Production of dimensional lumber from small-diameter logs

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CUTTING A LOG WHICH COMPRISES CONVEYING THE LOG ALONG AN ESTABLISHED LINEAR TRAVEL PATH THROUGH A SUCCESSION OF LOCALIZED IN-LINE CUTTING STATION, AND AS THE LOG TRAVERSE SAID STATIONS IN COURSE OF SAID CONVEYED TRAVEL FIRST PROGRESSIVELY PROFILING THE LOG SO AS TO PRODUCE, AT EACH OF THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VERTICAL DIAMETER OF THE LOG, PYRAMINDED STEPS ASCENDING ABOVE AND DESCENDING BELOW THE HORIZONTAL DIAMETER OF THE LOG WITH THE RISER FACES OF SAID ASCENDING STEPS LYING PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER AND BEING CO-PLANAR WITH THE RISER FACES OF THE DESCENDING STEPS, AND THEN PRODUCING DIMENSIONAL LUMBER FROM THE PROFILED LOG BY SAWING THE SAME LOGITUDINALLY ON THE PLANES OF SAID RISER FACES, AT LEAST A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE RISER FACES WHICH SAID PROFILING PORVIDES LOCATED BELOW THE HORIZONTAL DIAMETER OF THE LOG AT EACH OF THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID VERTICAL DIAMETER TOGETHER WITH THE RUN COMPONENT OF A DOWNWARDLY FACING STEP WHICH MEETS SAID RESPECTIVE RISER FACE BEING EMPLOYED AS GUIDE SURFACE TO HOLD THE LOG AGAINST LATERAL DISPLACEMENT THROUGOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LOG''S FOLLOWING CONVEYED TRAVEL COMMENCING AS SOON AS EACH SAID CONCERNED RISER FACE AND RUN COMPONENT OF THE STEP TAKES SHAPE UPON THE LEADING END OF THE LOG.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CUTTING A LOG WHICH COMPRISES CONVEYING THE LOG ALONG AN ESTABLISHED LINEAR TRAVEL PATH THROUGH A SUCCESSION OF LOCALIZED IN-LINE CUTTING STATION, AND AS THE LOG TRAVERSE SAID STATIONS IN COURSE OF SAID CONVEYED TRAVEL FIRST PROGRESSIVELY PROFILING THE LOG SO AS TO PRODUCE, AT EACH OF THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF A VERTICAL DIAMETER OF THE LOG, PYRAMINDED STEPS ASCENDING ABOVE AND DESCENDING BELOW THE HORIZONTAL DIAMETER OF THE LOG WITH THE RISER FACES OF SAID ASCENDING STEPS LYING PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER AND BEING CO-PLANAR WITH THE RISER FACES OF THE DESCENDING STEPS, AND THEN PRODUCING DIMENSIONAL LUMBER FROM THE PROFILED LOG BY SAWING THE SAME LOGITUDINALLY ON THE PLANES OF SAID RISER FACES, AT LEAST A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE RISER FACES WHICH SAID PROFILING PORVIDES LOCATED BELOW THE HORIZONTAL DIAMETER OF THE LOG AT EACH OF THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID VERTICAL DIAMETER TOGETHER WITH THE RUN COMPONENT OF A DOWNWARDLY FACING STEP WHICH MEETS SAID RESPECTIVE RISER FACE BEING EMPLOYED AS GUIDE SURFACE TO HOLD THE LOG AGAINST LATERAL DISPLACEMENT THROUGOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LOG''S FOLLOWING CONVEYED TRAVEL COMMENCING AS SOON AS EACH SAID CONCERNED RISER FACE AND RUN COMPONENT OF THE STEP TAKES SHAPE UPON THE LEADING END OF THE LOG.