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US3236274A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Multi-tree length slasher

Assignee: Abitibi Power and Paper Co Ltd
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Filing: 1963-04-30
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Granted: 1966-02-22
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Expires: 1983-04-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John E Eynon

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 06:53
CPC Classifications
B; B27; B27B; B27B31/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/647; Y10T83/654; Y10T83/6542

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 212 words
A METHOD CONVERTING FELLED TREE LENGTH LOGS INTO CUT PULPWOOD LENGTH LOGS INTO ADJACENT OPEN FEEDING AND OF THE TREE LENGTH LOGS INTO ADJACENT OPEN FEEDING AND HOLDING JAWS OF THE FEED MECHANISM OF A MULTI-TREE SLASHER UNIT, CLOSING SAID HOLDING JAWS TO SECURE THE LOGS TO BE CUT, THEN LOOSELY CLOSING SAID FEEDING JAWS TO THEIR OUTWARD THEREIN AND MOVING SAID FEEDING JAWS TO THEIR OUTWARD POSITION TIGHTLY CLOSING SAID FEEDING JAWS AROUND THE LOGS AND SIMULTANEOSULY RELAXING SAID HOLDING JAWS, RACKING THE SAID FEEDING JAWS IN TOWARDS THE SAID HOLDING JAWS MOVING THE TREE LOGS WITH THEM, CLOSING SAID HOLDING JAWS TIGHTLY AGAIN, ACTIVATING A CUTTING MEANS WHICH MAKES A CUT SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE LOGS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FEEDING AND HOLDING JAWS CAUSING THE CUT LOGS TO MOVE DOWN AND OUTWARD ON CARRYING RAILS TO THE EDGE OF THE CHASSIS OF SAID SLASHER UNIT WHERE THEY ARE DEPOSITED IN A CRADLE AND THEN REMOVING SAID CUT LOGS TO A STOCKPILE OF CUT PULPWOOD LENGTH LOGS, AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE SHEARING OPERATION RACKING OUT THE FEEDING JAWS READY TO REPEAT THE FOREGOING CYCLE UNTIL THE TREE LENGTH LOGS HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN SO THAT THE SNIPES FALL FROM THE SAID FEED MECHANISM TO THE GROUND.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 212 words
A METHOD CONVERTING FELLED TREE LENGTH LOGS INTO CUT PULPWOOD LENGTH LOGS INTO ADJACENT OPEN FEEDING AND OF THE TREE LENGTH LOGS INTO ADJACENT OPEN FEEDING AND HOLDING JAWS OF THE FEED MECHANISM OF A MULTI-TREE SLASHER UNIT, CLOSING SAID HOLDING JAWS TO SECURE THE LOGS TO BE CUT, THEN LOOSELY CLOSING SAID FEEDING JAWS TO THEIR OUTWARD THEREIN AND MOVING SAID FEEDING JAWS TO THEIR OUTWARD POSITION TIGHTLY CLOSING SAID FEEDING JAWS AROUND THE LOGS AND SIMULTANEOSULY RELAXING SAID HOLDING JAWS, RACKING THE SAID FEEDING JAWS IN TOWARDS THE SAID HOLDING JAWS MOVING THE TREE LOGS WITH THEM, CLOSING SAID HOLDING JAWS TIGHTLY AGAIN, ACTIVATING A CUTTING MEANS WHICH MAKES A CUT SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE LOGS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FEEDING AND HOLDING JAWS CAUSING THE CUT LOGS TO MOVE DOWN AND OUTWARD ON CARRYING RAILS TO THE EDGE OF THE CHASSIS OF SAID SLASHER UNIT WHERE THEY ARE DEPOSITED IN A CRADLE AND THEN REMOVING SAID CUT LOGS TO A STOCKPILE OF CUT PULPWOOD LENGTH LOGS, AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE SHEARING OPERATION RACKING OUT THE FEEDING JAWS READY TO REPEAT THE FOREGOING CYCLE UNTIL THE TREE LENGTH LOGS HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN SO THAT THE SNIPES FALL FROM THE SAID FEED MECHANISM TO THE GROUND.

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