange axially offsets the guide with respect to the shaft, wherein the guide is arranged to support the cutter head against the flitch while the cutter head is surfacing the flitch, and wherein a radial distance between a tip of the blade and the guide determines a cutting depth of the cutter head, and wherein due to the guide being mounted on the eccentrically formed flange, the radial offset is determined based on a rotational orientation of the bushing about the shaft.