Mist lubricated ripsawing method and mechanisms

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF GANG RIPSAWING WOOD BY SIMULTANEOUSLY KERFING SAME IN THIN, SMOOTH KERFS AT HIGH SPEED, COMPRISING: POWER FEEDING THE WOOD PAST A GANG OF THIN SAW BLADES MOUNTED ON A HOLLOW, ROTARY MANDREL AND ROTATING AT HIGH SPEED, WHILE COOLING SAID BLADES BY ATOMIZING A LIQUID LUBRICANT IN SAID HOLLOW MANDREL, AT SUPER-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, AND IN A LOCALE IN DIRECT HEAT CONDUCTIVE RELATION TO THE ROTATING SAW BLADE SO THAT THE COOLING EFFECT INCIDENT TO THE LUBRICANT ATOMIZATION ABSORBS THERMAL ENERGY FROM THE SAW BLADE BY CONDUCTION AND LUBRICATING, COOLING AND CLEANING THE KERF-FORMING SURFACES OF SAID BLADES BY SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DIRECTING THE ATOMIZED LUBRICANT THEREON, SAID METHOD FURTHER COMPRISING DELIVERING THE LUBRICANT TO THE HOLLOW MANDREL THROUGH STATIONARY CONDUIT MEANS AND A NONROTATING-TOROTATING JOINT BETWEEN SAID STATIONARY CONDUIT MEANS AND SAID HOLLOW MANDREL, AND MAINTAINING THE PRESSURIZATION WITHIN THE NONROTATING-TO-ROTATING JOINT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT ASPIRATION OF AMBIENT AIR IN THROUGH THE JOINT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF GANG RIPSAWING WOOD BY SIMULTANEOUSLY KERFING SAME IN THIN, SMOOTH KERFS AT HIGH SPEED, COMPRISING: POWER FEEDING THE WOOD PAST A GANG OF THIN SAW BLADES MOUNTED ON A HOLLOW, ROTARY MANDREL AND ROTATING AT HIGH SPEED, WHILE COOLING SAID BLADES BY ATOMIZING A LIQUID LUBRICANT IN SAID HOLLOW MANDREL, AT SUPER-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, AND IN A LOCALE IN DIRECT HEAT CONDUCTIVE RELATION TO THE ROTATING SAW BLADE SO THAT THE COOLING EFFECT INCIDENT TO THE LUBRICANT ATOMIZATION ABSORBS THERMAL ENERGY FROM THE SAW BLADE BY CONDUCTION AND LUBRICATING, COOLING AND CLEANING THE KERF-FORMING SURFACES OF SAID BLADES BY SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DIRECTING THE ATOMIZED LUBRICANT THEREON, SAID METHOD FURTHER COMPRISING DELIVERING THE LUBRICANT TO THE HOLLOW MANDREL THROUGH STATIONARY CONDUIT MEANS AND A NONROTATING-TOROTATING JOINT BETWEEN SAID STATIONARY CONDUIT MEANS AND SAID HOLLOW MANDREL, AND MAINTAINING THE PRESSURIZATION WITHIN THE NONROTATING-TO-ROTATING JOINT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT ASPIRATION OF AMBIENT AIR IN THROUGH THE JOINT.