Apparatus and process for peeling logs

Claim 1

IN A LOG PEELER HAVING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A LOG SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY AND FOR ROTATING SAID LOG AND MOVING IT AXIALLY, A ROTARY CUTTER HEAD MOUNTED TO ENGAGE THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE LOG IN ORDER TO REMOVE A LAYER THEREFROM, SAID ROTARY CUTTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED BLADES MOUNTED TO ROTATE ABOUT AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LOG, A PLANER KNIFE MOUNTED ON THE FACE OF SAID BLADES, SAID PLANER KNIFE HAVING UPSTANDING TEETH WHOSE TIPS EXTEND RADIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE BLADE, WHEREBY A LAYER OF WOOD REMOVED FROM THE OUTSIDE OF SAID LOG WILL BE SUBDIVIDED INTO CHIPS BY THE ACTION OF SAID UPSTANDING TEETH AND SAID ELONGATED BLADE, SAID CUTTER HEAD BEING MOUNTED SO THAT THE BLADES AND PLANER KNIFE ENGAGE THE LOG AT A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY SPACED FROM THE HIGH PORTION OF THE LOG, WHEREBY THE TEETH OF SAID PLANER KNIFE AND THE EDGES OF SAID BLADES PERFORM A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUS CUTTING ACTION.