Stake forming apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MAKING TWO SUCCESSIVE CONVERGING CUTS ON ONE END OF EACH OF A PLURALITY OF UNIFORM SIZE STAKE BLANKS SO AS TO PROVIDE POINTS THEREFOR, COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF UNIFORM WORK HOLDERS RESIDING ON A COMMON HORIZONTAL PLANE AND EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM AND ROTATABLE AROUND A COMMON VERTICAL AXIS, EACH SAID WORK HOLDER HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE MEMBERS, A BOTTOM MEMBER AND AN END MEMBER, EACH SAID HOLDER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT ONE OF SAID BLANKS BETWEEN SAID SIDES SUCH THAT ONE END THEREOF ABUTS SAID END MEMBER AND THE OTHER END PROJECTS SOME PREDETERMINED DISTANCE OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS; (B) MEANS MOUNTING SAID WORK HOLDERS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING SAID HOLDERS PAST FIRST AND SECOND SUCCESSIVE SPACED PERIPHERAL SAWING STATIONS AND A THIRD LOADING-UNLOADING STATION LOCATED INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS; (C) FIRST AND SECOND CIRCULAR DISC SAWS RESPECTIVELY ANGULARLY MOUNTED AT SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS INCLUDING MOTORS THEREFOR AND ARRANGED TO CUT THE SAID PROJECTING END OF EACH SUCCESSIVE BLANK PASSING THEREBY INTO TWO SUCCESSIVE CUTS ALONG SELECTED PLANES WHICH CONVERGE AND PROVIDE A POINT FOR THE SAID PROJECTING END OF EACH SAID BLANK; AND (D) HOLD DOWN MEANS LOCATED AT EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS FOR SLIDABLY ENGAGING AND PRESSING EACH SAID BLANK AGAINST THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM MEMBER OF ITS HOLDER AS THE SAME PASSES EACH SAID RESPECTIVE STATION.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MAKING TWO SUCCESSIVE CONVERGING CUTS ON ONE END OF EACH OF A PLURALITY OF UNIFORM SIZE STAKE BLANKS SO AS TO PROVIDE POINTS THEREFOR, COMPRISING: (A) A PLURALITY OF UNIFORM WORK HOLDERS RESIDING ON A COMMON HORIZONTAL PLANE AND EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM AND ROTATABLE AROUND A COMMON VERTICAL AXIS, EACH SAID WORK HOLDER HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE MEMBERS, A BOTTOM MEMBER AND AN END MEMBER, EACH SAID HOLDER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT ONE OF SAID BLANKS BETWEEN SAID SIDES SUCH THAT ONE END THEREOF ABUTS SAID END MEMBER AND THE OTHER END PROJECTS SOME PREDETERMINED DISTANCE OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS; (B) MEANS MOUNTING SAID WORK HOLDERS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING SAID HOLDERS PAST FIRST AND SECOND SUCCESSIVE SPACED PERIPHERAL SAWING STATIONS AND A THIRD LOADING-UNLOADING STATION LOCATED INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS; (C) FIRST AND SECOND CIRCULAR DISC SAWS RESPECTIVELY ANGULARLY MOUNTED AT SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS INCLUDING MOTORS THEREFOR AND ARRANGED TO CUT THE SAID PROJECTING END OF EACH SUCCESSIVE BLANK PASSING THEREBY INTO TWO SUCCESSIVE CUTS ALONG SELECTED PLANES WHICH CONVERGE AND PROVIDE A POINT FOR THE SAID PROJECTING END OF EACH SAID BLANK; AND (D) HOLD DOWN MEANS LOCATED AT EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATIONS FOR SLIDABLY ENGAGING AND PRESSING EACH SAID BLANK AGAINST THE RESPECTIVE BOTTOM MEMBER OF ITS HOLDER AS THE SAME PASSES EACH SAID RESPECTIVE STATION.