US Patent: 3,903,771 - Apparatus for edging and resawing lumber


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US Patent: 3,903,771

Apparatus for edging and resawing lumber

Patentees:

Rene Fritz (exact or similar names) - Albany, OR

Rene Eugene Fritz (exact or similar names) - Albany, OR

USPTO Classifications:

144/245.1, 144/378, 83/102.1, 83/112, 83/155, 83/158, 83/368, 83/425.2

Tool Categories:

woodworking machines : bandsaws : band sawmills

woodworking machines : sawmills : band sawmills

Assignees:

Albany International Industries, Inc. - Albany, OR

Manufacturer:

Albany International Industries, Inc. - Albany, OR

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jan. 21, 1972
Granted:	Sep. 09, 1975

Patent Pictures:

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Description:

"A battery of vertical band saws is adjustable to vary the spacing between bands and is used to both edge and resaw material. A preparation table upstream from the saw receives material from a recirculating conveyor or from a head rig, orients the material in the most desirable position for cutting and transfers the material endwise to an infeed table. The infeed table has toothed conveyor rolls for feeding the material positively into the saws, an overhead pneumatic roll for engaging the tops of the material while edging and drive side press rolls from pressing the material against a line bar when resawing..."