Lumber edger saw assembly incorporated into a horizontal traversing bandsaw machine

Claim 1

IN A TRAVERSING SAW CARRIAGE SLIDABLY MOUNTED UPON SIDE RAILS STRADDLING A WORKPIECE, CARRYING BOTH A HORIZONTAL BANDSAW AND A HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY OF CIRCULAR SAWS THEREON, THE BANDSAW PULLEYS THEREOF SPACED APART OVER THE WORKPIECE AND DEFINING A THROAT FOR SAID WORKPIECE THEREBETWEEN, THE HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY OF CIRCULAR SAWS INDIVIDUALLY AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED UPON A POWERED SPLINED SHAFT AND INSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE BANDSAW THROAT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT CUTS MADE BY THE CIRCULAR SAWS EXTEND TO THE PLATE OF CUTTING ASSUMED BY THE BANDSAW, AN IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: SAID CIRCULAR SAWS HAVING UPON EACH SAW THEREOF A SHROUD OVER ITS TOP HALF TO WHICH A HANDLE IS RIGIDLY CONNECTED, SAID HANDLES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BANDSAW PULLEYS TO THE REAR CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE OPERATOR, AND EACH SAID SHROUD ROTATABLY MOUNTED TO ITS SAW''S HUB UPON A LOW FRICTION BEARING.