Sawmill

Claim 1

A SAWMILL COMPRISING: A SUPPORT FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF PARALLEL HORIZONTAL GUIDE TRACKS RUNNING FROM A FIRST TO A SECOND END OF SAID FRAME; A CARRIAGE HAVING A PLURALITY OF WHEELS ROTATABLY MOUNTED THEREON, SAID WHEELS SO DISPOSED AS TO RIDE ON SAID GUIDE TRACKS; FEED MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID CARRIAGE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ENDS OF SAID FRAME; A TABLE DISPOSED DIRECTLY ABOVE AND RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED ON SAID CARRIAGE; A HORIZONTAL ABSORBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF DISC SAWS FIXED AT SPACED INTERVALS THERETO, SAID ARBOR BEING MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ABOVE SAID TABLE AND TRANSVESE TO SAID GUIDE TRACKS; DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID ARBOR; FIRST AND SECOND HORIZONTAL ROLLERS PARALLEL TO SAID ARBOR; AND SPACED ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF; SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROLLERS BEING SECURED TO SAID FRAME AND EQUALLY SPACED ABOVE SAID TABLE A DISTANCE ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE HEIGHT OF SAID ARBOR ABOVE SAID TABLE; A GUIDE BAR PARALLEL TO SAID ARBOR AND FIXED TO SAID FRAME INTERMEDIATE SAID ARBOR AND SAID FIRST ROLLER, SAID GUIDE BAR HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED HORIZONTAL PRESSURE FINGERS MOUNTED THEREON, SAID PRESSURE FINGERS BEING PARALLEL TO SAID GUIDE TRACKS AND EXTENDING INTO THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID DISC SAWS, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID GUIDE BAR AND SAID FINGERS BEING SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE LOWER MOST EDGE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROLLERS THE HEIGHT OF SAID GUIDE BAR AND PRESSURE FINGERS ABOVE THE NORMAL HEIGHT OF SAID TABLE, BEING SET TO A DIMENSION LESS THAN THE HEIGHT OF A WORKPIECE TO BE PROCESSED BY THE SAWMILL; WHEREBY AS A WORKPIECE PLACED ON SAID TABLE IS FED TOWARDS SAID DISC SAWS BY SAID FED MEANS, IT IS CAMMED DOWNWARDLY BY SAID FIRST ROLLER, SAID GUIDE BAR, SAID PRESSURE PLATE, AND SAID SECOND ROLLER, THEREBY TO SECURELY CLAMP THE WORKPIECE TO SAID TABLE AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID SAWS.