Johnny J Edmiston

US Patent:

45079986, Apr 2, 1985

Filed:

Sep 2, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/414096

Inventors:

Johnny H. Lambert - Meadows of Dan VA
Didier Primat - Collonge-Bellerive, CH
William H. Edmiston - Lenoir NC
Johnny J. Edmiston - Lenoir NC
James H. Edmiston - Boomer NC

Assignee:

Primlumber, Inc. - Meadows of Dan VA

International Classification:

B27B 700

US Classification:

83419

Abstract:

Logs which have previously been de-limbed are placed onto and removed from a loading deck one at a time and delivered to an aligning trough or mechanism where one end of all logs are moved to a common point. The logs are then conveyed one at a time by a feed conveyor in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the logs and presented to a sawing mechanism where each log is sawed simultaneously into a plurality of shorter firewood pieces. The sawing mechanism includes a plurality of circular saws spaced longitudinally along a common axis which is, in turn, spaced above the level of the feed conveyor and extends parallel to the longitudinal axis of the logs. Each saw is individually mounted for ease of removal and adjustment. A spring device urges the log downwardly, while lugs on the feed conveyor at the same time urge the log forwardly through the sawing mechanism.