Log debarking machine

Claim 1

A LOG DE-BARKING MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME, AN ELONGATED LOG CARRIAGE SUPPORTED FOR HORIZONTAL LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT ON SAID FRAME, MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID LOG CARRIAGE ALTERNATELY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, STATIONARY BLADE MEANS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE LOG CARRIAGE AND SPACED ABOVE THE LOG CARRIAGE FOR ENGAGING THE UPPER SURFACE PORTION OF A LOG SUPPORTED THEREBY, WHEELS MOUNTED IN PAIRS SPACED LENGTHWISE OF THE LOG CARRIAGE, THE WHEELS OF EACH PAIR BEING TRANSVERSE LY SPACED TO RECEIVE THEREBETWEEN AND SUPPORT ONE END OF A LOG, SLIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID LOG CARRIAGE AND LONGITUDINALLY SLIDABLY SUPPORTED THEREBY, LOCKING MEANS FOR SECURING THE SAID MEMBERS IN LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTED POSITION ON THE LOG CARRIAGE, MEANS MOUNTING THE WHEELS OF EACH PAIR OF WHEELS ON ONE OF SAID SLIDE MEMBERS IN ADJUSTABLE LENGTHWISE SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, LOCKING MEANS FOR SECURING THE SAID WHEEL MONTING MEANS IN LENGTHWISE ADJUSTED POSITION ON SAID SLIDE MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING SIMULTANEOUS ROTATION OF AT LEAST ONE WHEEL OF EACH PAIR OF WHEELS.