Tree harvester

Claim 1

A TREE PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING A MOBILE CARRIAGE, A TREE CUTTING MEANS, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TREE CUTTING MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR MOVEMENT INTO CUTTING RELATIONSHIP WITH A STANDING TREE, AND MEANS ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR SUPPORTING SAID TREE DURING CUTTING THEREOF AND FOR HANDLING SAID TREE THEREAFTER, SAID SUPPORT AND HANDLING MEANS INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE BOOM MEANS MOUNTED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS ON SAID CARRIAGE SEPARATELY AND INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID TREE CUTTING MEANS, SAID BOOM MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ELONGATED BOOM SECTIONS WITH ONE END OF SAID FIRST BOOM SECTION PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID CARRIAGE FOR MOVEMENT IN A VERTICAL PLANE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL FIRST AXIS, A FIRST PIVOT MEANS PROVIDED AT THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST BOOM SECTION FOR PIVOTALLY MOUNTING ONE END OF SAID SECOND BOOM SECTION FOR MOVEMENT THEREOF IN A VERTICAL PLANE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL SECOND AXIS, TREE GRIPPING MEANS HAVING A PAIR OF COACTING JAWS, SECOND PIVOT MEANS MOUNTING SAID TREE GRIPPING MEANS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND BOOM SECTION FOR MOVEMENT IN A VERTICAL PLANE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL THIRD AXIS, SAID JAWS BEING MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHE RIN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL DIRECTION INTO AND OUT OF CLAMPING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STANDING TREE, AND POWER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID JAWS FOR ACTUATING THEM IN THEIR CLAMPING ACTION.