Portable pulpwood cut-off and loading machine

Claim 1

A PORTABLE CUT-OFF AND LOADING MACHINE COMPRISING A BASE FRAME, MEANS ON SAID BASE FRAME ALLOWING MOVEMENT THEREOF TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALONG THE GROUND, AND ELEVATOR CONVEYOR UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING FROM A LOWER POSITION ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID FRAME TO AN UPPER POSITION ABOVE AND BEYONS THE OTHER END OF SAID FRAME, A FIRST PAIR OF SPACED LUGS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR AND MOVABLE ALONG SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR FROM THE LOWER END THEREOF TO THE UPPER END THEREOF IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS CIRCUIT, A SECOND PAIR OF SPACED LUGS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR AND BEING OPPOSED AND ARRANGED IN TRANSVERSELY SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST PAIR OF LUGS AND MOVABLE FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR TO THE TOP THEREOF IN SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS CIRCUIT, AND INCLINED TABLE AT SAID ONE END OF SAID FRAME AND INCLINED DOWNWARDLY TOWARDS THE LOWER END OF SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR, A ROTATABLE SPIKED FEED ROLLER AT ONE SIDE OF SAID FRAME ADAPTED TO MOVE A LOG DISPOSED THEREON INTO SAID MACHINE, A VERTICAL ABUTMENT AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID FRAME FROM SAID ROLLER FOR STOPPING ADVANCEMENT OF SAID LOG, A PIVOTAL SAW SUPPORT HAVING A PORTION THEREOF MOVABLE TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID LOG, A ROTATABLE SAW BLADE MOUNTED ON THE END OF SAID SAW SUPPORTED ADJACENT SAID LOG AND MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOG FOR CUTTING THROUGH SAID LOG, SAID LOG THEREAFTER FALLING OFF SAID INCLINED TABLE ONTO THE ELEVATOR CONVEYOR SO AS TO BE ENGAGED BY THE SPACED LUGSA THEREON FOR MOVEMENT FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR TO THE UPPER END THEREOF FROM WHENCE SAID LOG IS DISCHARGED OVER THE UPPER END OF SAID ELEVATOR CONVEYOR, A BOOM PROJECTING VERTICALLY AND TRANSVERSELY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID FRAME, A PULLERY MEANS MOUNTED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID BOOM, A CABLE EXTENDING OVER SAID PULLEY AND HAVING A HOOK MEANS AT THE OUTER FREE END THEREOF, A ROTATABLE WINCH CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID CABLE FOR WINDING UP OR PAYING OUT SAID CABLE WHEREBY SAID HOOK MEANS IS ENGAGEABLE WITH A LOG FOR THE PURPOSE FOR DIRECTING SAID LOG INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FEED ROLLER.