Veneer chipper

Claim 1

A WOOD CHIPPER SUITABLE FOR REDUCING DISCRETE PIECES OF WOOD OF RANDOM SIZE TO A CHIP COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF A FEEDING ASSEMBLY AND A CHIPPING ASSEMBLY, SAID FEEDING ASSEMBLY AND A CHIPPING ASSEMBLY, FEED SAID RANDOM SIZE PIECES OF WOOD TO SAID CHIPPING ASSEMBLY, PIVOTABLE DOFFING MEANS IN COMBINATION WITH SAID FEED MEANS TO CONDUCT SAID WOOD TO THE CUTTING PATH OF SAID CHIPPING ASSEMBLY, MEANS PIVOTABLY ATTACHED TO SAID PIVOTABLY DOFFING MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE WOOD THEREBY MAINTAINING SAID WOOD PROXIMATE THE CUTTING PATH OF SAID CHIPPING ASSEMBLY, SAID CHIPPING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A ROTARY CHIPPING DISK AND A HORIZONTAL STATIONARY ANVIL DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANE OF THE ROTARY CHIPPING DISK, SAID CHIPPING DISK PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF CUTTING KNIVES, THE CUTTING EDGE OF EACH KNIFE COACTING WITH THE STATIONARY ANVIL TO PROGRESSIVELY PROPAGATE A SCISSORS-LIKE CUT ALONG A RADIUS OF SAID CHIPPING DISK, THE DIRECTION OF CUT PROPAGATION OF SUCCESSIVE KNIVES BEING OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF CUT PROPAGATION OF AN IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING KNIFE.